Bidspirit auctions | Bertolami Fine Art Auction Feb 25, 2025
Bertolami Fine Art, Feb 25, 2025. 346 lots, estimates 1 €.
Bertolami Fine Art -
The auction will be held on February 25th 2025 starting at 12:00 pm CET in Bertolami Fine Art headquarters in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – Rome.
I session: Corals, Ivory, Icons, and Cabinet of Curiosities and it will start at 12:00 pm CET, LOT 1 - 167.
II session: Italian, European, and Oriental Antique Silvers and it will start at 4:00 pm CET , LOT 168 - 346.
1. How to participate
The auction will be held on Tuesday February 25th 2025 at 12:00 pm CET in Bertolami Fine Art headquarters in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – Rome.
The following methods of participation are available: in person; by telephone; online upon registration on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, or on our partner portals (see list below); by a written absentee bid to be received by 10:00 am CET on Tuesday February 25th 2025.
a. Attendance in the auction room
Unacquainted customers who have not already registered must provide a valid identity documentb.
b. Telephone bidding
You can place your bids during the auction by telephone, with the assistance of one of our operators. In order to take part in the telephone bidding, you must make a reservation by 10:00 am CET on Tuesday February 25th 2025, specifying the lots you wish to bid for and your telephone number. Customers who have booked this way will be called at the number they have indicated a few lots before those for which they have expressed interest.
A telephone bid reservation has the value of a written absentee bid at the starting price as indicated in the catalogue.
To book your phone bidding: fill out the bid form
Info tel.: +39 32609795
Mails:info@bertolamifineart.com
c. Live participation via our website or our partner portals
d. Written absentee bid
You can submit your bids in writing by filling out the bid form or by means of an e-mail, or a letter. Written absentee bids may be sent by e-mail at info@bertolamifineart.com, by post, or must be delivered to our headquarters in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – 00186 Roma. All offers must be received by Bertolami Fine Art no later than 10:00 am CET on Tuesday February 25th 2025.
Written absentee bid shall authorize the auctioneer to make offers on behalf of the signatory.
2. Exhibition
The lots will be on display only by appointment.
3. Pre-auction bid:
As from the date of publication of the online catalogue until 10:00 am CET on Tuesday February 25th 2025, it will be possible to:
- start placing bids on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, or on the partner portals as listed in point c of paragraph 1;
- book a phone bidding as described in point b of paragraph 1
- submit written absentee bids as described in point d of paragraph 1.
In the event of:
- One single auction pre-bid on a lot
In the absence of bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded at the starting bid even if the sole bid received is higher (the amount of the pre-auction bid indicates the maximum bid the bidder is willing to place.
Example: Starting bid € 1,000 – Single pre-sale bid € 1,500 – Award at € 1,000
- Multiple auction pre-bids of the same amount on the same lot
If no bids are raised during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the earlier bidder.
- Multiple auction pre-bids of different amounts on the same lot
If there are no bids during the auction, the lot will be awarded to the highest bidder. The hammer price is calculated by adding to the amount of the next lowest bid an increment set out in the table below.
Example: customer A bid € 1,270 - customer B bid € 1,800. Customer B does not win at the award price of € 1,800 but at € 1,370. In other words, the automatic increase of € 100 provided for in the table is applied to the amount of the next lowest bid when the bids are within the € 1,000-1,999 bracket.
4. Payment methods
The purchasers of the winning lots will be able to choose between the following payment options:
- a bank cheque or a non-transferable cashier’s cheque made payable to Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
(in the event of payment by foreign cheque, please add € 10 to the invoiced amount);
- credit card (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express);
- Paypal
- Bank transfer payable to Bertolami Fine Art S.r.l.
Please note:
invoices paid by cheque, cash or bank transfer are exempt from paying administrative fees otherwise due for payments made by credit card (+ 2.5%) or Paypal (+2,5%).
5. Auction fees
The purchaser agrees to pay Bertolami Fine Art a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of each lot sold. The buyer’s premium shall be calculated as follows:
28% of the hammer price up to and including € 10.000;
26% of that part of the hammer price over € 10.000 and up to and including € 400.000;
24% of that part of the hammer price above € 400.000.
An additional commission shall be applied to lots purchased via online participation on our website www.bertolamifineart.com, which is calculated as follows
Bertolami Fine Art + 1,5 % of the hammer price
Bidspirit + 1,5 % of the hammer price
6. Additional costs
Shipping costs, additional customs duties, as well as costs related to the procedure for the release of the certificate of Free Movement or of any prior ministerial authorization required for the export of the awarded lots, are to be borne by the buyer.
In the event that, due to unjustified complaints, the goods should be returned to Bertolami Fine Art, the customs duties and shipping costs shall be incurred by the customer.
7. Issuance of the certificate of Free Movement or of any other ministerial authorization required for the exportation of the awarded goods
The delivery of lots outside the Italian borders may be subject to the provisions set out in the Codice dei Beni Culturali (Dlgs. 42/2004 e ss.mm.ii.) concerning the export of goods of cultural interest. Therefore, in the event that the acquired property has characteristics such as requiring any form of ministerial authorization for its definitive exit from the territory of the Italian Republic, the timeframe required to issue such authorization will be regulated by the Office for the Export of Antiquities and Works of Art of the Ministry of Culture. The time average is estimated at 60-90 days from the day the procedure for the issuance of a Certificate of Free Movement is initiated (art. 68 of the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code) and 30 days for a Self-Certification. Bertolami Fine Art declines any responsibility for any delay. The procedure will be initiated only upon payment of the goods and with the purchaser’s explicit authorization.
8. Conditions of Sale
The conditions of sale that govern the relationship between Bertolami Fine Art and the customers taking part in our auctions are displayed in each catalogue. As these conditions are automatically accepted from the moment you participate in the auction, please read them carefully.
In the event of a discrepancy between the conditions of sale published in the printed catalogue and the version that appears in the online catalogue, the online version shall prevail.
9. Publication of auction results
The winning bids list will be published by Bertolami Fine Art on the website www.bertolamifineart.com, for information purposes only, within ten days of the closing date
TABLE A
AUTOMATIC INCREMENTS
BID AMOUNT €
AUTOMATIC PRE-SET INCREMENTS €
0-99
5
100-199
10
200-499
20
500-999
50
1.000-1.999
100
2.000-4.999
200
5.000-9.999
500
10.000-19.999
1.000
20.000-49.999
2.000
50.000+
5.000
Lots in this catalog (346)
- Lot 1: Italian boxwood Crucifix, Sicily, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 2: Assumption of the Virgin in coral, Sicily, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 3: Coral sculpture depicting the Rape of Proserpine, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 4: Medieval Italian coral crucifix, Southern Italy, 15th-16th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 5: Coral sculpture, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 6: Italian Coral crucifix with theca, Southern Italy, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 7: Tortoiseshell and coral case, Sicily, 18th-19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 8: Coral chariot horn, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 9: Coral chariot horn, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 10: Coral horn with Bacchus, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 11: Coral crucifix with theca, Southern Italy, late 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 12: Coral sculpture depicting Marylin Monroe, Mid-20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 13: Lot of 12 coral cameos, Southern Italy, 18th-19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 14: Madonna and Child in coral and silver, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 15: Coral horn with 'O Munaciello, Naples, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 16: Coral carving in the shape of a phallus, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 17: Coral carving in the shape of a phallus, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 18: Reliquary cross in mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli and coral, Southern Italy, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 19: Coral sculpture depicting Louis XIV, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 20: Masonic coral carving, Southern Italy, 19th-20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 21: Coral sculpture, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 22: Bronze coral inkwell, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 23: Coral skull, Southern Italy, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 24: Coral skull, Southern Italy, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 25: Skull shaped coral, Southern Italy, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 26: Mammoth ivory skull, Germany, 18th-19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 27: A group of 3 anthropomorphic reliquaries, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 28: Solid silver agate chalice, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 29: A gilt-mounted Nautilus cup, German ambit, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 30: Emu egg with gilded bronze base, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 31: A gilt-mounted Nautilus cup, German ambit, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 32: Ostrich egg with coral, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 33: A silver-mounted Nautilus cup, German ambit, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 34: A silver mounted Haliotis shell, 20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 35: Nutmeg with gillt-bronze base, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 36: Two engraved coconut, Early 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 37: Group of 3 sailor’s carved coconut Bugbear powder flask, Early 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 38: Ceroplastic depicting Martin Luther, Neapolitan area, 17th - 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 39: Ceroplastic depicting Jesus Christ, Naples, 17th - 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 40: Ceroplastic depicting Charles III of Spain, Naples, 17th - 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 41: Ceroplastic depicting the Nativity, Rome, 17th - 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 42: Ceroplastic depicting Girolamo Savonarola, under glass bell, Neapolitan area, 17th - 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 43: Ceroplastic depicting a plague figure, Neapolitan area, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 44: Giovanni Francesco Pieri (Prato, 1699 - Napoli, 1773) Attributed to — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 45: Reliquary of St. Peter in gilded bronze and lapis lazuli, Italy, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 46: Leonardo Van der Vinne Sphere of — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 47: Wood, marble, lapislazuli, and bone cross, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 48: Cross in gilded silver, gold, and coral, China, Ming dynasty, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 49: Two filigree and amber palm vases, Sicily, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 50: French bronze sculpture, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 51: Group of silver and gemstone amulets, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 52: Lot of 3 gold seals with gemstones, Late 18th - early 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 53: Perseus and Andromeda: polychrome enamel plaque, Limoges, 16th-17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 54: Tobacco scratcher with polychrome enamels, Limoges, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 55: Portrait of Saint Rita on copper, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 56: A group of 3 Russian lacquered boxes, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 57: "Memento mori" Russian lacquered box, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 58: A group of 3 Russian lacquered boxes, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 59: Two Russian lacquered boxes, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 60: Two Russian lacquered boxes, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 61: Two Russian lacquered boxes, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 62: English conductor's baton, circa 1910 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 63: English carved bone conductor's baton, Early 20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 64: Oskar Olsen — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 65: English conductor's baton, 1905 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 66: English conductor's baton, circa 1900 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 67: English conductor's baton, 1904 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 68: Oskar Olsen — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 69: A.D. Mougin — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 70: Table clock with glass dome, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 71: Silver table clock with glass dome, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 72: Table clock with glass dome, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 73: Marks & Cohen — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 74: Breguet a Paris — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 75: Art Déco silver, guilloché enamel and ivory table clock, 1920s - 1930s — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 76: MAPPIN & WEBB - London & Paris — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 77: A Greek icon depicting Madonna and Child, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 78: Icon depicting Madonna with the Child, Veneto-Cretan school, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 79: A Russian Icon with silver oklad depicting Saint Nicola the Thaumaturge, Mosca 1853 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 80: A Russian Stauroteca icon with bronze and enamels cross, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 81: A Russian icon with saints, Tula (?), 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 82: A Russian icon with Saint Nicola the Thaumaturge, 18th - 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 83: Russian Iconnwith saints, 20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 84: A Russian icon depicting Madonna with Synaxis of Saints, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 85: A Russian icon with silver and enamel oklad depicting Christ Pantocrator, Moskow, late 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 86: A Russian icon with silver okad, Moskow 1890 — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 87: A Russian Icon depicting St. John the precursor, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 88: A Russian icon depicting Virgin and Child, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 89: A Russia icon depicting the Holy Trinity, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 90: A Russian bronze travel icon depicting the Orthodox cross, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 91: A Russian bronze travel icon depicting the Orthodox cross, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 92: A Russian bronze travel icon, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 93: Russian bronze travel icon, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 94: Ivory relief with Baltic amber frame, 17th and 18th centuries — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 95: A superb Benin ivory leopard’s mask, Nigeria, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 96: Romanesque Byzantine style ivory Madonna and Child, 15th-17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 97: Gothic ivory Nursing Madonna, 15th-17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 98: Simon Troger (1683 - München, 1768) Attributed to — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 99: Two german ivory carvings, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 100: Herr L. Weininger — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 101: Double-sided ivory carving, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 102: A pair of wood and bone carvings, Late 18th - early 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 103: Italian ivory, tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl Crucifix, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 104: Etienne Watrin (1890 - 1915) — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 105: German carved and turned bone sculpture, 18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 106: A group of 5 German ivory carvings depicting a band of musicians, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 107: A pair of ivory carvings depicting the Summer and the Autumn, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 108: Openable ivory carving depicting Napoleon, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 109: Openable ivory carving depicting Mary Stuart, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 110: Indo-Portuguese ivory carving depicting a Virgin, Goa, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 111: Indo-Portuguese ivory carving depicting Saint John the Evangelist, Goa, 17th-18th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 112: Indo-Portuguese ivory carving depicting Saint John the Evangelist, Goa, 17th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 113: Borrelli — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 114: Bone and coral crucifix, Southern Italy, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 115: A French gold manicure with ivory case, late 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 116: French ivory and mother-of-pearl music box, France, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 117: Erotic ivory carving, France, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 118: English Victorian ivory toilet set, Late 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 119: Ivory-inlaid travel desk, India, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 120: Openable ivory carving depicting Napoleon, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 121: Openable ivory carving depicting Emma Lady Hamilton, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 122: English Victorian Ivory mounted walking stick cane, 19th Century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 123: Italian silver and tortoiseshell Toilet service, Early 20th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 124: Ivory moles case, Continental Europe 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 125: English Victorian ivory letter opener, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 126: Ivory carving, France, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 127: Ivory cigarette case, France, 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 128: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 129: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 130: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 131: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 132: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 133: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 134: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 135: Carved ivory foldable triptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 136: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 137: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 138: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, Francia, Dieppe (?), XIX secolo — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 139: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 140: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 141: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 142: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 143: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 144: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 145: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, Francia, Dieppe (?), XIX secolo — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 146: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 147: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 148: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 149: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400
- Lot 150: Carved ivory foldable diptych ball, France, Dieppe (?) 19th century — €1 - €2,400