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Auction Info

Auction Name
Books, Autographs, and Prints
Auction Date
06/24/2025 - 06/25/2025
Sale Number
#62525
Total Lots
507
Sold Lots
173
Lots Sold
34.12%
Unsold Lots
334
Total Sales (EUR)
258,384.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
156,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
206,530.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
737,270.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
926,940.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
27.87%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4 Dante Alighieri

The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487

31 May 1487 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 52,400.00
497 Munari, Bruno - Tullio D'Albisola

The Lyrical Watermelon (Long Passionate Poem) , 1934

1934 EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 30,130.00
230 Giovan Battista Nolli

New map of Rome brought to light by Giambattista Nolli, 1748

1748 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 12,445.00
204

Herbarium, 1700

18th century. EUR 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 9,825.00
489 Vladimir Majakovskij - Lazar Markovich Lissitzky

Dlia Golosa, 1923

1923 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 9,170.00
16 Dante Alighieri

Dante's terza rima, 1502

1502 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,860.00
406 Salvador Dali

Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, 1967

1967 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,550.00
256 Nazari, Giovanni Battista

Of the metallic transmutation you dream three , 1599

1599 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 EUR 6,550.00
141 Pietro Bertelli

Theatre of the cities of Italy - Addition to the Theatre, 1629

1629 EUR 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,030.00
127 Strabone

Geographical commentaries, 1523

1523 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,092.00
18 Dante Alighieri

Works of the divine poet Danthe with his commentaries: recorrecti et with every diligence newly imprinted in cursive letter, 1512

1512 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 5,092.00
159 Athanasius Kircher

Athanasii Kircheri and Soc.

1650 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,422.00
479 Fautrier, Jean - Bataille, Georges - Giuseppe Ungaretti

Giuseppe Ungaretti - Madame Edwarda, 1942

1942 [ 1945]. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,020.00
174 Tommaso Porcacchi

The most famous islands in the world by Thomaso Porcacchi from Castiglione Arretino and carved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, 1620

1620 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,752.00
133 Publio Virgilio Marone

Virgil, 1514

1514 [but after 1517] EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,484.00
353 Verdi, Giuseppe

Autograph letter with signature, 1859

1859 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,484.00
386 Arbasino, Alberto

Brothers of Italy, 1993

1993-2020 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,216.00
37 Aristotele - Porfirio

Porphyry's Commentary on Aristotle, 1521

1521 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,412.00
137 Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri

The Fencing of Francesco Fer.o Alfieri Master of Arms of the Illustrious Delia Academy in Padua., 1640

1640 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,412.00
495 Marino Marini

All near Marino, 1971

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,010.00

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