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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Lot 1
GINO FRATTINI 1891-1965
Hotel Miravalle Gressoney
Offset on cardboard, 1953.
S.A.I.G.A., Genova.
Condition: B+.
18.50 x 12.99 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 2
HEINRICH STEINER
Posthaus Urigen
Color lithograph, 1904.
Huber Anacker & Co., Aarau & Luzern.
Condition: A.
24.41 x 29.92 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 3
SCHEIDT
Ski Heil!
Offset, 1950 circa.
Druck Rohden, Essen.
Condition: A-.
34.65 x 24.80 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 4
ARNALDO MUSATI 1916-1988
Mera
Offset, 1951.
S.A.I.G.A., Genova.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 5
MANIFATTURA LENCI
Mascotte per le Universiadi d'Inverno
Original cardboard with a skier in 'panno Lenci', made for the IV Winter Universiade, held in Sestriere from the 5th to the 13th February 1966.
3.94 x 4.72 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 6
ANONIMO
Sestriere metropoli della neve
Offset, 1960 circa.
Printer unknown.
The lot is composed of another coeval poster 'Sommer in Sestriere', offset, printed by Ind. Graf. Mario Gros&C., Torino.
Condition: A. Both framed.
18.90 x 13.19 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 7
ED WEBER
Svizzera. Regione della Jungfrau
Color lithograph, 1950.
Società Poligrafica Laupen, Berna.
Condition: B+.
39.96 x 25.20 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 8
HANS FALK 1918-2002
Oberland Bernois
Color lithograph, 1954.
J.C. Müller A.G., Zurich.
Condition: B+.
39.96 x 25.20 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 9
GOLIA (GUIDO COLMO) 1885-1967
Genepis Lanier
Color lithograph, 1933.
Gros Monti & C., Torino.
Condition: B+.
55.12 x 39.37 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 10
MARIO ROSSI
China Martini Lixy
Offset, 1950.
Roggero & Tortia, Torino.
Condition: B+. In two sheets.
78.74 x 55.12 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 11
WALTER J. BOSCHAN 1811-1984
Salzburger Land
Offset, 1935 circa.
Wub, Innsbruck.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
35.43 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 550
Lot 12
MARIA REHM-HALL 1915-2002
Tyrol
Color lithograph, 1950 circa.
Wagnersche Univ., Innsbruck.
Condition: B-. Backed on linen.
32.68 x 22.83 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 13
OBERSCHNEIDER
Zellam See Austria
Color lithograph, 1948.
Offsetdruck Sochor, Zellamsee.
Condition: A-.
32.68 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 14
PAUL GAYET-TANCRÈDE SAMIVEL 1907-1992
Club Alpin Français
Color lithograph, 1938.
Imp. Courbet, Paris.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 15
ERIC DE COULON 1888-1956
Jeunes gens... engagez-vous...
Color lithograph, 1928.
Imp. Money, Paris.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
46.85 x 30.71 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 16
CARL KUNST 1884-1912
Bilgeri-Ski Ausrüstung
Color lithograph, 1910 circa.
Reichold & Lang, Munchen.
Condition: A-.
20.08 x 29.92 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 17
FRANCO RONDINELLI
FISI
Offset, 1942.
N. Moneta, Milano.
Condition: B.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 18
ADALBERTO CAMPAGNOLI 1905-1983
Torino Sport Invernali
Offset, 1951.
Gros-Monti, Torino.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
38.98 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 19
FRANZ LENHART 1898-1992
Cortina
Offset, 1947.
Amilcare Pizzi, Milano.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 26.77 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 20
ANONIMO
VI Giochi Olimpici d'inverno
Color lithograph, 1953.
Publiomnia Essegi.
Condition: B+.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 21
W.D.
Im Kampf mit dem Berge
Color lithograph, 1921.
Vereinigte Kunstanstalten, A.G. Kauufbeuern, Bayern.
Condition: B-.
47.64 x 33.46 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 22
MARIO PUPPO 1913-1989
Valle d'Aosta
Offset, 1955 circa.
S.A.I.G.A., Genova.
Condition: A-.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 23
MARIO PUPPO 1913-1989
Sestriere
Color lithograph, 1935.
Pizzi & Pizio, Milano.
Condition: B.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 4.500 | Sold for : € 4.600
Lot 24
MARTIN PEIKERT 1901-1975
Pontresina
Offset, 1958.
Arts Graphiques Klausfelder, Vevey.
Condition: B+.
39.96 x 25.20 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 25
CARL FRANZ MOOS 1878-1959
St. Moritz
Color lithograph, 1928.
Fretz Bros. Ltd, Zurich.
Condition: B+.
40.16 x 25.20 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 12.000
Lot 26
CLAUDE LEMEUNIER 1928-2010
Norway
Offset, 1957.
Offset Service, Norway.
Condition: A-.
39.37 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 27
CARL FRANZ MOOS 1878-1959
Sportbekleidung Fritz Schulze
Color lithograph, 1904 circa.
Vereinigte Druckereien & Kunstanstalten Schön & Maison, München.
Condition: B.
48.82 x 35.83 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 28
A. BONINO
Sciatrice
Bronze, signed and dated on the base.
11.81 x 7.09 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 29
RICHARD GINORI MAIOLICA DISH
Mondovì, 1930 circa
Ochre maiolica, on the rim six skiers in brown and creme. Marked on the reverse.
Crackles, scratches, two stains under enamel and wear.
Diameter 9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 30
ANONIMO
Piccolo sciatore
Bronze on marbles base.
11.02 x 12.60 x 5.12 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 31
CARLO PELLEGRINI 1839-1889
At the end of the run
A color lithograph depicting a female skier. The lot is completed by an elegant coeval lithograph by Gustave Lyon and depicting a young ice skater. Both framed.
18.50 x 13.19 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 32
GIOVANNI MESCHINI 1888-1977
Sciatrice
Color lithograph pochoir watercoloured.
11.81 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 33
MILIVOY UZELAC 1897-1977
Pattinatori
Watercoloured lithograph depicting a couple of ice skaters, the lot is completed by another lithograph, en pendant, depicting a skier.
22.83 x 16.93 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 34
L.I.F.E. TIN BOX
Nice tin box made by Faima, for L.I.F.E., producer of dried and dehydrated fruit. The lid is decorated with a stylized and almost cartoonish representation of the Cuneo valleys with particular emphasis on local excellences and on the main sites of artistic and athletic
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Starting price: € 40 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 35
PAIR OF SKIS WITH POLES
1930-1940
Wood, steel and leather, on the tip traces of stickers F.B.C., Kandahar ski bindings with springs.
Height 79 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 36
ANONIMO
Caccia all'orso
Mixed media on cardboard.
Marks, defects and wear.
15.16 x 22.24 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 37
CRADLE
Sud-Tyrol, End of 18th Century
In pine wood painted in brown, red and turquoise, a floral decoration within reserves, a religious inscription within reserve on both sides.
18.1 x 31.5 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 38
GIUSEPPE CASALEGNO
Panorama ou vue perspective de l'horizon de Roche-Chévriére
Magnificent view engraved on etching and aquatint copper in beautiful coeval coloring by Benedetto Bordiga, for the printed volume entitled 'Opérations géodésiques et astronomiques' published in Milan by the Royal Printing.
Slight restoration in the upper margin,
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 39
HUBERT CLERGET 1818-1899
Le Tunnel des Alpes. Vue générale du Mont Cenis et du Mont Fréjus
Beautiful print included, out of the text, in 'Le monde Illustrè', a French periodical. It has been realized for the inauguration of the Frejus railway tunnel in 1871.
18.50 x 46.06 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 40
ANONIMO
Aiguilles du Dru
Oil on canvas.
The reverse of the canvas has been reinforced, defects, crackles.
69.68 x 53.94 in.
The Aiguilles du Dru is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the Graie Alps.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 41
A TWO DOORS RUSTIC CABINET
Sud-Tyrol, End of 18th Century
In pine wood painted in brown, red and turquoise, with floral decoration within reserves, on the front two reserves with religious inscriptions and two floral decorations, with applied frames, the top domed, an inscription painted at the base of the top with the date
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 42
PIETRO RONCHETTI 1808-1894
Paesaggio invernale con viandante
Mixed media on paper, signed and dated 'Ronchetti d'anni 86 1894'. The lot is completed by another landscape by Ronchetti, mixed media on paper, signed and dated 'P. Ronchetti 1881' depicting a 'Wanderer in a summer landscape'.
9.65 x 13.58 in.
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 43
ANONIMO
La Sacra di San Michele e il Rocciamelone
A pair of oils on board.
Damages, defects and wear.
21.85 x 10.63 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 44
JACQUES FOURCY 1906-1990
Veduta del gruppo del Monte Rosa
Watercolor and black pencil on rough paper, signed 'Fourcy' lower left recto.
19.68 x 25.59 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 45
A WEDDING CHEST
Sud-Tyrol, End of 17th Century
In pine wood, rectangular, the front decorated with architectures, the date 1682 and the letters CF engraved on the front. With original hardware, lock and key.
35.4 x 62.6 x 25 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 46
THE MOUNTAIN GAMES
Switzerland, 1920s-1930s
A group of 7 découpage mounted on 3 cream colored cardboards, depicting boys and girls engaged in games and winter sports.
Minor defects.
14.5 x 11 in. and smaller
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 47
PAOLO PUNZO 1906-1979
Lago Palù
Oil on board, signed lower left recto with the monogram 'P.P.' and signed and dated 'Paolo Punzo 1929 (Bernina)' on the reverse.
18.90 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 48
PAOLO PUNZO 1906-1979
Lago sopra Surlej - Fuorcla Prievlusa - Bernina - Scerscen – Roseg
Oil on board, signed 'P. Punzo' recto and on the reverse.
27.56 x 39.37 in.
Starting price: € 3.500 | Sold for : € 3.500
Lot 49
CARLO MUSSO 1907-1968
Il Monte Bianco
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, signed 'C. Musso' lower right recto.
18.11 x 21.26 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 50
ATTRIBUITO A LEONARDO RODA
Il Monte Rosa
Oil on cardboard.
19.68 x 29.13 in.
Starting price: € 2.200