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

Lot 26

The Yuma 1907
Photogravure. 
14.96 x 7.48 in.
Mounted on passe-partout. 

Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200

Lot 27

Ritratto del Principe Oddone di Savoia 1855-1860
Vintage albumen print. 
6.93 x 5.16 in.
Photographer's blind credit stamp; mounted on cardboard. 

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 28

Untitled (Family Portraits) 1935
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
8.98 x 6.65 in.
All mounted on original passe-partout, within original Ghitta Carell, Rome photographic studio envelope. All signed, some on the passe-partout, some on the photograph; some dated.

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

Lot 29

Eleonora Pietromarchi Attolico with her son 1935
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.06 x 6.30 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, mounted on cardboard inscribed ''alla cara Franca con amicizia Eleonora / Berlino 1936-XIV'. 
Rare shot showing Countess Eleonora Pietromarchi Attolico, wife of the diplomat Bernardo read all

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

Lot 30

Maria José di Savoia, Principessa di Piemonte 1935
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
8.86 x 6.61 in.
Signed lower right recto; mounted on passe-partout (14.88 x 10.83 in.) bearing an handwritten dedication by Maria José of Savoy 'Alla Contessa Francesca De Courten / Maria

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

Lot 31

Umberto II di Savoia
Vintage gelatin silver print.
9.25 x 6.69 in.
Signed and bearing photographer's blind credit stamp; mounted on passe-partout (13.38 x 9.53 in.) bearing an handwritten dedication by Umberto II of Savoy 'All'Ammiraglio di Divisione Raffaele De Courten

Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 400 | Sold for : € 250

Lot 32

Maharani of Pratapgarh, wife of Ram Singhji II 1949 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
25.00 x 19.68 in.
Mounted on original cardboard. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400 | Sold for : € 225

Lot 33

Untitled
Colored photographic print. 
24.02 x 29.53 in.
Signed 'Photo Service Co. Delhi' lower recto; mounted on passe-partout. 

Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400 | Sold for : € 425

Lot 34

Accademia Maschile della G.I.L. 1930s
Pair of vintage gelatin silver prints. 
6.93 x 9.21 in.
Both titled, stamped and numbered n. 2 and n. 85 on the reverse. 

Provenienza/Provenance
Asta Bloomsbury n. 13 del 28.05.2008, lotto n. 40. 
Collezione privata, Milano. 

Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 200 - 300

Lot 35

Olympia 1936
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.45 x 11.81 in.
Bearing stamp and inventory number of the production lower recto, printed from the negative for the press release of the homonym movie. 

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 850

Lot 36

Olympia 1936
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.45 x 11.81 in.
Bearing stamp and inventory number of the production lower recto, printed from the negative for the press release of the homonym movie. 

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500

Lot 37

Olympia 1936
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.45 x 11.81 in.
Bearing stamp and inventory number of the production lower recto, printed from the negative for the press release of the homonym movie. 

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500

Lot 38

Pair of landscapes 1900 circa
Vintage albumen prints.
9.72 x 7.40 in.
Both stamped on the reverse. 

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

Lot 39

Cervino 1930 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
15.12 x 11.22 in.
Signed lower left recto; stamp traces on the reverse. 

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

Lot 40

Valtournanche Piano del Breil e Dent d’Herens 1930 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
11.50 x 15.43 in.
Bearing credit blind stamp lower right recto. 

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

Lot 41

Cervino 1921
Vintage gelatin silver print.
5.43 x 3.31 in.
Dedicated, signed and dated on the reverse. 

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

Lot 42

Il K2 visto dal Colle Vittorio Sella 1909
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
15.55 x 11.81 in.
Signed by the participants to the expedition to the K2. On the reverse stamped by 'Istituto di fotografia Alpina Vittorio Sella, Biella'. Adhesive tape traces, slight silver

Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 500

Lot 43

K2 al levar del sole dal Campo II 1909
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
11.42 x 15.35 in.
Titled and dated on the reverse; lot inscribed 'negative 1/6111' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella. 

Provenienza/Provenance
Collezione

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500

Lot 44

K2 dal ghiacciaio Godwin Austen 1909
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
15.35 x 11.42 in.
Titled and dated on the reverse; inscribed 'negative 1/6176' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella, on the reverse. 

Provenienza/Provenance
Coll

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.000

Lot 45

K2 (telefoto) al tramonto dall'angolo Baltoro 1909
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
15.35 x 11.42 in.
Titled and dated on the reverse; inscribed 'negative 1/6244' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella, on the reverse. 

Provenienza/

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500

Lot 46

Jean Gabin on the set of 'Le jour se lève' 1939
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
9.45 x 7.13 in.
Titled on the reverse. 

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

Lot 47

Clark Gable and Lana Turner on the set of 'Somewhere I'll Find You' 1942
Four vintage gelatin silver prints. 
10.12 x 7.99 in.
Stamped on the reverse and bearing inventory number lower recto. 

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

Lot 48

Clark Gable on the set of 'Cain and Mabel' 1936
Vintage gelatin silver print. 
10.04 x 7.95 in.
Stamped on the reverse. 

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

Lot 49

Film portfolio 1930s
Six vintage gelatin silver prints. 
From 9.45 x 7.09 to 7.99 x 10.24 in.
Beautiful portofolio including six photographic prints depicting actors of the 20th Century, as Boris Karloff. Some bearing stamps and iscriptions on the reverse. 

Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800

Lot 50

Film portfolio 20th Century
Nine vintage gelatin silver prints. 
From 8.15 x 6.10 to 11 x 8 in. 
Beautiful portofolio including eleven photographic prints depicting actors and actresses of the 20th Century, as Bette Davis. Some bearing stamps and iscriptions on the reverse. 

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