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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.")
Forum Auctions: The Library of Barry Humphries, 1172, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 26, 2025 - March 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Dowson (Ernest) | Beardsley (Aubrey).-The Pierrot of the Minute |
1897 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 | |
| 77 | Beardsley (Aubrey) | A Book of Fifty Drawings |
1934 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 78 | Beardsley (Aubrey) | A Second Book of Fifty Drawings |
1899 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | |
| 79 | Beardsley (Aubrey) | The Story of Venus and Tannhauser |
1907 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,134.00 | |
| 80 | Schwob (Marcel) | Mimes, with a prologue and an epilogue |
Paris | 1894 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 81 | Zola (Emile) | [The Works] |
1894-95 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | |
| 82 | Bourget (Paul) | Marius-Michel, binder.- Pastels... |
Paris | 1895 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 83 | Raffalovich (Marc-Andre) | Roses of Shadow |
[c.1895] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,197.00 | |
| 84 | Symons (Arthur) | London Nights... |
1895 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 | |
| 85 | Symons (Arthur, editor) | The Savoy... |
1896 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 86 | Symons (Arthur) | Autograph manuscript signed of the essay "The Art of Translation in Prose and Poetry" |
1904 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 87 | Symons (Arthur) | Autograph and typed manuscript signed of the essay "Baudelaire and his Letters" |
[1919] | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 88 | Symons (Arthur) | Autograph manuscripts of his translations of the six condemned poems from Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal |
1919 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | |
| 89 | Symons (Arthur) | Charles Baudelaire |
1920 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 90 | Charles Conder (1868-1909) | Cushion design with two women in a circle with elaborate flourishes and decoration |
[circa 1895-1898] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 91 | Charles Conder (1868-1909) | Two figures overlooking an idyllic coastal landscape |
[circa 1900] | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 92 | Charles Conder (1868-1909) | Saturn Charcoal |
1900 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 | |
| 93 | Charles Conder (1868-1909) | Portrait of William Rothenstein in a shower of tears |
1896 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | William Rothenstein (1872-1945) | Portrait of Charles Conder (1868-1909) |
[circa 1890s] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 95 | Wratislaw (Theodore) | The Pity of Love |
1895 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 96 | Wratislaw (Theodore) | The Pity of Love |
1895 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,268.00 | |
| 97 | Uzanne (Octave) & others | Rops (Felicien).- Feminies... |
GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 98 | Beerbohm (Max) | The Works |
1896 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,520.00 | |
| 99 | Beerbohm (Max) | Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen |
1896 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 100 | Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) | Portrait of Mr Clemont Shorter |
[circa 1900-1920] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
![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.")
