PHOTOGRAPHY
AUCTION
Tuesday 18 May 2021, 3.30 pm CET
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VIEWING
From Friday 14 to Tuesday 18 May (Sunday included), 10 am-6 pm.
Sede Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
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Lot 1
Japanese warrior 1880 circa
Watercolored albumen vintage print.
10.04 x 7.68 in.
Applied on passe-partout (damaged).
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 2
Travel photo album: Far East, India, Africa and Egypt 1860-1880 circa
Splendid travel album consisting of 121 small (3.94 x 2.44 in.) albumen prints, some of which are watercoloured, all mounted on cardboard and inserted into shaped pages bearing inscriptions about the location and subject matter.
Brown morocco binding with gold and
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Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 8.500
Lot 3
Pair of photographs depicting the Jupiter Temple at Baalbek (Lebanon) 1883-1885 circa
Albumen vintage print.
7.95 x 10.94 in.
Both signed and titled; mounted on the same carboard.
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300
Lot 4
Assuan and Damascus
Vintage albumen print.
8.62 x 10.75 in.
Both signed and titled, and mounted on passe-partouts bearing title and numbering.
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300
Lot 5
Damas. Entrée de Damas et le Barrade
Albumen vintage print.
8.82 x 11.10 in.
Titled and signed lower recto, applied on cardboard; on the same cardboard on the reverse is applied another anonymous albumen print depicting an exotic landscape.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400
Lot 6
Egyptian portfolio 1870-1880 circa
Album including twenty-two albumen vintage prints.
Eleven signed 'A. Beato' lower recto.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000
Lot 7
Sanctum Sanctorum Temple of Edfou, Egypt
Albumen vintage print.
8.07 x 10.16 in.
Signed and titled lower recto, mounted on cardboard.
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300
Lot 8
Temples of Philae Island in Egypt
Three vintage albumen prints.
From 8.07 x 10.24 to 10.24 x 14.96 in.
All signed and mounted on cardboard.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400
Lot 9
Egyptian temple
Albumen vintage print.
8.78 x 11.22 in.
Signed left recto, applied on cardboard; on the same cardboard on the reverse is applied another albumen by Zaganaki Brothers (signed) depicting another temple.
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 200 - 300
Lot 10
Statue Colossale de Raméssés II a Memphis
Albumen vintage print.
8.58 x 10.91 in.
Signed and titled recto.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 400