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Finarte: Easy Collecting - Old Prints
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| Auction Name | Easy Collecting - Old Prints | Total Sales (EUR) | 17,833.20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 10,030.00 |
| Sale Number | #62526 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 18,220.00 |
| Total Lots | 262 | ||
| Sold Lots | 109.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 27,380.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 41.60% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 45,460.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 153 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 39.23% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | View of the exterior of the great Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican |
18th century | EUR 600.00 - 700.00 | EUR 792.00 |
| 231 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | View of St. Peter's Basilica |
19th century | EUR 90.00 - 120.00 | EUR 792.00 |
| 125 | Piranesi Francesco | Roman ruins |
1700 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 660.00 |
| 235 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | View of the Sant'Angelo Bridge and Castle |
19th century | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 660.00 |
| 10 | Daddi Bernardo | The chariot of Cybele |
c.ca 1540 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 567.60 |
| 127 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | View of the Spanish Steps |
18th century | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 528.00 |
| 133 | Remondini Giovanni Battista (1713 - 1773) | Prospectus lateris Arcis ex parte Duriae maioris cum illuminatione Augusta Taurinorum |
18th century | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 462.00 |
| 252 | Bonazza Luigi | 4 Books, including: Engravings for the Caproni Company |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 462.00 |
| 9 | Mercatore Gerardo | Siciliae Regnum |
1589 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 435.60 |
| 99 | Piranesi Giovanni Battista | Reverse of the temple of Pula in Istria |
18th century | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 396.00 |
| 43 | Merian Matthaus (1593) | Mediolanum |
1646 | EUR 130.00 - 200.00 | EUR 316.80 |
| 47 | Testa Pietro | Venus delivers the weapons to Aeneas |
c.ca 1640 | EUR 240.00 - 280.00 | EUR 316.80 |
| 130 | Vasi Giuseppe | Villa and Casino Borghese known as Pinciana |
18th century | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 316.80 |
| 239 | Rossini Luigi | General view of the Great Colossi on Mount Quirinale from Volgo Monte Cavallo |
1819 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 316.80 |
| 38 | Janssonius Johannes | Florentine Dominion |
1635 | EUR 180.00 - 300.00 | EUR 290.40 |
| 84 | Bellin Jacques-Nicolas | Nouvelle Carte de l'Isle de Corse |
1749 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 264.00 |
| 136 | Vasi Giuseppe | Papal Garden on the Quirinal |
18th century | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | EUR 264.00 |
| 221 | Map of the city of Naples and its surroundings |
1828 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 264.00 | |
| 248 | Bagetti; Sonnerat | Vue de a Ville d'Albenga - Quartier General de l'Armee 5 April 1796 |
1835 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 264.00 |
| 82 | Map of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia |
1765 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 224.40 | |
| 98 | Homann Johann Baptist | Belli Typus in Italia victricis Aquilae progressus in statu Mediolanensi er ducato Mantuae |
1702 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 211.20 |
| 103 | De La Lande Joseph Jerome | Plan de Milan |
1769 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 211.20 |
| 135 | Vasi Giuseppe | Remains of the Portico built by Augustus in honor of his sister Octavia |
18th century | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 211.20 |
| 196 | Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) | Samurai |
Edo period | EUR 160.00 - 200.00 | EUR 211.20 |
| 104 | Nicolet Pierre | The Sacrifices at Ceres |
1784 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 198.00 |
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14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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