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Aste Bolaffi: Books and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 424,685.00
Auction Date December 13, 2017 - December 13, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 262,016.50
Sale Number #717 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 262,016.50
Total Lots 724
Sold Lots 488 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 400,806.50
% of Lots Sold 67.40% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 400,806.50
Unsold Lots 236 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 105.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
597

Blaeu, Jan

EUR 12,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 19,000.00
661

Tolomeo

EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 19,000.00
652

[Russia]

EUR 15.00 - 15.00 EUR 15,000.00
457

Machiavelli, Niccolò

EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 13,000.00
458

Machiavelli, Niccolò

EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,000.00
670

Gallesio, Giorgio

EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 8,000.00
254

[Bodoni]

EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
648

Ramusio, Giovanni Battista

EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,500.00
482

Strada, Jacopo

EUR 7,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 7,000.00
653

Pluchart, Alexandre

EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
689

Imperato, Ferrante

EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
334

Klüspies, H

EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,500.00
623

Boschini, Marco

EUR 4,700.00 - 4,700.00 EUR 4,700.00
624

Braun, Georg

EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,400.00
630

Delisle, Guillaume

EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,275.00
99

D’Annunzio, Gabriele

EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
329

Albonesi, Teseo Ambrogio

EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,000.00
373

[Cinquecentine]

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 4,000.00
702

Pine, John

EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,000.00
255

Orazio

EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 3,800.00
310

Ferriol, Charles

EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 3,800.00
529

Storia

EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 3,800.00
129

Dalì, Salvador

EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,500.00
723

Ludwig Salvator, arciduca d'Austria

EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,500.00
521

Tasso, Torquato

EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,400.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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