AUCTION
Thursday 23 November 2023
11 a.m. (lots 1-163); 2.30 p.m. (lots 164-489)
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Turin
VIEWING
From Friday 17 November to Thursday 23 November, Sunday excluded
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, Corso Verona 34/D, Turin
LUIGI PANZERI 1865-1939
Tennis player
Bronze, signature engraved on the base.
19.68 x 5.12 x 7.09 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
SILVIO MONFRINI 1894-1969
The accordion player
Bronze, signed on the base.
27.56 x 11.81 x 17.91 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
IGOR MITORAJ 1944-2014
Vanitas 1990
Bronze with dark patina, wooden base covered in red velvet. Multiple numer 37/50 HC, signed and dated on the back.
7.87 x 5.31 x 6.10 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 7.000
Candlestick
20th Century
Composed of blocks of raw coral with a circular silver bud.
Sterling silver.
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Malachite monolith
Partially sanded and worked as an ashtray.
Grand total of 31 kg.
7.1 x 18.1 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
SERGIO ALBANO 1939-2008
The barnyard in the woods
Oil on plywood.
12.60 x 15.35 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
SERGIO ALBANO 1939-2008
Baroque visions
Pair of ink and watercolor drawings depicting Turin churches.
25.20 x 20.87 in.
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Mostre/Exhibits
Sergio Albano, "La prospettiva del sogno", Torino 11/12-2010
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
ERTÉ (ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF) 1892-1990
'The Three Graces' 1987
Cast bronze.
Edition 80/375, Fine Art Acquisitions Ltd.
Accompanied by certificate.
15.75 x 8.27 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
ERTÉ (ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF) 1892-1990
'Danseuse' 1985
Cast bronze.
Edition 61/500, Fine Art Acquisitions Ltd.
Accompanied by certificate.
12.99 x 8.27 x 3.94 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 650
EDITA BROGLIO 1886-1977
Cristo e la corriera
Oil on board.
16.34 x 19.49 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.600
EDITA BROGLIO 1886-1977
Cortiletto (progetto)
Oil on board.
9.45 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 4.000
Tea service
Limoges for Cartier, 20th Century
Polychrome porcelain, decorated with sipping doves.
8.1 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 600
Silver Nativity scene
Fabbrica Argenteria Fiorentina di Bartolini Bartolozzi, Florence, 20th Century
Eight silver and silver gilt cast and chiselled nativity figures.
2368 g
The highest 5.5 x 2.8 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Porcelain dish set
Richard Ginori, 20th Century
Including twenty-four dinner plates, eight soup plates and eight fruit plates, a tureen, a stand, a sauce-boat, two ravieras and four different serving plates.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 500
Silver tazza
John C. Moore, Tiffany & Co, 1907-1947
Circular, shaped, with cherry flowers decoration on the rim.
566 g
3.7 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 600
Three silver frames
Mario Buccellati, 20th Century
Pair of frames with vegetal scroll border and another similar frame with acanthus leaf border.
Not weighable silver.
Pair of frames 11.8 x 8.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.200
Important spinning silver warmer with fitted table set
Cesa, Alessandria, 20th Century
Large silver warmer with fitted tureen, four légumières, two cheese bowls with spoons and glass liner, two salt cellars with spoons and glass liners, two pepper shakers and two sauce boats with ladle.
13.360 g
17.3 x 25.6 x 25.6 in.
Starting price: € 6.000 | Sold for : € 7.000
Silver tray
20th Century
Rectangular, with gadrooned rim, inscribed in the center "a Gaston et Ofelia en souvenir du personnel de L.A.R. le Duc et la Duchesse de Windsor - Paris, le 22 octobre 1959".
1716 g
21.5 x 14.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Demi-parure
Southern Italy, 20th Century
Necklace with pendant and pair of earrings in gold and pearls.
9kt gold
Restored and replaced closure, small defects.
Necklace length 17.5 in.
84 g
Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
LORD KINROSS
The Windsor Years New York, 1967
Volume in folio with editorial red cloth binding and wraps (torn) with several black and white illustrations, and greetings card with printed signature of the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
DRIAN 1885-1961
Lady in grisaille and rose
Mixed technique on glass. In the lot also another painting by Etienne Adrien Drian, a well-known French painter active in the first half of the 20th Century.
12.99 x 9.25 in.
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
VIRGINIA KEEP CLARKE 1878-1962
Portrait of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
Pencils on paper, signed lower right recto.
Defects.
15.75 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Pugs
Different manufacturers, 20th Century
Five porcelain bibelots, three depicting pugs, one depicting three pugs on an armchair with the writing "The Orphans" and a Hirado Pho dog, Meiji period.
Minor damage and small restorations.
The largest 3.9 x 2.8 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
First Foot Guards Drummer
20th Century
Polychrome porcelain figure.
Inscribed"Drummer, First Foot Guard 1792", signed F.M. and "Made at Dresden" under the base.
11.4 x 4.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Medals and decorations
Lot including a Groat of David II of Scots mounted in silver gilt, a French War Cross and a bronze medal of General Spillmann.
Groat 1.6 in. diameter with mount.
Starting price: € 300
Spoon
Tiffany & Co, 20th Century
Gold spoon, with the initials J.D engraved on the handle, belonged to James Paul Donahue Jr.
14 kt gold
46 g
5.9 x 1.3 in.
James Paul “Jimmy” Donahue Jr (1915-1966), heir of Woolworth and well-known New York socialite, in the 1950s was close friend and regular visitor of
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Miscellaneous lot
20th Century
Lot including two salt cellars and a silver milk jug and eight red glass saucers.
Weighable silver 100 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Porcelain égoiste soup tureen
P. Goode & Co, London, 20th Century
Tureen with two dishes in white and gilt porcelain, with Prince of Wales coat-of-arms.
6.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Group of six porcelain plates
Augarten, Vienna, mid 18th Century
Six soup dishes with Prince of Wales coat-of-arms, in cobalt blue and gilt porcelain.
Diameter 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Group of six porcelain dishes
Augarten, Vienna, mid 20th Century
Six dinner plates with Prince of Wales coat-of-arms, in cobalt blue and gilt porcelain.
Diameter 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Group of six porcelain dishes
Augarten, Vienna, mid 20th Century
Six dinner plates with Prince of Wales coat-of-arms, in cobalt blue and gilt porcelain.
Diameter 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Group of four porcelain dishes
Augarten, Vienna, mid 20th Century
Four dessert dishes with Prince of Wales coat-of-arms, in cobalt blue and gilt porcelain.
Diameter 5.8 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Silver box
London, 1936-1937
Rectangular, wood covered in guilloché silver, with leather covered bottom, the monogram of the Duke of Windsor with engraved motto at the center of the cover.
Small dents and wear.
Not weighable silver.
1.5 x 4.5 x 3.4 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lighter
Flaminaire Crillon, France, 20th Century
"Quercia" model, 10 kt gold-plated metal, engraved with the Duke of Windsor's monogram.
2.8 x 1.6 x 0.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 950
Pair of silver gilt cufflinks
20th Century
Oval, with allied monograms of the Duke and the Duchess of Windsor.
16 g
0.8 x 0.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Shaving razor
20th Century
Metal and mother-of-pearl with three diamonds. Within original leather, silk and velvet case.
0.60 ct
Damage.
Lenght 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Snuff box
20th Century
Rectangular, silver gilt with engraved vegetal decoration, with rubies, sapphires and emeralds set on the openwork lid.
Engraved inside "To Wallis on her wedding day with happiest wishes and devoted love from Gladys and Michael Scanlon June 3 1937".
Some stones
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Silver saucer
London, 1939-1940
Smooth, with fluted edge, the monogram of the Duchess of Windsor engraved in the centre.
56 g
0.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Small box
20th Century
Round, silver gilt with engraved vegetal decoration, with rubies, sapphires and emeralds set on the openwork lid, a small mirror inside the lid.
Small losses, broken inside mirror, wear to the gilding.
30 g
0.3 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500