Annotated Auction Catalogs

Annotated Auction Catalogs

Almost 200 catalogs published prior to 1909, with annotations on items for sale, successful bidders, and prices realized.
Antonio Asprucci Architectural Drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770ca. 1793

Antonio Asprucci Architectural Drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770–ca. 1793

Over 50 architectural drawings and designs prepared for the conversion of the Villa Borghese into a museum.
Catalogue des tableaux qui se trouvent dans les galleries du palais de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Dusseldorff

Catalogue des tableaux qui se trouvent dans les galleries du palais de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Dusseldorff, ca. 1756

This 39-page catalog describes the collections of the Elector Palatine in Düsseldorf, just prior to the Seven Years' War. Bound with Catalogue des tableaux qui sont dans les quatre cabinets de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Mannheim.
Catalogue des tableaux qui sont dans les quatre cabinets de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Mannheim

Catalogue des tableaux qui sont dans les quatre cabinets de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Mannheim, 1756

This 46-page catalog describes the four cabinets (or galleries) of the Elector Palatine who resided in Mannheim at this time. Bound with Catalogue des tableaux qui se trouvent dans les galleries du palais de S.A.S.E. Palatine, a Dusseldorff.
La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff, 1770–78

La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff, 1770–78

An album of 349 drawings and watercolor sketches depicting the notable collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Old Master paintings housed in the Düsseldorf Gallery in the mid-18th century and published in La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff by Nicolas de Pigage and Christian von Mechel in 1778.
Museo Vittoriano overo raccolta di varj monumenti antichi esistenti nello studio di D. Ferdinando Vittoria in Roma

Museo Vittoriano overo raccolta di varj monumenti antichi esistenti nello studio di D. Ferdinando Vittoria in Roma, 1708

Approximately 170 leaves of drawings and prints of classical antiquities in the collection of Ferdinando Vittoria, the nephew of Vicente Victoria. Several drawings were made by Victoria and engraved by Francesco Bartoli; the rest are by Saverio Scilla.
Plan of the Installation of a Picture Gallery, ca. 1800

Plan of the Installation of a Picture Gallery, ca. 1800

An album with 19 leaves of hand-colored drawings depicting gallery interiors with handwritten texts describing locations, dimensions, artists, and titles of pictures. The location is probably Venice, and possibly the gallery of Valentino Benfatto, a collector and dealer living in Venice in the 19th century.