MOUNTAIN MEMORABILIA
The first italian auction dedicated entirely to mountaineering. The auction catalogue includes important posters, furniture, photographs, paintings and a selection of extraordinary memorabilia of the conquest of K2.
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Lot 71
PITONS
Group of pitons of various sizes used during the K2 expedition.
Rather rusty.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 72
ICE CRAMPONS
A pair of iron crampons used during the K2 expedition, the lot is
completed by an ice ax.
Rather rusty.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 73
BOOTS WORN ON THE K2
Pair of leather shoes with rubber sole, re-made in recent times. High mountain boots made up of a rigid outer shell, with an engraved tread, and an inner shoe that effectively protects the foot from freezing. These shoes belonged to Ugo Angelino who used them when he
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 74
COMMEMORATIVE ICE AXE
Beautiful wood and iron axe made by Grivel with engraved
inscription "Courmayeur to Ugo Angelino July 31, 1954 K2"
on metal plate and gifted to the famous climber by the
municipality. Minor defects.
Height 28 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 75
BRONZE EAGLE
Eagle in bronze on black marble base, with inscription "Il comune
di Coggiola al concittadino Ugo Angelino audace scalatore del K2
1954". Minor defects.
Height 24 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 76
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASCENT
Commemorative bronze plaque of the K2 with the reproduction of the mountain and the signatures of the participants.
7.9 x 11.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 77
"ITALIA K2" MOVIE BY MARCELLO BALDI
Two original 16mm color films from of the 1955 motion picture that documents the Italian expedition to K2. Himalayan shoots were taken by Mario Fantin while Marcello Baldi worked as a director adding sequences filmed in Italy. Divided into three parts, the film shows
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 78
K2 POSTCARD
Postcard with stamps and commemorative stamp cancellation 'Italian Expedition CAI CNR Himalaya Karakorum K2 1954' with the autograph signatures of the members of the expedition.
5.7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 79
EXPEDITION PARTICIPANTS
Nice photograph depicting the 13 members of the K2 expedition with the autograph signatures of Ubaldo Rey, Ugo Angelino, Walter Bonatti, Lino Lacedelli, Gino Soldà, Achille Compagnoni, Cirillo Floreanini, Sergio Viotto, Bruno Zanettin, Erich Abram, Guido Pagani and Pino
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 80
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Il K2
Large photograph printed on canvas that shows the base camps of the 1954 Italian expedition to K2, from number II to number IX, with corrections concerning the last two camps. On the reverse of the canvas the stamp of the Institute of Alpine Photography Sella in Biella.
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 4.200