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 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