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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.
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
Christies: Photographs, 23465, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 17, 2025 - April 17, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | ALEXANDER RODCHENKO (1891-1956) | Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924 |
1924 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 126,000.00 | |
| 52 | AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) | Konditor (Pastry Chef), Cologne, 1928 |
1928, printed 1979 by Gerd Sander | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 | |
| 53 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Peter and Rose Krasnow, 1928 |
1928 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 1,638.00 | |
| 54 | WALKER EVANS (1903--1975) | Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer's Wife, 1936 |
1936, printed probably 1950s-1960s | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 15,120.00 | |
| 55 | DORIS ULMANN (1882--1934) | Roll, Jordan, Roll, 1933 |
1933 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,080.00 | |
| 56 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Subway Portrait, New York, 1941 |
1941 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | JAMES VAN DER ZEE (1886-1983) | Eighteen Photographs, 1907-1938 |
1907-1938 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,080.00 | |
| 58 | PAUL OUTERBRIDGE JR. (1896--1958) | Portrait of Young Woman, c.1940 |
c.1940 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,860.00 | |
| 59 | W. EUGENE SMITH (1918--1978) | The Walk to Paradise Garden, 1946 |
1946, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 | |
| 60 | IRVING PENN (1917--2009) | John Marin, New York, 1948 |
1948, printed 1977 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,820.00 | |
| 61 | YOUSUF KARSH (1908--2002) | The Marx Brothers, 1948 |
1948, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,600.00 | |
| 62 | ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) | Billie Holiday and Hazel Scott, 1957 |
1957, printed 1996 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 63 | ROBERT CAPA (1913--1954) | Pablo Picasso & Francoise Gilot, Golfe-Juan, France, August 1948 |
Aug-48, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 32,760.00 | |
| 64 | ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) | Picasso et Francoise Gilot, 1952 |
1952, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,292.00 | |
| 65 | GEORGE HOYNINGEN--HUENE (1900--1968) | Katharine Hepburn in Grass, 1934 |
1934 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,780.00 | |
| 66 | BARBARA MORGAN (1900--1992) | Martha Graham -- Letter to the World, 1940 |
1940, printed 1979 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,710.00 | |
| 67 | HENRI CARTIER--BRESSON (1908--2004) | Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954 |
1954, printed later | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 35,280.00 | |
| 68 | HENRI CARTIER--BRESSON (1908--2004) | La Plaine de la Brie, 1968 |
1968, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 15,120.00 | |
| 69 | SAUL LEITER (1923-2013) | Paris, 1959 |
1959, printed later | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,080.00 | |
| 70 | WILLY RONIS (1910-2009) | Fondameta Nuove, Venice, 1959 |
1959, printed 1998 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,772.00 | |
| 71 | HENRI CARTIER--BRESSON (1908--2004) | Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 1948 |
1948, printed later | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,190.00 | |
| 72 | MANUEL ALVAREZ BRAVO (1902--2002) | Acorn Editions Portfolio, 1981 |
1981 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | ROBERT FRANK (1924--2019) | Trolley - New Orleans, 1955 |
1955, printed 1986 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 69,300.00 | |
| 74 | ROBERT FRANK (1924--2019) | Elko, Nevada, 1955 |
1955 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 5,040.00 | |
| 75 | ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019) | Cafeteria, San Francisco, 1955 |
1955, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a6aadc9-e8db-4fb2-aa16-7f58eb74076a.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/bd397a02-a6b4-462a-b4de-cb43acf2f5aa.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.")
![SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1b950440-d6d6-4570-be13-7859d69353e9.jpg "<b>SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14:</b> WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.")