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.
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VIEWING from Thursday 28 June to Tuesday 3 July (except Sunday)
10 am - 6.00 pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
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