Bidspirit auctions | Bertolami Fine Art Auction Feb 10, 2022
Bertolami Fine Art, Feb 10, 2022. 77 lots, estimates 100 - 55000 €.
Bertolami Fine Art - 10 Febbraio 2022 dalle ore 15:00 CET
Lots in this catalog (77)
- Lot 1: ANIMATED WALKING STICK. Painter's stick from the early 1900s, complete with the original brushes, — €1,200 - €1,500
- Lot 2: ANIMATED WALKING STICK. Doctor's walking cane from the end of the 19th century, — €1,200 - €1,400
- Lot 3: LUNAR METEORITE FRAGMENT. Rare fragment of lunar meteorite found in North Africa with a specific weight of 1.75 gr. — €1,200 - €1,500
- Lot 5: PATHOLOGICAL TAXIDERMY OF ARIES. Taxidermy of a young pathological ram (ovis aries), mounted on a wooden shield. — €600 - €800
- Lot 6: DAN RITUAL MASK (CÔTE D'IVOIRE). Ritual mask of the Dan society, — €1,200 - €1,300
- Lot 7: VICTORIAN ARIES HEAD SNUFF TOBACCO HOLDER. Original Victorian ram head with coeval silver tobacco holder. — €1,600 - €1,800
- Lot 8: VICTORIAN BELL. Victorian bell mounted on ram horns. — €1,200 - €1,300
- Lot 10: PAPUA NEW GUINEA SHIELD. Wooden shield from Papua New Guinea precisely from the southern mountainous areas. — €900 - €1,200
- Lot 11: STAR DUST FRAGMENT (SILICA GLASS). Rare glass fragment from the Libyan desert mounted on an ancient base. — €1,000 - €1,200
- Lot 12: VENETIAN HALF SAILOR. Half sailor from a Venetian gondola, — €900 - €10,000
- Lot 13: LEI NIHO PALAOA NECKLACE. Exceptional antique necklace (Lei Niho Palaoa) from the Hawaiian Islands. — €10,000 - €12,000
- Lot 14: VICTORIAN IRON. Hand-wrought Victorian flat iron used primarily for cuffs and collars. Nineteenth century. 240 mm. — €400 - €500
- Lot 15: FOSSIL MAMMUTH TOOTH. Fossilized tooth of Mammuth (Mamuthus Primigenius) in excellent condition, 360 X 220 X 100 mm. — €600 - €700
- Lot 16: VERTEBRA OF FOSSIL MAMMUTH. Fossilized Mammoth vertebra (Mamuthus Primugenius) in excellent condition. — €600 - €700
- Lot 17: COBRA MONOCULAR TAXIDERMY. Taxidermized monocle cobra (Naja Kaouthia). 680 mm. — €300 - €400
- Lot 18: WALLABY WHOLE IMBALSAMATO. Taxidermized ancient wallaby (Macropus Rufogriseus) from a disused French civic museum. — €400 - €500
- Lot 19: ORIGINAL GLASS DOME FROM THE 1800s WITH SQUIRRELS. — €700 - €800
- Lot 20: LAUNCH MAORI TAIAHA. The Taiaha is a traditional weapon of the Maori people of New Zealand. The top (called " — €1,800 - €2,000
- Lot 21: OBELISKS. Pair of obelisks in Neoclassical style. — €250 - €300
- Lot 22: RESIN ROD. — €700 - €800
- Lot 23: CRYSTAL FRAGMENTS 7 natural crystal fragments and geodes. — €800 - €1,100
- Lot 24: OSTRICH EGGS. Five ostrich eggs (Struthio Camelus). — €120 - €150
- Lot 25: DESERT ROSES. Three desert roses. Sedimentary formations that form in certain desert environments. — €200 - €300
- Lot 26: PLATE WITH OSTRICH EGGS Bronze plate with 5 ostrich eggs. — €300 - €320
- Lot 27: CNADLESTICK AND GOBLET WITH EGGS Candlestick and goblet mounted on ostrich eggs. — €180 - €200
- Lot 28: ANATOMIC SKULL Skull on a wooden saucer. Small decorative skull on a wooden saucer. Height with base: 90 mm. — €100 - €120
- Lot 29: MORTUARY MASK Mortuary mask in plaster. Cast of a deceased person. — €300 - €350
- Lot 31: PAIR OF GRAFITES Pair of anatomical studies in the classical way. Charcoal and pencil. Italy, 19th century, — €400 - €500
- Lot 32: PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS Pair of refined Napoleonic-style candlesticks made from two ostrich eggs, 19th century — €350 - €400
- Lot 33: PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS. Pair of Renaissance-style candelabra made from two small Nautilus, 19th century. 320 mm. — €350 - €400
- Lot 34: RELIC HOLDER Relic holder in gilded silver. Italy, 18th century — €500 - €600
- Lot 35: PAIR OF FRAMED WATERCOLOURS Pair of watercolors depicting two Neapolitan landscapes. — €400 - €500
- Lot 36: INUIT IN SCAGLIOLA Refined Inuit sculpture representing a walrus hunting scene completely in scagliola, — €300 - €350
- Lot 37: BRONZE CHIURAZZI MODEL Leg model in bronze from the famous Chiurazi foundry in Naples. This leg was part of a tripod, — €180 - €200
- Lot 38: Oriental Wood and bone box. Middle Eastern style box with bone and precious woods inserts. Early 20th century. — €280 - €300
- Lot 39: CHINESE HINGES Whole lot of refined Chinese hinges from an undiscovered period piece of furniture. XIX century. — €130 - €150
- Lot 40: RARE AMMONITE A rare and fantastic Ammonite with Ammolite. 640 x 440 x 30 mm — €20,000 - €22,000
- Lot 41: LAPISLAZZULI A beautiful sphere in Lapis Lazuli with beautiful golden veins created by Pyrite that intersect with — €1,000 - €1,200
- Lot 42: AMETHYST SPHERE Wonderful and large 210 mm amethyst sphere — €1,300 - €1,500
- Lot 43: MARBLE SPHERE Sphere with pedestal handmade in ancient red Levanto marble. 24 cm with base — €700 - €800
- Lot 44: MALACHITE VASE A fantastic Napoleon III style Malachite vase from the late 19th century. Plate size: 320 x 320 x 90 mm — €4,500 - €5,000
- Lot 45: MALACHITE Great example of Malachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo with base. — €5,500 - €5,800
- Lot 46: AGATE SLAB Slab carved from a mirror-polished Agate geode — €2,400 - €2,500
- Lot 47: RARE AMMONITE A fantastic and rare Ammonite Craspedodiscus Discofalcatus characterized by a marked red and green — €23,000 - €25,000
- Lot 48: BLU AMBER Blue Amber from the island of Sumatra mounted on a refined base in wood and brass. 180 x 140 x 75 mm. — €2,500 - €2,600
- Lot 49: QUARTZ POINT A beautiful and perfectly carved quartz point — €1,800 - €2,000
- Lot 50: QUARTZ POINT Top quality quartz tip, extra transparent and with perfect tip and facets. 320 mm — €1,200 - €1,300
- Lot 52: WALRUS SKULL A complete Walrus skull 520 x 370 x 280 mm. — €6,000 - €7,000
- Lot 54: GIANT LIMULUS Giant limulus, a guinness specimen, in its XXL variant. 560 x 300 x 100 mm — €400 - €500
- Lot 55: STARFISH Starfish in XL size mounted on a design base in wood and brass. Height including base: 530 mm — €130 - €150
- Lot 56: STARFISH COMPOSITION Splendid as well as singular composition of starfish under a glass bell. — €900 - €1,000
- Lot 63: GRU BY ANTHONY REDMILE Extravagant and exclusive reproduction of a crane made by the artist Anthony Redmile, — €4,500 - €5,000
- Lot 64: RARE FRAGMENT OF METALLIC FOLGORITE Rare cluster produced by the electric discharge of lightning in contact with — €1,000 - €1,200
- Lot 65: TOMA RITUAL MASK, — €6,000 - €8,000
- Lot 66: SNUFF HORN A beautiful and rare snuff made of buffalo horn on which metal elements have been mounted to make it a — €500 - €600
- Lot 68: PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS A beautiful pair of Horns was used in a process dating back to the 1940s to create two beautiful — €2,800 - €3,000
- Lot 72: TUMOR NODULE Tumor nodule from an Alder trunk, a specimen from Corsica. 560 x 560 x 70 mm — €3,000 - €3,200
- Lot 73: AMMONITE A specimen of rare beauty of Ammonite Lytoceras Dilucidum mounted on a design base. Height with base: 210 mm — €1,000 - €1,200
- Lot 74: RARE FOSSIL OF A MOSOSAURUS A fantastic fossil find, a skull including part of the body of a real dinosaur, — €33,000 - €35,000
- Lot 75: AMMONITE A large specimen of Ammonite Cleoniceras with open mouth with calcite crystallization. — €7,000 - €8,000
- Lot 76: AMMONITE Ammonite Douvilleiceras placed on an elegant aged wood base with satin stainless steel support. — €5,000 - €6,000
- Lot 77: RARE AEPYORNIS EGG Intact Aepyornis egg. — €55,000 - €60,000
- Lot 78: AEPYORNIS EGG This beautiful egg of Aepyornis, a giant bird now extinct, — €5,000 - €6,000
- Lot 79: MAMMUTH HOMER Mammuth homer — €3,500 - €4,000
- Lot 80: BRONTOSAURUS HOMER A completely silicized part of Brontosaurus humerus, — €6,000 - €7,000
- Lot 81: AMMONITE AGGLOMERATION Rare and beautiful natural composition formed by 2 Ammonites Lytoceras Fimbriatum. — €10,000 - €12,000
- Lot 82: NAUTILUS AND AMMONITE A beautiful natural composition with a Nautilus and a Hildoceras Ammonite on original matrix. — €5,500 - €6,000
- Lot 83: CRINOID Crinoid on matrix dating back to the Carboniferous period. — €400 - €500
- Lot 84: AMMONITE BLOCK A block of Cleoniceras Ammonites attached to each other creating a fascinating and unique natural — €1,000 - €1,200
- Lot 85: NATURAL TRILOBITES SCULPTURE Fantastic natural "sculpture" of trilobites dating back to the Devonian period. — €1,300 - €1,500
- Lot 86: "CAMPO DEL CIELO" METEORITE Extremely rare example of Campo del Cielo meteorite weighing 18.4 kg. — €16,000 - €18,000
- Lot 87: MALACHITE First choice malachite, polished on one side and mounted on a wooden design base with satin brass support. — €700 - €800
- Lot 88: SLAB WITH PECTEN Fossil slab with Pecten, found on the Luberon massif in France. Height with base: 570 mm — €1,200 - €1,300
- Lot 89: CITRINE QUARTZ Drusa of Citrine Quartz extracted from the rock and mounted on a pedestal. Height with base: 570 mm — €500 - €600
- Lot 90: EUROPEAN “CHINOISERIE” WATERCOLOR Well-excecuted European “chinoieserie” watercolor with ebonized frame. — €400 - €500
- Lot 91: SECTIONED GEODE Geode sectioned and mounted on the base of a beautiful Amethyst with deep tones that are contrasted — €580 - €600
- Lot 92: MAMMUTH TUSK A very fascinating collector's item, a mammoth tusk, — €5,000 - €6,000