Aste Bolaffi: Collectibles - Comics, Original Comic Art & Cards, 790, Turin

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 23, 2026 - April 23, 2026

Page Size: 502 items in 21 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	TOMASINA	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDEZZA, FRANCA NN. 1/44	1946	Not Available	Not Sold
177	TOMASINA	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDEZZA, MIRKO NN. 1/29	1947	Not Available	Not Sold
178	TOMASINA	ALBI FORZA E CORAGGIO, SAM PLACID NN. 1/12	1947	Not Available	EUR 125.00
179	TOMASINA	ALBI FORZA E CORAGGIO, TANKS L'UOMO D'ACCIAIO IIA SERIE NN. 1/24	1948	Not Available	Not Sold
180	TOMASINA	PIERINO ATOM	1948	Not Available	Not Sold
181	TOMASINA	ALBO SCUGNIZZO, BIRBA RACCOLTINA NN. 1/3	1950	Not Available	EUR 31.25
182	TOMASINA	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDEZZA, KOCIS NN. 1/54	1953	Not Available	EUR 250.00
183	TOMASINA	ALBI SCUGNIZZO, VIRGOLA	1953	Not Available	EUR 31.25
184	TOMASINA	ALBO I DINAMICI, CARABINA JONES RACCOLTA NN. 1/4	1953	Not Available	EUR 125.00
185	TOMASINA	JEZAB IL FENCIO, RACCOLTINA NN. 1/5	1953	Not Available	EUR 62.50
186	TOMASINA	NIK IL PICCOLO POLIZIOTTO NN. 1/21	1954	Not Available	EUR 62.50
187	TOMASINA	TABOR L'UOMO DELLA JUNGLA	1954	Not Available	EUR 62.50
188	TOMASINA	TONY COMET IL FIGLIO DELLO SPAZIO	1954	Not Available	EUR 62.50
189	AUTORI VARI	LETTURE D'AVVENTURA FUMETTI	1970-1980	Not Available	EUR 31.25
190	BONELLI	ZAGOR SCRITTA ROSSA NN. 1-100	1970	Not Available	EUR 125.00
191	DC COMICS	BATMAN	1990	Not Available	Not Sold
192	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 500/549	1955	Not Available	Not Sold
193	UNIVERSO	UNIVERSO Albi dell'Intrepido NN. 550/599 1956	1956	Not Available	Not Sold
194	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 600/649	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
195	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 650/699	1958	Not Available	Not Sold
196	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 700/749	1959	Not Available	Not Sold
197	UNIVERSO	UNIVERSO Albi dell'Intrepido NN. 750/799 1960	1960	Not Available	Not Sold
198	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 850/899	1962	Not Available	Not Sold
199	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 800/849	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
200	UNIVERSO	ALBI DELL'INTREPIDO NN. 900/949	1963	Not Available	Not Sold

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000

Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000

Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.