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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Giovanni Lanfranco | Giovanni Lanfranco History of the Old Testament painted in Rome by Raphael |
1607 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 86 | Sisto Badalocchio | Sisto Badalocchio Laocoon |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | EUR 325.00 | |
| 87 | Theatrum (Ioannes Carotus veronensis pictor et architetus inventor); 1648 ca. |
c. 1648 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 88 | Giovanni Battista Coriolano | Giovanni Battista Coriolano Virgin with the Child on the Left, after Guido Reni |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 89 | Giovanni Battista Coriolano | Giovanni Battista Coriolano Herodias and Salome without the Shields |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 90 | San Vitale; Anonymous 18th century engraver |
18th century | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 91 | Pietro Testa | Pietro Testa The Garden of Charity |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 92 | Pietro Testa | Pietro Testa Self-portrait |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 400.00 | |
| 93 | Pietro Testa | Pietro Testa Return of the Prodigal Son |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | Francois Perrier | Francois Perrier The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, after Raphael |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 95 | Laurent de la Hyre | Laurent de la Hyre Three cherubs with a barrel of wine |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 225.00 | |
| 96 | Bartolommeo Biscaino | Bartolomeo Biscaino Nativity |
N/A | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 875.00 | |
| 97 | Bartolommeo Biscaino | Bartolomeo Biscaino Herodias with the head of John the Baptist |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 475.00 | |
| 98 | Stefano Della Bella | Stefano della Bella The Duchess, from Diverse figure e paesi); 1649 |
1649 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 99 | Stefano Della Bella | Stefano della Bella Head of a child turned three-quarters |
N/A | EUR 120.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 100 | Stefano Della Bella | Stefano della Bella Ornamental panel with two boar heads, from "Ornamenti o grottesche" |
N/A | EUR 120.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101 | Alessandro Cesati | Il Grechetto Head of a man facing right | Head of an old man facing left |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102 | Giov. Battista Mola | Giovanni Battista Mola Judith with the Head of Holofernes |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
| 103 | Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi | Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi Four subjects after Polidoro da Caravaggio |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | Jan Baptist de Wael | Jan Baptist de Wael II Various subjects of figures and animals (complete series) |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 105 | detto Pietro da Cortona (after) | detto Pietro da Cortona (after) Tabulae anatomicae. Plate IIII and Plate XVIII |
Rome | 1741 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 106 | Federico Guazzo | Federico Guazzi The Virgin, from Annunciation, after Annibale Carracci |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 107 | Giovanni Andrea Sirani | Giovanni Andrea Sirani Lucrezia |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 375.00 | |
| 108 | Claude Vignon | Claude Vignon Apotheosis of Hercules |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Lucas Vorsterman | Lucas Vorsterman Iudocus de Momper, after Anton van Dyck |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 150.00 |
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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.