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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Ancient, Modern and Contemporary Art (Part II), 62b, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 61 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45 Autori vari

Lotto konvolut di 99 tra incisioni, disegni e portfolio.

XVIII-XX secolo. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 428.00
46 Autori vari

Grande lotto composto di 35 incisioni francesi.

EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
47 Autori vari

Lotto composto di 3 incisioni e 1 disegno.

EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 202.00
48 Autori vari

Lotto konvolut composto di 48 stampe e disegni dei secoli XIX, XX e XXI.

1800-2000. EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
49 Autori vari

Lotto composto di 44 incisioni.

1846-1929. EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
50 Autori vari

Lotto composto di 3 incisioni.

1897-1915. EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 252.00
51 Autori vari

Lotto composto di 21 incisioni a tema liberty.

EUR 220.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
52 Autori vari

Lotto composto di 51 incisioni.

EUR 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
53 Autori vari

L'Eroica - Anno V, fascicoli I, II e III.

1915 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 353.00
54

Lotto composto di 4 cataloghi d'arte.

1971-95. EUR 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
55 Mose Bianchi (Mairago, 1836 - 1892)

Ritratto della moglie.

EUR 80.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
56 Massimo Campigli (Berlino, 1895 - Saint-Tropez, 1971)

La Dame Blanche.

1962 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
57 Antonio Carbonati (Mantova, 1893 - Roma, 1956)

Lotto composto di 13 incisioni.

1928-31. EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 189.00
58 Basilio Cascella (Pescara, 1860 - 1950)

Lotto composto di 2 incisioni per L'Illustrazione Abruzzese.

EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
59 Edgar Chahine (Vienna, 1874 - Parigi, 1947)

Lotto composto di 2 incisioni.

1917-22. EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
60 Adolfo De Carolis (Montefiore dell'Aso, 1874 - Roma, 1928)

Dante Alighieri.

1920 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 1,386.00
61 Giovanni Fattori (Livorno, 1825 - Firenze, 1908)

Lotto composto di 3 incisioni.

EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 164.00
62 Giovanni Fattori (Livorno, 1825 - Firenze, 1908)

Cavalli al pascolo.

EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 403.00
63 Giovanni Fattori (Livorno, 1825 - Firenze, 1908)

Contadini sul ciuco.

EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 479.00
64 Giuseppe Graziosi (Savignano sul Panaro, 1879 - Firenze, 1942)

Ritratto di Adolfo Venturi.

1927 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
65 Jean-Francois Millet (Greville-Hague, 1814 - Barbizon, 1875)

Le Boullie (Il Porridge).

1861-88. EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
66 Giorgio Morandi (Bologna, 1890 - 1964) [da]

Lotto composto di 4 incisioni.

EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 479.00
67 Alphonse Mucha (Ivan?ice, 1860 - Praga, 1939)

Lotto composto di 3 incisioni da Figures Decoratives.

1904-05. EUR 280.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
68 Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) [after]

Repos de sculpteur devant le jeune cavalier.

EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 113.00
69 Telemaco Signorini (Firenze, 1835 - 1901)

Vicolo in Siena.

1870 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 101.00
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    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
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