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Bertolami Fine Art : Old Master & Modern Prints and Drawings

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Auction Name	Old Master & Modern Prints and Drawings	Total Sales (EUR)	98,897.50
Auction Date	November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	66,940.00
Sale Number	#358	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	114,420.00
Total Lots	360
Sold Lots	141.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	139,780.00
% of Lots Sold	39.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	231,990.00
Unsold Lots	219	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	42.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
220	Francisco Goya	Los Desastres de la Guerra. Coleccion de ochenta laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte, Madrid: Royal Academy, 1863	1863	EUR 15,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 17,500.00
180	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	Carceri, plate VII: A vast interior with a drawbridge,		EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 8,125.00
176		Giuseppe Vasi The view of the Leonine City, seen with the Vatican Basilica, the Bridge, and Castel Sant"Angelo \| The view of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls \| The ruins of Rome"s ancient magnificence ...		EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 4,250.00
181	Giovanni Battista Piranesi	Carceri, plate VIII: A vast interior with trophies.,		EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 3,000.00
43		Pyrrhus, anonymous Florentine engraver of the 15th century	15th century	EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,750.00
42		Achilles, anonymous Florentine engraver of the 15th century	15th century	EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,500.00
41		Theseus, anonymous Florentine engraver of the 15th century	15th century	EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,250.00
223	Francisco de Goya	Otras leyes por el pueblo \| Lluvia de toros \| Que guerrero! \| Una reina del circo,		EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,125.00
321	Alphonse Mucha	Autumn, from Four Seasons,		EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 2,125.00
226	Francisco de Goya	No hubo remedio,		EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,750.00
391	GIORGIO DE CHIRICO	Mannequin, 1964	1964	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,375.00
155	Gaetano Piccini	Gaetano Piccini Great Fireworks Machine ... in Piazza Navona with a design by the very erudite Cavalier Pietro Leone Ghezzi,		EUR 250.00 - 350.00	EUR 1,250.00
225	Francisco de Goya	Hasta su abuelo,		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,250.00
318	Max Klinger	Vom Tode I,		EUR 1,200.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,250.00
145	Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter	Jerzy (Giorgio) Szymonowicz Siemiginowski Cartouche with coat of arms,		EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 1,187.50
322	GUSTAV KLIMT	GUSTAV KLIMT Ex libris der Vereinigung bildender Kunstler Osterreichs Secession, 1898	1898	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,125.00
47	Albrecht (1471) Durer	Albrecht Durer Three putti with trumpets, shield and helmet,		EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,000.00
101	Magdalena de Passe	Magdalena van de Passe Orpheus in the Underworld,		EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,000.00
172	Marco Alvise Pitteri	Twelve Apostles, after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta,		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,000.00
45	Albrecht (1471) Durer	Albrecht Durer Crucifixion with the Three Crosses (Small Crucifixion),		EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 937.50
222	Francisco de Goya	Disparate ridiculo,		EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 937.50
56		Bartolomeo da Brescia Deposition, 1565	1565	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 875.00
202	Pietro Fabris	Veduta a volo d'uccello del convento dei Camaldoli \| Veduta del Golfo di Pozzuoli, 1776	1776	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 875.00
224	Francisco de Goya	Si quebro el cantaro,		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 875.00
239	Luigi Tasca	Francesco Inghirami Collezione di otto disegni per decorazioni teatrali inventati dal sig. Luigi Tasca, Fiesole 1820	1820	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 875.00

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
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
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.