MOUNTAIN MEMORABILIA
The first italian auction dedicated entirely to mountaineering. The auction catalogue includes important posters, furniture, photographs, paintings and a selection of extraordinary memorabilia of the conquest of K2.
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Wednesday 28th February 10 am-1 pm
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Lot 76
25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASCENT
Commemorative bronze plaque of the K2 with the reproduction of the mountain and the signatures of the participants.
7.9 x 11.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 77
"ITALIA K2" MOVIE BY MARCELLO BALDI
Two original 16mm color films from of the 1955 motion picture that documents the Italian expedition to K2. Himalayan shoots were taken by Mario Fantin while Marcello Baldi worked as a director adding sequences filmed in Italy. Divided into three parts, the film shows
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 78
K2 POSTCARD
Postcard with stamps and commemorative stamp cancellation 'Italian Expedition CAI CNR Himalaya Karakorum K2 1954' with the autograph signatures of the members of the expedition.
5.7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 79
EXPEDITION PARTICIPANTS
Nice photograph depicting the 13 members of the K2 expedition with the autograph signatures of Ubaldo Rey, Ugo Angelino, Walter Bonatti, Lino Lacedelli, Gino Soldà, Achille Compagnoni, Cirillo Floreanini, Sergio Viotto, Bruno Zanettin, Erich Abram, Guido Pagani and Pino
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 80
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Il K2
Large photograph printed on canvas that shows the base camps of the 1954 Italian expedition to K2, from number II to number IX, with corrections concerning the last two camps. On the reverse of the canvas the stamp of the Institute of Alpine Photography Sella in Biella.
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 81
THE K2 DOWN JACKET: THE FIRST MONCLER
Goose padded jacket in blue fabric. Inside the label "Modèle realisé sous the direction of Lionel Terray" and the manuscript inscription by Ugo Angelino. Having belonged to one of the 13 heroes of the Italian expedition to K2 and having climbed at least up to the
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Starting price: € 25.000 | Estimate : € 40.000 - 50.000 | Sold for : € 36.000