MARITIME SALE
The sea in all its facets is the protagonist of the first Maritime Sale at Aste Bolaffi. The catalog is rich of collectibles items for nautical fans: books and prints, important advertising posters, paintings, furniture and objects d’art, nautical instruments and naval models, including some design objects and memorabilia from famous liners of the past.
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4 pm | lots 1-226
VIEWING from Thursday 28 June to Tuesday 3 July (except Sunday)
10 am - 6.00 pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Lot 26
FRANCO-ITALIAN FRIENDSHIP
Rivista navale alle squadre francese ed italiana del mediterraneo nel golfo di Napoli in onore del presidente della repubblica francese. 29 aprile 1904.
In 4° (275 x 190 mm). 39, [3] pages. Double page color map of the Gulf of Naples. Calf
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 27
NUNZIO GULINO 1920-2011
Conchiglie
Etching on paper, artist's proof signed and dated lower right.
13.78 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 28
JAMES ROBERTS
A view of the Doge's Palace at Venice with the Grand Landing place before it. [London], 1758.
Hand-colored etching with some little holes for the light along the edges of the buildings, on the windows of the ships and some stars in the sky, with a
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 29
JEAN FRANÇOIS DAUMONT 1740-1775
Vue Perspective de la Ville, et du Port de Rotterdam, du coté de la Meuze. Paris, Daumont, 18th Century
Hand colored etching with some little holes for the light on the windows of buildings and ships as well as some stars in the sky.
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 30
MARITIME VUE D’OPTIQUE
Interesting group of 3 engravings depicting the Prospect der stadt Dunkirchen in Flandern by Georg Balthasar Probst printed in 1770, the beautiful Vue des Chantiers et Du Port de Carthagene en Espagne and rare view of Valetta seen from the castle
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 31
ANONIMO
Barche in secca
Oil on canvas.
Minor defects and wear.
11.61 x 15.55 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 32
PAIR OF GILT AND SILVER PLATED SALT CELLARS
Italy, 20th Century
In the form of tritons riding a dolphin and holding a gilt inside cone-shaped shell.
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 33
ATTRIBUITO A JACOB BELLEVOIS 1621-1676
La tempesta
Oil on canvas, in carved and gilt-wood frame. The painting is accompanied by a photo certificate with the stamp of 'Goyet Antiquités' dated 8th December 1990.
18.11 x 28.35 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 34
SILVER SAILING SHIP EX VOTO
20th Century
On a red satin ground and framed.
5.5 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 35
PAIR OF BOOKS HOLDERS
20th Century
In the form of a three-masted vessel, in enamelled metal, with waved rectangular base.
Wear to the enamels.
5.5 x 5.9 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 36
BOATS AND SAILING SHIPS
Switzerland, 1920-1930
A group of 10 découpage mounted on 2 cream colored cardboards, depicting various types of sailing ships and boats.
Minor defects.
8.26 x 6.10 in. and smaller
Starting price: € 400
Lot 37
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
La corvetta
Ceramic tile depicting a sailing ship, design Gio Ponti, Ginori manifacture San Cristoforo and mounted on a carved wood box.
5.71 x 5.71 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 38
U. LEVI
L'uragano
Tempera on cardboard, signed lower left recto, titled on the reverse.
5.91 x 7.87 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 39
FISH-SHAPED DECORATIVE PANEL
20th Century
Wooden panel, built in two parts joined by metal crossbars, a metal chain applied at the top.
55.1 x 26 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 40
CERAMIC FISH
Italy, 20th Century
Large ceramic sculpture glazed in blue, yellow and green.
Minor chips, a glued break on the tail.
14.6 x 22.6 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 41
PAIR OF MAIOLICA FISH-SHAPED DISHES
HenRiot Quimper, France, first half of 20th Century
With floral borders and blue tails on a beige background, in the middle a feminine profile and a masculine one in typical Breton costume.
Marked under the base HenRiot Quimper n.7.
1.4 x 9.4 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 42
ATTRIBUITO A ABELE JACOPI 1882-1957
Sirena con bimbo e pesce, Lenci, Torino
Hand-molded terracotta, decorated with polychrome semi-gloss enamels, under the base signed 'Lenci' Turin. This is the model number 636 made on the design of Abele Jacopi.
10.24 x 12.60 x 5.91 in.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 43
PIETRO MELANDRI 1885-1976
Ciotola con sirena
Maiolica decorated with iridescent enamels in bronze and petroleum green inside. On the base the mark 'P. Melandri' and a apple.
Diameter 7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 44
ANONIMO
J. P. Vaal a Ploumanac'h
Gouache on paper, inscribed lower recto 'J. P. Vaal - Ploumanach - Bhr'. Framed.
Minor scratches, defects and wear.
11.81 x 13.78 in.
Starting price: € 350
Lot 45
ANONIMO
Marina con veduta di Napoli e il Vesuvio
Gouache on paper in passe-partout and framed.
14.76 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 46
ANONIMO
L'eruzione del Vesuvio
Oval gouache on paper, framed.
Minor defects and wear.
9.84 x 12.20 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 47
SILVER CUP
Reed & Barton, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1912 circa
With three handles, globular body and circular base, smooth, engraved on the body "Hotel Indian River Co Cup, RCYC, March 20-21-1912 'under a nautical flag in yellow and blue glaze.
Marked under the base.
Some damage to the flag's enamel, minor dents and scratches.
8.7 x
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 48
ANONIMO
Veduta di Hong Kong
Mixed media on paper, in passe-partout and beautiful marbled frame painted in gouache.
Defects and wear.
7.68 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 49
TWO THAI NAVY'S SILVER BOXES
Thailand, 20th Century
One rectangular silver and niello box, on the cover a rudder with the inscription "the Royal Thai Government pilots" and a flag, flanked by the dedication surmounted by an anchor, lined inside in painted wood, marked "Siam Sterling" under the base. The other box
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 50
LUIGI RONCAGLIA 1915-1978
Marina
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
11.02 x 14.96 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250