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Lot 582: AUTOGRAPHS: COLOMBO GIUSEPPE: (1836-1921) Italian

Est: £80 GBP - £100 GBPSold:
International Autograph AuctionsHeathrow, United KingdomSeptember 26, 2010

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AUTOGRAPHS: COLOMBO GIUSEPPE: (1836-1921) Italian Engineer, the mentor of Giovanni Battista Pirelli, founder of the Pirelli Company in 1872. Fine, vintage signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph, a formal half length study of Colombo. Photograph by Montabone of Rome. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image, 'To his friend T. A. Edison, J. Colombo' and dated Rome, 1st January 1892 in his hand. A good association. EX Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items.

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International Autograph Auctions
September 26, 2010, 11:00 AM GMT

Radisson Edwardian Hotel 140 Bath Road, Heathrow, MDX, UB3 5AW, UK