Aste Bolaffi: Modern and Contemporary Art, 939, Turin
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Ensor (1860-1949) | La Cathedrale |
Bruxelles | 1886 | EUR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 2 | Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) | Catherine s’epongeant |
1908; 1932 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,088.00 | |
| 3 | Egon Schiele (1890-1918) | Egon Schiele |
1990 | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,048.00 | |
| 4 | Marc Chagall (1887-1985) | L'avare qui a perdu son tresor |
1927; 1952 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 1,280.00 | |
| 5 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Periferia |
1908 | EUR 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 | |
| 6 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Maria Sacchi che legge (Maria Sacchi, eta 72 anni) |
1907 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 | |
| 7 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Lago con cigni |
1908 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 | |
| 8 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Testa di bambino che sorride |
1910 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Donna che legge (Ines che legge) |
1910 | EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Piazza del Duomo |
1908 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 | |
| 11 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | La strada |
1927 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 | |
| 12 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | Natura morta con sei oggetti |
Turin | 1930; 1973 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 13 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | Paesaggio (I stato) |
c. 1930 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 | |
| 14 | Luigi Bartolini (1892-1963) | I Fioretti |
1942 | EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 512.00 | |
| 15 | Luigi Bartolini (1892-1963) | Il gondoliere |
1949 | EUR 400.00 - 700.00 | EUR 416.00 | |
| 16 | Carlo Carra (1881-1966) | 3 Books, including: Casa a Belgirate |
Rome | 1966 | EUR 400.00 - 700.00 | EUR 448.00 |
| 17 | Massimo Campigli (1895-1971) | La lontananza |
Venice | 1944 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,152.00 |
| 18 | Filippo De Pisis (1896-1956) | Vase with flowers |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 700.00 | EUR 384.00 | |
| 19 | Bibliografia/Literature Catalogo Sec. Biennale Internazionale della Grafica |
Firenze | 1970 | EUR 450.00 - 800.00 | EUR 960.00 | |
| 20 | Marino Marini (1901-1980) | Apparizione |
1971 | EUR 400.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Marino Marini (1901-1980) | La caduta dell’Angelo |
1961 | EUR 350.00 - 700.00 | EUR 384.00 | |
| 22 | Bibliografia/Literature G. Guastalla, Marino Marini. Catalogo ragionato dell'opera grafica (incisioni e litografie) 1919-1980 |
Livorno | 1990 | EUR 350.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) | Mein Name ist Hase (I Know Nothing about it) |
1927; 1973 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,280.00 | |
| 24 | Sonia Terk Delaunay (1885-1979) | Illustration for Le Fruit Permis |
Paris | 1956 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,408.00 |
| 26 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Deux sculptures devant une statue |
Paris | 1931 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | 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.