Finarte: Books, Autographs, and Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Autographs, and Prints | Total Sales (EUR) | 258,384.20 |
| Auction Date | June 24, 2025 - June 25, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 156,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #62525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 206,530.00 |
| Total Lots | 507 | ||
| Sold Lots | 173 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 737,270.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 34.12% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 926,940.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 334 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dante Alighieri | The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487 |
31 May 1487 | EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | EUR 52,400.00 |
| 497 | Munari, Bruno - Tullio D'Albisola | The Lyrical Watermelon (Long Passionate Poem) , 1934 |
1934 | EUR 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 30,130.00 |
| 230 | Giovan Battista Nolli | New map of Rome brought to light by Giambattista Nolli, 1748 |
1748 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 12,445.00 |
| 204 | Herbarium, 1700 |
18th century. | EUR 7,500.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,825.00 | |
| 489 | Vladimir Majakovskij - Lazar Markovich Lissitzky | Dlia Golosa, 1923 |
1923 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 9,170.00 |
| 16 | Dante Alighieri | Dante's terza rima, 1502 |
1502 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 7,860.00 |
| 256 | Nazari, Giovanni Battista | Of the metallic transmutation you dream three , 1599 |
1599 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,500.00 | EUR 6,550.00 |
| 406 | Salvador Dali | Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis, 1967 |
1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,550.00 |
| 141 | Pietro Bertelli | Theatre of the cities of Italy - Addition to the Theatre, 1629 |
1629 | EUR 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,030.00 |
| 18 | Dante Alighieri | Works of the divine poet Danthe with his commentaries: recorrecti et with every diligence newly imprinted in cursive letter, 1512 |
1512 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 5,092.00 |
| 127 | Strabone | Geographical commentaries, 1523 |
1523 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 5,092.00 |
| 159 | Athanasius Kircher | Athanasii Kircheri and Soc. |
1650 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,422.00 |
| 479 | Fautrier, Jean - Bataille, Georges - Giuseppe Ungaretti | Giuseppe Ungaretti - Madame Edwarda, 1942 |
1942 [ 1945]. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,020.00 |
| 174 | Tommaso Porcacchi | The most famous islands in the world by Thomaso Porcacchi from Castiglione Arretino and carved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, 1620 |
1620 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,752.00 |
| 133 | Publio Virgilio Marone | Virgil, 1514 |
1514 [but after 1517] | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,484.00 |
| 353 | Verdi, Giuseppe | Autograph letter with signature, 1859 |
1859 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,484.00 |
| 386 | Arbasino, Alberto | Brothers of Italy, 1993 |
1993-2020 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,216.00 |
| 37 | Aristotele - Porfirio | Porphyry's Commentary on Aristotle, 1521 |
1521 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 2,412.00 |
| 137 | Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri | The Fencing of Francesco Fer.o Alfieri Master of Arms of the Illustrious Delia Academy in Padua., 1640 |
1640 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,412.00 |
| 495 | Marino Marini | All near Marino, 1971 |
EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,010.00 | |
| 57 | Lorenzo de Medici | Vulgar Poems, Newly Printed, by Lorenzo de' Medici, 1554 |
1554 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,876.00 |
| 134 | Vitruvio, Marco Pollione | Architecture from real life, 1535 |
1535 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,876.00 |
| 389 | Free friends, 1961 |
early Sixties to around 1987 | EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,876.00 | |
| 72 | Demetrio Falereo | Demetriou Phalereos Peri hermeneias. Demetrii Phalerei De elocutione, 1552 |
1552 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 1,742.00 |
| 140 | Pietro Santi Bartoli | Trajan's Column erected by the Senate and the Roman people to the Emperor Trajan Augustus in his forum in Rome. |
EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,742.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
