Estate Books & Ephemera Online Only Auction
Lot 300:
Description
Misc. Signed Italy Restaurant Menus and Ephemera including 1 Savoy Hotel Firenze half fold with paper menu insert (multiple signatures) in original mailing envelope; Ristorante Cipriani archive including 6 half fold paper menus (2 signed), one typed letter signed Natale Rusconi, Managing Director in original mailing envelope; 1 Monsignore II single sheet paper menu; 1 Trattoria da Giggetto single fold paper menu, signed paper place mat, advertising card and post card in original mailing envelope; Ristorante Alfredo alla Scrofa archive including three half fold paper menus, 4 graphic advertising cards and 7 post cards; 1 Villa d’Este Lago di Como half fold glossy cover with paper insert menu in original mailing envelope; Ristorante La Girglia Taormina archive including 4 half fold paper menus (one signed, one with drawing of clown), three business cards, one unused sticker, 6 post cards and three unused unfolded Pasqua 1985 paper menus in original mailing envelope; 1 Trattoria Alla Madonna half fold paper menu; 1 Alo Alo half fold glossy paper menu with hand written menu, inscription and signature; 1 Sistina half fold paper menu; Hotel Eden Roma archive including 1 half fold glossy paper menu, one Gianfrancesco Ciaceri signed business card, 2 color hotel brochures c. 1979 in original mailing envelope; 2 Ristorante al Bersaglire half fold paper cover with paper insert menus (one signed) in original mailing envelope; 1 Harry’s Bar Firenze half fold paper menu; 1 Hotel Cala di Volpe half fold paper menu in original mailing envelope. Combined lot measures approximately 16"x12"x1.5".
Condition: Condition – Hotel Cala di Volpe – corner crease and some toning inside; Harry’s Bar – cover soiled; Ristorante al Bersagliere – both in excellent condition; Hotel Eden Roma – creases to menu; Sistina – soiled and stained; Alo Alo – soiled, toning and creases; Trattoria alla Madonna – fold creases, ink signature on cover; Villa Sonia – toning, stains; Villa d’Este – light stains on cover, corner creases; Alfredo alla Scorofa – corner creased; Trattoria de Giggetto – center folded; Monsignore II – soiled, toning; corners frayed; Ristorante Cipriani – minor creases; Savoy Hotel Firenze – fold crease down center. Please see photos.
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