Bertolami Fine Art : Old Master & Modern Prints and Drawings, 381, Rome
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 29, 2026 - April 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Study for Testudo Coriacea; 18th century |
18th century | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,062.50 | ||
| 36 | Hans Burgkmair il Vecchio | Hans Burgkmair il Vecchio Knights with feathered hats |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 37 | Marcantonio Raimondi (scuola di) | Marcantonio Raimondi (scuola di) Vegetal grotesque in the shape of an inverted S, after Giovanni da Udine? |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 38 | Marcantonio Raimondi (scuola di) | Marcantonio Raimondi (scuola di) The Healing of the Blind Man |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 39 | Marcantonio Raimondi (copia da) | Marcantonio Raimondi (copia da) The Triumph |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 40 | Marcantonio Raimondi (copia da) | Marcantonio Raimondi (copia da) Two Sibyls and the Zodiac |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 41 | Maestro della Testa di Cavallo | Maestro della Testa di Cavallo Ornament with two putti riding dolphins |
N/A | EUR 900.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Giulio de Musi | Giulio de Musi Port of Ostia, after Pirro Ligorio; 1554 |
1554 | EUR 700.00 - 1,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | Pieter Perret | Pieter Perret Sibyl, after Federico Zuccaro |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Jacob Bos | Jacob Bos Pyrrhus, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae; 1562 |
1562 | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | EUR 575.00 | |
| 45 | Etienne Duperac | Etienne Duperac Antiquorum Sacrificandi ritus... |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | Maestro del Dado | Maestro del Dado Cupid flies to Psyche’s aid | The Parnassus of the Gods |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | Enea Vico | Enea Vico The Birth of Adonis, after Francesco Salviati; 1544 |
1544 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,375.00 | |
| 48 | Nicolas Beatrizet | Nicolas Beatrizet (attribuito a) Death of Meleager, after Francesco Salviati |
N/A | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,625.00 | |
| 49 | Andrea Meldolla, detto Schiavone | Andrea Meldolla, detto Schiavone The Christ Child in the cradle, surrounded by saints |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 | |
| 50 | Maarten van Heemskerck | Maarten van Heemskerck Flight into Egypt |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 51 | Jan Collaert I | Jan Collaert I Pendants with deities in niches and floral arabesques |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 | |
| 52 | Rene Boyvin | Rene Boyvin Story of Jason |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 53 | Giorgio Ghisi | Giorgio Ghisi Venus and the Rose, after Luca Penni |
1582 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Frontispiece of Ricettario fiorentino di nuovo illustrato; 1597 |
1597 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 55 | Jan (Johannes) Sadeler | Jan (Johannes) Sadeler Pauperibus mors grata venit..., after Johannes Stradanus |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 425.00 | |
| 56 | Robert Boissard | Robert Boissard Masquerades |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | Agostino Carracci | Agostino Carracci The Harmony of the Spheres, after Bernardo Buontalenti |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Agostino Carracci | Agostino Carracci Mercury and the Three Graces, after Jacopo Tintoretto; 1589 |
1589 | EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | |
| 59 | Paulus Pontius | Paulus Pontius Portrait of Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, after Anthony van Dyck |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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.