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 51
ANONIMO
Il Ghiacciaio del Charforon
A panoramic view composed of three vintage gelatin silver prints, mounted together, depicting the Glacier Charforon, belonging to the Gran Paradiso complex.
Minor defects and wear.
8.98 x 18.11 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 52
ANONIMO
Glacier du Forno
Vintage print mounted on passe-partout depicting the 'Vadrec del Forno', one of the glaciers of the Bernina Mountain Range in Switzerland. One similar belongs to the collection of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich.
Folds, defects, wear and tear.
7.68 x 9.65 in.
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 53
STUDIO FOTOGRAFICO VASARI
Gruppo di sei fotografie stampigliate Vasari
Lot consisting of six vintage photographic prints depicting mountain landscapes and bearing the 'Vasari, Roma' stamp on the reverse. Some marked with the progressive number of recognition. Among these stand out two views of Mont Blanc immortalized by La Thuile.
Minor
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 54
ANONIMO
Il Jannu
Vintage gelatin silver print depicting the Mount Jonnu, probably printed in the Fifties and numbered A22. The lot is completed by two vintage photographic prints with Fenestrelle Fort's views and alpine landscapes.
Minor defects and wear.
From 7 x 9 to 7 x 10 in.
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 55
ANONIMO
La Val d'Aosta
Group consisting of 30 vintage photographic prints depicting the alpine landscape of several places in Valle d'Aosta, including a beautiful panorama shot from Charvensod, photos of animals and locals, images of local wooden craftsmanship and a beautiful Alpine view by
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 56
ANONIMO
Dent de Reine
Pair of beautiful albumine vintage prints depicting the Dent de la Reine, Monte Cervino. Two more vintage prints with mountains and heights complete the lot.
Defects, folds and wear.
From 10 x 8 to 15.5 x 12 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 57
Alpinisti e scalatori
Group consisting of 7 vintage photographic prints depicting
mountaineers and climbers.
Minor defects and wear.
9.45 x 6.69 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 58
ANONIMO
Il Cervino
A vintage photographic print mounted on passe-partout. The lot is completed by two more prints depicting the Mont Blanc, both mounted on passe-partout.
From 12 x 8 to 8 x 11 in.
Folds, defects, wear and tear.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 59
ANONIMO
Il villaggio alpino di Antagnod
Group consisting of 36 vintage photographic prints depicting the alpine landscape of Antagnod in Valle d'Aosta and the surrounding valleys.
Minor defects and wear.
From 7 x 9 to 7 x 24 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 60
CHEF AT SESTRIERE
Group consisting of 4 vintage photographic prints o which one depicts the kitchen staff of the hotel Duchi di Savoia by Ottolenghi, another with some American climbers, two mountain view, including one of the Cervino seen from Furgont.
Minor defects, stainings and
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 61
BRUNO & HEINRICH & ARTUR WEHRLI
Montagne svizzere
Group consisting of 28 vintage photographic prints depicting Switzerland's alpine landscapes. All marked 'Ditta Wehrli A.G. di Kilchberh-Zürich' recto.
Folds, defects, wear and tear.
6.30 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 62
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Il K2
Nice vintage print depicting the K2. It is probably a later reproduction of the famous shot of 1909. Stamp on the reverse of the 'Istituto di Fotografia Alpina 'V. Sella', Biella'.
Folds, defects and wear.
9.37 x 11.73 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 63
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Il Cervino
Vintage photografic print, mounted on cardboard. On the passe-partout inscribed ‘Cervino, Furggletscher, Piccolo Cervino, Breibhorn, Ghiacciaio del Dom', signed, dated and numbered 'V. Sella, Luglio 1883, 127/cod. 369'.
The print is marked lower right 'Vittorio Sella
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 64
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Guglia del Chatelet
Vintage photografic print, mounted on cardboard. On the passe-partout inscriptions with the name of the mountains depicted and dated 'Luglio 1883'.
The print is marked lower right ‘Vittorio Sella Biella' and numbered 116.
Minor defects and wear.
11.02 x 15.16 in.
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 65
ITALIAN EXPEDITION IN NEPAL HIMALAYA
Nice postcard with the autograph signatures of the participants to the expedition: Giorgio Rossi, Guido Rossa, Alberto Risso, Giovanni Brignolo, Corradino Rabbi, Andrea Mellano, Cesare Volante, Bortolo Franceschetti e Remo Grigliè. Framed.
6.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 66
JULIUS KUGY E WLADIMIR DOUGAN. MEMORIES OF ALPINE CLIMBS, EXCURSIONS AND TRIPS
A collection of documents and photographs that testify the mountaineering activity of Julius Kugy with his pupil Wladimir Dougan composed by four large photo albums (lacking some photographs) and five manuscripts diaries. Also in the lot a volume by Andrea Pollitzer
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 67
POSTCARD WITH THE PORTRAIT OF UGO ANGELINO
Lot comprising a postcard of Ugo Angelino with an autograph inscription, a small album in oblong 8° with gilt inscription "With the
compliments of the Government of Pakistan" that contains two stamps commemorating the expedition, and a postcard depicting the K2 with
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 68
K2 STICKERS
Group of paper stickers used for shipping logistics, inscribed: Italian Expedition to Karakorum - Rawalpind (for Skardu) Pakistan.
Diameter 4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 69
COLOURED POSTCARD OF K2
Color postcard with the autograph signatures of the participants of the Italian expedition to K2, with special stamp cancellation. In the lot also a postcard printed in 1984 for the thirtieth anniversary of the enterprise.
5.9 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 70
VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943
Il K2
A photographic gelatin silver print printed in 1954 with, on the reverse, the stamp of the Institute of Alpine Photography Sella in Biella and number 1/6172.
15.63 x 11.69 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 71
PITONS
Group of pitons of various sizes used during the K2 expedition.
Rather rusty.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 72
ICE CRAMPONS
A pair of iron crampons used during the K2 expedition, the lot is
completed by an ice ax.
Rather rusty.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 73
BOOTS WORN ON THE K2
Pair of leather shoes with rubber sole, re-made in recent times. High mountain boots made up of a rigid outer shell, with an engraved tread, and an inner shoe that effectively protects the foot from freezing. These shoes belonged to Ugo Angelino who used them when he
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 74
COMMEMORATIVE ICE AXE
Beautiful wood and iron axe made by Grivel with engraved
inscription "Courmayeur to Ugo Angelino July 31, 1954 K2"
on metal plate and gifted to the famous climber by the
municipality. Minor defects.
Height 28 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 75
BRONZE EAGLE
Eagle in bronze on black marble base, with inscription "Il comune
di Coggiola al concittadino Ugo Angelino audace scalatore del K2
1954". Minor defects.
Height 24 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
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