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.
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RENÉ GRUAU 1909-2004
Bagni di Rimini
Offset, 1993.
Stampa Garattoni, Rimini.
Condition: A.
38.58 x 26.38 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
ACHILLE DAL LAGO 1910-1981
Cattolica. Adriatico
Color lithograph, 1937.
Longo & Zoppelli, Treviso.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 27.75 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 800 Ordinary vat
J.P.
Maillots de bain Hippocamp
Color lithograph, 1950 circa.
Imp. B. Arnaud, Lyon-Paris.
Condition: B. Backed on linen.
30.71 x 22.64 in.
Starting price: € 500
SARDO
Rapallo Italia
Offset, 1980 circa.
Officine Grafiche Canessa, Rapallo.
Condition: B.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
OTTO GLASER 1915-1991
Bi-Oro
Color lithograph, 1952 circa.
Ripalta Ind. Grafiche, Milano.
Condition: A. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 27. 56 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
MARIO PUPPO 1913-1989
Viareggio - Lido di Camaiore
Color lithograph, 1934.
F.I.A.R., Milano.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.000
MARIO PUPPO 1913-1989
Napoli
Color lithograph, 1942.
S.A.I.G.A., Genova.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
39.17 x 25.39 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
MARIO PUPPO 1913-1989
Sorrento
Color lithograph, 1955.
Richter&C., Napoli.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 25.59 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
GEORGES PENEVEY
American Export Lines
Color lithograph, 1950 circa.
Les Ateliers ABC, Nice.
Condition: B-. Backed on linen.
38.58 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 250
ANONIMO
Visitez la Yugoslavie
Offset, 1950 ca.
Ljudska Pravica, Ljubljana.
Condition: B+.
39.76 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 100
JEAN CHARLES ROUX
Les poissons volants
Offset, 1955 circa.
Imp. Nationale de Monaco.
Condition: B+.
24 x 16.53 in.
Starting price: € 200
F. HUGO D'ALÉSI 1849-1916
Menton
Lithograph, 1900 circa.
Imp. Hugo d'Alési, Paris.
Condition: B-. Backed on linen.
41.14 x 28.74 in.
Starting price: € 600
E. FER
Cote d'Azur - Corse
Color lithograph, 1955 circa.
Imp. Moullot, Marseille.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
39.37 x 24.41 in.
Starting price: € 400
ALO (CHARLES-JEAN HALLO) 1882-1969
La Baule. La plage du soleil
Color lithograph, 1931.
Lucien Serre Imp., Paris.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
39.17 x 24.61 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
FRANK BEATTY 1899-1984
The perfect finish
Color lithograph, 1929.
Mather&Company, printed in USA.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
43.70 x 35.83 in.
Starting price: € 4.500 | Sold for : € 4.500
RAZZIA (GÉRARD COURBOULEIX) 1950
Louis Vuitton Trophy – La Maddalena, Sardegna
Offset, 2010.
Printer unknown
Condition: A.
35,04 x 23,82 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
RAZZIA (GÉRARD COURBOULEIX) 1950
Louis Vuitton Cup – Auckland, New Zealand
Offset, 2002.
Printer unknown.
Condition: A.
31,50 x 23,62 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
RAZZIA (GÉRARD COURBOULEIX) 1950
Louis Vuitton Trophy – Nice Côte d’Azur
Offset, 2009.
Printer unknown.
Condition: A.
35.04 x 23.82 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
ANONIMO
Federaziona Italiana Vela C.O.N.I.
Sketch in tempera and gouache on paper, made for a poster for the Italian Sailing Federation. The poster for which it was made is unknown.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
HENRI CASSIERS 1858-1944
Red Star Line
Color lithograph, 1900 circa.
Lith. Etabl. O. de Rycker SA, Bruxelles-Forest.
Condition: B. Backed on linen.
22 x 27.36 in.
Starting price: € 1.400
JOSEPH DE LA NÉZIÈRE 1873-1944
En Méditerranée
Color lithograph, 1940.
Les Imp.es Fr.ses Réeunies, Paris.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
41.33 x 29.52 in.
Starting price: € 300
A. DONDOU
Cosulich Line Trieste
Color lithograph, 1930 circa.
Arti Grafiche S.D. Modiano, Trieste.
Condition: B+. Backed on linen.
38.78 x 27.36 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
ATELIER A.B. (ALEXEY BRODOVITCH) 1898-1971
Cunard Line. États-Unis et Canada par Cherbourg et le Havre
Color lithograph, 1929.
Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris.
Condition: B. backed on linen.
42 x 29.53 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
WILLEM TEN BROEK 1905-1993
Holland America Line
Offset, 1936.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem.
Condition: B. Backed on paper.
38.19 x 25 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
GIOVANNI PATRONE 1904-1963
"Italia" Società di Navigazione
Color lithograph, 1948.
Amilcare Pizzi, Milano.
Condition: A-. Backed on linen.
38.58 x 26.97 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
RAZZIA (GÉRARD COURBOULEIX) 1950
Cherbourg
Offset, 1992 circa.
Printer unknown.
Condition: B.
25.39 x 31.10 in.
Starting price: € 150
ANONIMO
Piroscafi Giulio Cesare e Duilio
Rare lithographed tin made for the Italian General Navigation, 1920 circa.
SAG De Andreis, San Pier d'Arena.
Condition: B+, slight defects and wear.
12.20 x 17 in.
Starting price: € 500
AQUITANIA, PAINTED EX VOTO
Tempera and watercolor on paper, depicting the Aquitania, the famous liner of the Cunard Line that during the two world wars was converted as a hospital ship for the British Navy. Inscribed lower recto 'Marchi Giorgio con divozione per grazia ricevuta dalla SS. Vergine
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
ANONIMO
Piroscafo Principessa Mafalda
Rare lithographed tin made for the Italian General Navigation, 1920 circa.
SAG De Andreis, San Pier d'Arena.
Condition: B+, slight defects and wear.
15.75 x 22.44 in.
Starting price: € 700
E. PATTERSON
L'arrivo dell'RMS Majestic a New York
Gouache on paper, signed lower left recto.
16.73 x 28.35 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
ANONIMO
P.Q. Brazza
Gouache on paper, inscribed PQ Brazza lower center recto.
9.65 x 12.01 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
ANONIMO
Coppia di vedute di Boston e New York
Stencil and tempera on paper on canvas, depicting Boston and New York with a painted decorative frame.
Minor defects and wear.
32.68 x 37.01 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
PAIR OF PIPE-HOLDING ASHTRAYS FOR ITALIA NAVIGAZIONE
Verbano Laveno, 1950's
White porcelain, a grey oval with 'Italia Navigazione Nord Sud Centro America' painted in black. Marked under the base.
1.8 x 5.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
ILLUSTRATED BROCHURE BY NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA
Nice catalog illustrated in color, related to the transport of cars following passengers for the ships of the General Italian Navigation including rates and costs.
5.9 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 50
SILVER PLATED TRAY AND SAUCE-BOAT
19th-20th Century
The oval tray, smooth, with threaded edge, originally part of the White Star Line tableware, marked 'Elkington plate' and 'White Star Line' under the base. The oval sauce-boat, smooth, originally part of the tableware of the Cosulich ships, marked 'Argenteria Wellner
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Starting price: € 200
CATALOG OF THE SS CONTE DI SAVOIA
1932
Catalog for the 'Special Class' and 'Tourist Class', in English, 14 pages with illustrations by Franz Lenhart. Published by the Ist. Graf. Vanzetti and Vandetti of Milan.
9.8 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
GROUP OF 32 MENUS OF SHIPPING COMPANIES
1930-1940
Beautiful group of menus of Italian naval companies of the '30s, illustrated on the cover. Among them some for Lloyd Triestino, others for the Royal Savoy Ship, others for the Cosulich Line.
Minor defects, light spotting and browning, wear.
Various measures.
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Starting price: € 400
LUXURY CATALOG OF THE ‘CONTE DI SAVOIA’
1932
Luxury catalog for the first class, in English, 16 pages and 13 color illustrations by Franz Lenhart. Edited in Milan, by Stab. Arti Graf. Alfieri and Lacroix.
11.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE
French Line, beginning of the 20th Century
Oblong 2° (275 x 370 mm). [8] pages. 24 full-page plates depicting the interiors of the transatlantic France, Lorraine, Provence and Savoie (some small tears.) Editorial red cardboard
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Starting price: € 150
FRANZ LENHART 1898-1992
Ventaglio per la Cosulich
Color lithograph on cardboard, 1935.
Barabino & Graeve, Genova.
7.48 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
MENU FOR 25 APRIL 1934 ABOARD THE REX
1934
Menu on cardboard, with illustrated cover made for April 25th, 1934 for passengers of the Rex and printed by Barabino & Graeve of Genoa.
9.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 450
TRAVEL PORTMANTEAU WITH REX LABEL
Italy, 1930's
In blue leather with gilt iron edges and brass studs, with two wooden compartments, a hanger and a movable partition inside lined in white and blue paper. On the right side a paper label partially worn 'Rex Italian Line'.
Damages to the handles.
9.8 x 31.7 x 17.9 in.
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Specchio da parete "Gli amori delle sirene"
Circular, within a chromed brass frame with ribbon upper frieze, silvered glass engraved in the lower right 'Luigi Fontana', Fontana Arte 1931 production.
18.39 x 15.94 in.
Starting price: € 5.000
ANONIMO
Augustus
Gouache on paper, with the 'ING's Publicity office' logo lower right.
Framed
40.16 x 68.50 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
GUSTAVO PULITZER-FINALI 1887-1967
Coppia di specchi da parete
Pair of wall mirrors with mahogany wood frames, rectangular with rounded corners and silvered crystal realized for the Augustus Liner.
36.61 x 20.87 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
GUSTAVO PULITZER-FINALI 1887-1967
Coppia di poltrone
In walnut wood covered in ecru cloth, with a two-part backrest made for the Augustus Liner.
Unlined.
29.92 x 23.03 x 19.09 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
GUSTAVO PULITZER-FINALI 1887-1967
Coppia di poltrone
Pair of armchairs with legs in walnut lined in ecru cloth, made for the Augustus Liner.
Unlined.
30.31 x 23.62 x 28.94 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
ROY VERCELLI
T/S Federico C – Linea C. – Costa Line
Offset, 1960 circa.
Printed in Italy.
Condition: B. Plastified at the origin.
22.44 x 53.15 in.
Starting price: € 150
ANONIMO
Federico C. A Brasil y Europa
Offset, 1970 circa.
Barabino-Aipa, Genova.
Condition: B.
39.37 x 27.36 in
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
ROY VERCELLI
M/S Italia – Linea C. – Costa Line
Offset, 1960 circa.
Printed in Italy.
Condition: B. Plastified at the origin.
22.44 x 53.15 in.
Starting price: € 150