Auction Reports

Bertolami Fine Art

Auction Info

Auction Name
20th Century Rare and Curious Books
Auction Date
12/29/2025 - 12/29/2025
Sale Number
#364
Total Lots
476
Sold Lots
285.0
Lots Sold
59.87%
Unsold Lots
191
Total Sales (EUR)
11,410.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
22,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
35,710.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
52,170.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
79,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
14.44%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
447 Leoncillo, Leonardo

Leoncillo, Leonardo: Bestiario (1941) 20 litografie firmate da Clerici e una dedica autografa di Leoncillo

EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,000.00
55 Neville, Richard

2 prime edizioni autografate da Richard Neville

EUR 400.00 - 450.00 EUR 240.00
339 Hitler, Adolf

Hitler, Adolf: Mein Kampf, Muchen, Franz Cher Nach Floger, 1934

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 220.00
350 Pavese, Roberto

2 volumi degli anni '40 sulla questione ebraica

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 160.00
406

Gioco dell'Oca - "L'Oca Garantita" illustrata da Guareschi e tratta dal settimanale "Settebello" anni '30-'40

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 150.00
290

Some time in New York City (1995) 1866/3500 Prima edizione Firmata da Yoko Ono e Bob Gruen

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 150.00
434 Spatola, Adriano

2 volumi da Edizioni Geiger: Spatola

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 130.00
231 Spatola, Adriano

2 volumi di Spatola Adriano

EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 120.00
387

W. W. II La Citta Libera, n. 1-46 + supplemento (1945) Croce Einaudi Flaiano Moravia Pepe

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 120.00
468

BEATLES / JOHN LENNON: Revolver LP + Ritratto Specchio + Rivista Mojo 2000

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 120.00
54 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

3 volumi in inglese di Ferlinghetti Lawrence con firma autografa

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 110.00
165 Almansi, Guido - Merry Bruce

12 volumi di controcultura e avanguardia - Dedica autografa di Piromalli

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 110.00
423

Titan Avant-Garde. Quindicinnale d'Avanguardia di musica di costume & varia umanita. Anno II / 1 (1971) Carmelo Bene - Jack Bruce - poster doppio Circus 2000

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
424 Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso

Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso: Marinetti e il Futurismo (1929) prima edizione

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
467

POSTER BEATLES John LENNON: IMAGINE Warner Bros 1988

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 100.00
352 Interlandi, Telesio

3 volumi sulla questione ebraica

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
57 Neville, Richard

7 volumi di Neville Richard in inglese con firma autografa

EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 100.00
425

Solaria, primo numero assoluto: anno I, n. 1 (gennaio 1926) - anno II, n. 2-3 (febbraio-marzo 1927)

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
39 D'Anna, Andrea

3 volumi D'Anna - Pivano - Capitini

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 100.00
99

2 volumi sui Beatles in inglese

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 95.00

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  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.