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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.
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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126 | Grunwedel, Albert | Altbuddhistische Kultstatten in Chinesisch-Turkistan |
Berlin | 1912 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 |
127 | Greenwood, Colonel George | The Tree-Lifter; or, a New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees |
London | 1853 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
128 | Grey, Zane | Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing |
New York | 1928 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
129 | Grimm Brothers | German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, From Oral Tradition |
London | 1823 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
130 | Groe, Jan van der | Le Jardinier Hollandois = Der Niederlandische Gartner |
Amsterdam | 1669-1670 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 |
131 | Grotius, Hugo | The Rights of War and Peace, in three books. Wherein are explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government |
London | 1738 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
132 | Harris, A.C. | Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields. Containing a Full Account of the Discovery of Gold; Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal; Routes Traversed by Miners; How To Find Gold; Camp Life at Klondike; Practical Instructions for Fortune Seekers, Etc. Etc. |
[n.p.] | [1897] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
133 | Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August) | The Ricardo Effect |
London and Hereford | 1942 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 531.25 |
134 | Helmuth, William | Fair Japan; Optimistic Version |
Yokohama | [c.1900] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
135 | Hemingway, Ernest | Two Christmas Tales [with] fifteen additional Hart Press publications |
Berkeley | 1957-1976 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 593.75 |
136 | Hibberd, Shirley | The Amateur's Rose Book, Comprising the Cultivation of the Rose... |
London | 1874 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
137 | Hillerman, Tony | Dance Hall of the Dead |
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London | 1973 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 437.50 |
138 | Hobson, R.L. & A.L. Hetherington | The Art of the Chinese Potter |
New York | 1923 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
139 | Holman, Louis A. | The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Planographic With a Set of Actual Prints Illustrative of the Text |
Boston | 1929 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 437.50 |
140 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell | Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny |
Boston | 1861 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 343.75 |
141 | Home, Henry, Lord Kames | Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Improved in a Third Edition. In Two Volumes |
Dublin | 1779 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
142 | Howard, Ebenezer | Garden Cities of To-Morrow |
London | 1902 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.25 |
143 | L'Album I-XIX |
Paris | c.1900 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 | |
144 | Huxley, Thomas H. | A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals [with] Darwiniana |
New York | 1872; 1898 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
145 | Higden, Ranulf | Original leaf from the Polychronicon |
Fynysshed and enprynted at Westmestre [i.e. Westminster, England] | 1498 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
146 | Verard, Antoine, and others | Four Original Leaves from La Mer d'Hystoire |
1491 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 | |
147 | Album of twenty-one Indian paintings on mica |
Mid-late 19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 | ||
148 | Hyde, Douglas (An Craoibhin Aoibhinn), editor | Abhrain Diada Cuige Connact. Or, The Religious Songs of Connacht: A Collection of Poems, Stories, Prayers, Satires, Ranns, Charms, etc. |
Dublin | No date [c.1906] | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
149 | Irons, J.R. | Breadcraft |
London & Dublin | 1948 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
150 | Irving, Washington | Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains |
Philadelphia | 1836 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |