The spring appointment with the posters of Aste Bolaffi is full of prestigious rarities, especially as regards the cinema: a selection from important private collections of silent, Italian and American movie posters between the years Ten and the Sixties. Among all stands out an extraordinary example of Breakfast at Tiffany signed by the great designer Ercole Brini. Interesting rarity also the lobby cards set for Gone with the wind or the posters for the noir masterpiece Gilda with Rita Hayworth. The second section of the auction consists of an interesting selection of posters of the 20th Century: a rare Cappiello made for the liquor Maurin Quina, two important posters of american propaganda and other enjoyable curiosities!
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Only on appointment 7th-9th May - Torino - Aste Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
Lotto di 3 fotobuste per 'Cabiria' Incavo Brunner, 1914. Printer unknown, 12 x 16 in. Condition: A-/B+. Framed, not seen unframed.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
'Le Serum' di Bedos Lithograph, 1910. Publicité Will, Paris, 63 x 47 in. Condition: B+.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
'Debauché mais non pervers' di Vacchetti Lithograph, 1911. Toffaloni, Torino, 54 x 39 in. Condition: C.
Starting price: € 500
'Il sestuplo duello di Cretinetti' di Vacchetti Lithograph, 1911. Toffaloni, Torino, 54 x 39 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
'Otto e mezzo' di Federico Fellini Offset, 1963. Cinemato, Paris, 31.5 x 24 in. Condition: B+. Framed. Not seen unframed.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
'Accattone' di Pier Paolo Pasolini Offset, 1961. Vecchioni&Guadagno, Roma, 27.6 x 13 in. Condition: C- (to be restored).
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
'Era notte a Roma' di Roberto Rossellini Offset, 1960. Ripalta, Milano, 79 x 161 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 1.000
'Stazione Termini' con Jennifer Jones Offset, 1953. Roggero & Tortia, Torino, 27.5 x 13 in. Condition: B+.
Starting price: € 100
Lotto di 12 fotobuste per 'Dov'è la libertà' con Roberto Rossellini
Offset, 1954. Rotocalco Dagnino, Torino, 14 x 20 in. Condition: B.
One lobby card is double.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 550
'Un turco napoletano' con Toto' Offset, 1953. Artero, Roma, 55 x 39 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lotto di 15 fotobuste e 1 soggettone per 'Un turco napoletano' con Toto' Offset, 1953. La Rotografica Romana, Roma, from 14 x 20 to 27.6 x 20 in. Condition: B/B-. A lobby card is triple.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
'La donna più bella del mondo' con Gina Lollobrigida Offset, 1956. Garzanti, Roma, 79 x 55 in. Condition: B-.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
'Pane, amore e...' con Sophia Loren Offset, 1955. Cronograph, Roma, 79 x 55 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lotto di 8 fotobuste per 'Pane, amore e...' con Sophia Loren Offset, 1955. Cronograph, Roma, 19 x 27 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 150
Lotto di 206 fotobuste per film italiani Offset, 1950s. Various printers, 14 x 20 in. Condition: A-/B-. To exhaminate.
Starting price: € 450 | Sold for : € 550
'Il silenzio è d'oro' (Le Silence est d'or) di René Clair Offset, 1948. Ape, Roma, 55 x 39 in. Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
Starting price: € 400
Lotto di 13 fotobuste per 'Grandi manovre' (Les Grandes Manœuvres) di René Clair Offset, 1956. La Rotografica romana, Roma, from 14 x 20 to 27.6 x 20 in. Condition: A-. The complete set of lobby cards.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lotto di 141 fotobuste per film europei Offset, 1950s. Various printers, 14 x 20 in. Condition: A-/C. To exhaminate.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 450
'A qualcuno piace caldo' (Some Like It Hot) con Marilyn Monroe Offset, 1959. Moneta, Milano-Roma, 79 x 55 in. Condition: B. Backed on linen.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
'Gli spostati' (The Misfits) con Marilyn Monroe Offset, 1961. Moneta, Milano-Roma, 55 x 39 in. Condition: B-. Backed on linen.
Starting price: € 500
'Gilda' con Rita Hayworth Offset, 1946. Morgan Litho Corp., Cleveland, 41 x 27 in. Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 850
'Gilda' con Rita Hayworth Offset, 1958. Abete, Roma, 55 x 39 in. Condition: B.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 7.000
'Sangue e Arena' (Blood and Sand) con Rita Hayworth Offset, 1947. Moneta, Milano, 81 x 39 in. Condition: B-. Backed on linen. Condition: Offset, 1947. Moneta, Milano, 81 x 39 in. Condition: B-. Backed on linen. .
Starting price: € 700
'Colazione da Tiffany ' (Breakfast at Tiffany's) con Audrey Hepburn Offset, 1961. Ripalta, Milano, 79 x 55 in. Condition: A. Backed on linen. Rare.
Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
'La valle dell'Eden' (East of Eden) con James Dean Offset, 1955. Printer unknown, 55 x 39 in. Condition: C. Backed on linen.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 400