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 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