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Aste Bolaffi: Modern and Contemporary Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern and Contemporary Art | Total Sales (EUR) | 134,016.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 86,750.00 |
| Sale Number | #939 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 143,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 91 | ||
| Sold Lots | 63.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 213,950.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.23% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 334,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 40.11% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Salvador Dali (1904-1989) | I fiori surrealisti di Salvador Dali |
1981 | EUR 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 11,520.00 |
| 83 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987) | Man Ray |
1974 | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 10,240.00 |
| 27 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | La Colombe au Soleil |
1962 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 7,680.00 |
| 115 | Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) | Il K2 |
1909 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 7,040.00 |
| 85 | Alberto Burri (1915-1995) | Oro e nero |
1993 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,400.00 |
| 56 | Pierre Alechinsky (1927) | Logique propre |
1990 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,888.00 |
| 11 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | La strada |
1927 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 13 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | Paesaggio (I stato) |
c. 1930 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 208 | Provenienza/Provenance Galleria Sperone, Torino. Galleria d'Arte Il Tritone, Biella. Collezione privata, Biella. |
N/A | EUR 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 4,608.00 | |
| 49 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) | Exhibition poster International Center of Aesthetic Research - Turin |
1962 | EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 4,352.00 |
| 84 | Alberto Burri (1915-1995) | Oro e nero |
1993 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 4,352.00 |
| 7 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Lago con cigni |
1908 | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 10 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Piazza del Duomo |
1908 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 231 | LUIGI GHIRRI (1943-1992) | Ritratto di Lucio Dalla |
1985 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
| 5 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Periferia |
1908 | EUR 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 6 | Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) | Maria Sacchi che legge (Maria Sacchi, eta 72 anni) |
1907 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 48 | Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) | Lot of four lithographs: Untitled |
1973 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 91 | Giulio Paolini (1940) | Promemoria |
2017 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 2,560.00 |
| 51 | Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) | Two bottle & glass |
1968 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,304.00 |
| 3 | Egon Schiele (1890-1918) | Egon Schiele |
1990 | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 77 | Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) | XXXIV Tavole per l'inferno di Dante |
1965 | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 82 | Man Ray (1890-1976) | La logique Assassine |
1975 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 12 | Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) | Natura morta con sei oggetti |
1930; 1973 | EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 40 | Max Ernst (1891-1976) | Lot of nine lithographs from the portfolio ‘Decervelage’ |
1971 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 90 | Giulio Paolini (1940) | L'arte e lo spazio |
1983 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
