Lot 1

Japanese warrior 1880 circa
Watercolored albumen vintage print. 
10.04 x 7.68 in.
Applied on passe-partout (damaged). 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300 | Sold for : € 150

Lot 2

Travel photo album: Far East, India, Africa and Egypt 1860-1880 circa
Splendid travel album consisting of 121 small (3.94 x 2.44 in.) albumen prints, some of which are watercoloured, all mounted on cardboard and inserted into shaped pages bearing inscriptions about the location and subject matter.
Brown morocco binding with gold and read all

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 8.500

Lot 3

Pair of photographs depicting the Jupiter Temple at Baalbek (Lebanon) 1883-1885 circa
Albumen vintage print. 
7.95 x 10.94 in.
Both signed and titled; mounted on the same carboard. 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 4

Assuan and Damascus
Vintage albumen print. 
8.62 x 10.75 in.
Both signed and titled, and mounted on passe-partouts bearing title and numbering. 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 5

Damas. Entrée de Damas et le Barrade
Albumen vintage print. 
8.82 x 11.10 in.
Titled and signed lower recto, applied on cardboard; on the same cardboard on the reverse is applied another anonymous albumen print depicting an exotic landscape. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400

Lot 6

Egyptian portfolio 1870-1880 circa
Album including twenty-two albumen vintage prints.
Eleven signed 'A. Beato' lower recto. 

Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000

Lot 7

Sanctum Sanctorum Temple of Edfou, Egypt
Albumen vintage print. 
8.07 x 10.16 in.
Signed and titled lower recto, mounted on cardboard. 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 8

Temples of Philae Island in Egypt
Three vintage albumen prints. 
From 8.07 x 10.24 to 10.24 x 14.96 in.
All signed and mounted on cardboard. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400

Lot 9

Egyptian temple
Albumen vintage print. 
8.78 x 11.22 in.
Signed left recto, applied on cardboard; on the same cardboard on the reverse is applied another albumen by Zaganaki Brothers (signed) depicting another temple.  
 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 10

Statue Colossale de Raméssés II a Memphis
Albumen vintage print. 
8.58 x 10.91 in.
Signed and titled recto. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400

Lot 11

London Crystal Palace 1861
Albumen vintage print. 
7.64 x 11.61 in.
Titled with blind stamp in red ink, mounted on cardboard. 

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000

Lot 12

Le Panthéon 1850-1855
Salt print. 
9.45 x 7.09 in.
Mounted on original cardboard, bearing credit blind stamp, titled in pencil. 

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 500

Lot 13

Panorama, Florence
Vintage albumen print. 
7.52 x 9.69 in.
Printed by Stab. Fotomeccanico e Fotochimico, Florence; numbered Édition Alinari n° 3579 and titled on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 250

Lot 14

Le Baptistère, Florence 1852 circa
Albumen vintage print. 
9.72 x 7.32 in.
Printed by Stab. Fotomeccanico e Fotochimico, Florence; numbered Édition Alinari n° 1807 and titled on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 15

Milano, Il Duomo 1880 circa
Vintage albumen print. 
7.76 x 10.00 in.
Titled, inscribed 'Sommer Napoli' and numbered 1944 lower recto; mounted on cardboard. 

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 250 | Sold for : € 100

Lot 16

Il Battistero di Pisa 1855-1860
Vintage albumen print. 
16.77 x 13.19 in.
Signed on the mounting cardboard and bearing blind stamp at the lower left edge. 

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 600

Lot 17

Campo dei Miracoli, Pisa 1855-1860
Vintage albumen print. 
14.33 x 17.24 in.
Signed on the mounting cardboard and bearing blind stamp at the lower left edge. 

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 600

Lot 18

Pompei, Teatro Tragico 1890 circa
Vintage albumen print. 
7.87 x 9.92 in.
Titled, inscribed 'Sommer Napoli' and numbered 1220 lower recto, mounted on cardboard; on the same cardboard on the reverse is applied another albumen by Zaganaki Brothers (signed) depicting a temple.  

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 19

Santa Maria in Aracoeli 1860 circa
Salt print on light cardboard. 
9.84 x 7.87 in.

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 700

Lot 20

Roma, Villa Doria Pamphilj 1850-1855 circa
Salt print from paper negative. 
9.45 x 12.99 in.
Mounted on light paper. 

Bibliografia/Literature
G. A. Mina (a cura di), Con la luce di Roma - In Rome's light. Fotografie dal 1840 al 1870 nella Collezione Marco Antonetto.

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000

Lot 21

Sarah Bernhardt in ‘Tosca’ 1887
Vintage albumen print. 
11.81 x 7.09 in.
Applied on carboard bearing 'Nadar' signature and his atelier address (51, Rue D'Anjou); inscribed in black pen. 

"What you do not learn [...] is the moral intelligence of your subject - it is that intuition that puts you in read all

Starting price: € 3.500 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000

Lot 22

La Signora Lia Ruskaja in Borelli
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.13 x 6.57 in.
Photographer's credit blind stamp lower left recto, stamped and titled on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400

Lot 23

Untitled 1930 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.96 x 6.89 in.
Mounted on original passe-partout (14 x 9.92 in.), bearing blind credit stamp lower right recto, and stamped on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 250

Lot 24

Untitled (Nude) 1910
Vintage albumen print. 
5.59 x 3.58 in.
Signed and dated on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 175

Lot 25

Storyville portrait, New Orleans 1911-1913
Gelatin silver print. 
9.84 x 7.95 in.
Printed in 1973 by Lee Friedlander, Friedlander's credit stamp on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 550