MARITIME SALE
The sea in all its facets is the protagonist of the first Maritime Sale at Aste Bolaffi. The catalog is rich of collectibles items for nautical fans: books and prints, important advertising posters, paintings, furniture and objects d’art, nautical instruments and naval models, including some design objects and memorabilia from famous liners of the past.
Internet live
4 pm | lots 1-226
VIEWING from Thursday 28 June to Tuesday 3 July (except Sunday)
10 am - 6.00 pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Lot 76
ANONIMO
Veliero con personaggi
Gouache on cardboard. In beautiful wooden frame.
13.78 x 21.65 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 77
RUDDER
Probably England, 19th-20th Century
With eight spokes, in wood and brass.
Diameter 39 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 78
SCUOLA ITALIANA
Veduta di porto e pescatori
Tempera on paper, in wooden frame.
17.72 x 24.02 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 79
SCRIMSHAW
20th Century
Walrus tusk engraved and painted, depicting on one side admiral Nelson's bust within an oval cartouche surrounded by a laurel wreath and a ribbon engraved 'Horatio Nelson', on the other a sailing ship and an engraved ribbon 'H.M.S. Victory'.
6.7 x 2.8 x 1.8 in.
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 80
SCUOLA ITALIANA
Marina
Oil on canvas, in beautiful gilt-wood frame.
16.54 x 28.35 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 81
THREE SCRIMSHAWS
20th Century
Group of three small engraved cetacean tusks. One bearing the effigy of Colonel Rogers Clark and dated 1779; the second dated 1893 and bearing the inscription 'Captain Rob. T Shaw master of the ship Neptune', and the third depicting a sailing ship and the Liberty signed
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 82
FOSSIL AMMONITE
Madagascar, Cretaceous (145-65 million years circa)
Almost complete ammonite in ocher sandstone.
Ammonites (Ammonoidea) are molluscs cephalopods appeared in the lower Devonian and extinct in the upper Cretaceous, characterized by spiraling shell.
3.1 x 7.3 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 83
DA CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET
Marina con fortezza e faro
Indian ink and watercolor on paper. In beautiful wooden frame with metal studs on the corners.
14.57 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 84
FOSSIL FISH
Brasil, Cretaceous (145-65 million years circa)
Probably a Rhacolepis fossile, in two complementary faces.
15.7 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 85
DOUBLE HEADBOARD
Italy, 1950's
Made of two halves of a wooden and brass rudder with eight spokes.
Wear.
38.6 x 20.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 86
THYLO
Moda mare
Pochoir color lithograph, depicting summer deco style clothes.
10.24 x 26.38 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 87
COFFEE TABLE
Italy, 1950's
In teak, rectangular, with turned legs, a compass in the center of the top.
The compass inscribed "catalog no.712 - standard no.1 - 1944 - the Lionel Corporation N.Y."
The top, restored, shows a crack with visible glue traces.
18.3 x 38.2 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 88
MAHOGANY RUDDER
Probably England, 20th Century
Five spokes mahogany rudder, with central steel pin, the external rim with brass studs.
Diameter 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 89
FRANK BARNES 1859-1941
La RMS Ruahine
Oil on cardboard, signed and titled lower recto 'NZS. CSS Ruahine, Frank Barnes'.
Minor defects and stainings.
19.68 x 29.92 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 90
TWO ANCHOR LAMPS
Probably England, 1950's circa
In copper and glass, cylindrical, a brass plate on the lid with the inscription 'Anchor'.
The taller one 10.2 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 91
ANONIMO
Omega Horloger de la Marine
Advertising diorama in brass foil on a wooden background, framed.
20.87 x 14.96 x 2.36 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 92
ANONIMO
K-Way
Tempera on cardboard sketch.
20.08 x 14.17 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 93
ENRICO PAOLUCCI 1901-1999
Vele a Portofino
Pastel on paper, signed lower right recto. Framed.
15.75 x 17.32 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 94
TURTLE CARAPACE
Early 20th Century
Well preserved carapace, inside two pinned black and white photographs of the owner in the Navy uniform, one with the carapace.
23.2 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 95
WALKING STICK IN SHARK VERTEBRAE
20th Century
Wooden core covered with shark vertebrae, with ebonized wood knob and tip.
Slightly worn.
Height 32.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 96
ADMIRAL STICK
Wooden stick, with brass tip, handle coated in tarred rope and fabric, the opening knob containing a compass and the handle an extendable telescope, with two brass covered holes for the ribbon handle.
The ribbon handle and the tip's top missing, the knob's wood restored.
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 97
USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LDS 41) SHIP MODEL
20th Century
In painted wood and metal, in a rectangular wooden, glass and blue fabric case.
USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy built by Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA, launched on 10 June 1983 and commissioned on 9
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 98
CHALUTIER LE HAVRAISE MODEL
20th Century
In painted wood and metal, in a wooden, glass and blue fabric rectangular case.
The fish boat Le Havraise, armed as an auxiliary patrol, was assigned in 1939 to the 13th Auxiliary Patrol Squadron of the France Navy, led by Commander Harduin.
4.9 x 12 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 130
Lot 99
DOMBURY SHIP MODEL
20th Century
In painted wood and metal, in a wooden, glass and blue fabric rectangular case.
The Thai ship Dombury on January 17, 1941 participated in the battle of Koh Chang between the French Marine Nationale and the Royal Thai Navy.
4.9 x 12 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 100
DESTROYER SUMIRE MODEL
20th Century
In painted wood and metal, in a wooden, glass and blue fabric rectangular case.
Sumire was one of the twenty-one Momi class destroyers of the Japanese Imperial Navy, in service between 1919 and 1923.
5.3 x 14.8 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 130 | Sold for : € 130