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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration, 178, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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76 | HARRISON, Alfred H. (1865-1933) | In Search of a Polar Continent 1905-1907 |
Toronto [and] London | 1908 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
77 | HAYES, J. Gordon (1877-1936) | The Conquest of The North Pole. Recent Arctic Exploration |
London | [1934] | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 420.00 |
78 | [HOLLOW EARTH]. Pair of Vintage Titles About the "Hollow Earth," including: REED, William (1830-1920)... |
New York | 1906 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 900.00 | |
79 | HOPPIN, B[enjamin] (1851-1923) | A Diary Kept with the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896 |
[1897] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,020.00 | |
80 | HOOPER, Lieutenant W. H. (1827-1854) | Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski, with Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin |
London | 1853 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
81 | HUISH, Robert (1777-1850) | A Narrative of the Voyages and Travels of Captain Beechey... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... and of Captain Back, R. N., to the Thlew-Ee-Choh River & the Arctic Sea... |
London | 1839 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 210.00 |
82 | Edward Augustus, Sir (1820--1894) | INGLEFIELD, A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin... |
London | 1853 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
83 | JACKSON, Frederick G. (1860-1938) | A Thousand Days in the Arctic... |
London and New York | 1899 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
84 | KENT, Rockwell (1882-1971) | N by E |
New York | 1930 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
85 | LAMBERT, Gustave (1824-1871) | L'Expedition au Pole Nord |
Paris | 1868 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
86 | LINDSAY, Martin (1905-1981) | Sledge. The British Trans-Greensland Expedition 1934... |
London | [1935] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
87 | LYON, Captain George Francis (1796-1832) | The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry |
London | 1824 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
88 | LYON, George Francis, Captain (1796-1832) | A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome", in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year 1824 |
London | 1825 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |
89 | MACGAHAN, J[anuarius] A[loysius] (1844-1878) | Under the Northern Lights |
London | 1876 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 840.00 |
90 | MANGLES, Commander James (1786-1867) | Papers and Despatches Relating to the Arctic Searching Expeditions of 1850-51-52... |
London | 1852 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
91 | [FORCE, Peter (1790-1868), compiler]. MORSE, Sidney Edwards (1794-1871) | [MAPS]. "Chart Showing the Recent Search for a North-West Passage... |
New York | 1854 [actually ca. 1856] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
92 | M'CLINTOCK, Captain Francis (1819-1907) | The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas |
London | 1859 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
93 | M'CLURE, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier (1807-1873) | The North-West Passage. Capt. M'Clure's Despatches From Her Majesty's Discovery Ship, "Investigator," Off Point Warren and Capt Bathurst |
London | 1853 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
94 | M'CORMICK, Deputy Inspector General R[obert] (1800-1890) | Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World: Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-Boat Expedition Up the Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin... |
London | 1884 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
95 | M'DOUGALL, Master George F. (1825-1871) | The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin... |
London | 1857 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 |
96 | HITCHCOCK, William E. (1928-2006) | [MODEL DIORAMA]. "Wintering in the Western Arctic" 3/22" Scale Hand-built model of the Steam Whaler Belvedere |
Salem, Mass. | [n.d., ca. mid- to late-20th century] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
97 | [MODEL - SHIP IN A BOTTLE]. "Annie Hughes" Three-Masted Schooner Ship-in-a-Bottle Model |
[ca. 20th century] | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 450.00 | ||
98 | MUIR, John (1838-1914) | The Cruise of the Corwin |
Boston and New York | 1917 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 450.00 |
99 | NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930) | Pair of First Norwegian Editions... |
Oslo | 1890 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 300.00 |
100 | NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930) | Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johnson |
New York | 1897 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |