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    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 - $65,000 Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
  • Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025 Forum AuctionsA Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library19th June 2025
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
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    Forum, 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.
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    A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
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    Forum, 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.

Bonhams: Fine Japanese and Korean Art, including the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection of Japanese Art, 30801, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025
Page Size: 128 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
501 ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790)

Two hashira-e, the first of two beauties, one adjusting the other's obi

18th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,088.00
502 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

A chuban tate-e print titled Warai Hannya (Laughing Demoness), from the series Hyaku monogatari (100 Ghost Stories)

circa 1831-1832 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 32,000.00
503 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

A chuban tate-e print titled Shunen (Memorial Anniversary), from the series Hyaku monogatari (100 Ghost Stories)

circa 1831-1832 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,920.00
504 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e print titled Yodogawa (Moonlight on the Yodo River), from the series Setsugekka (Snow, Moon, and Flowers), with a poem

circa 1833 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
505 TOTOYA HOKKEI (1780-1850)

A surimono shikishiban print with embossing, with an abalone shell, lacquer stand, an oversized sake cup in a storage box, and plum blossoms, from the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (Series for the Hanazono Group)

1822-1823 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 896.00
506 ATTRIBUTED TO KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820)

A surimono shikishiban depicting court ladies making paper dolls

circa 1790 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 960.00
507 KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820)

A surimono shikishiban print with embossing of a votive painting of Tamura attacking the demons, from the series Hisakataya shichiban (Seven Pictures for the Hisakataya Club), sealed Shunman

1820 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,088.00
508 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

A surimono shikishiban print of the actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Ishikawa Goemon, and Iwai Shijaku as the Courtesan Segawa

circa 1831 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,792.00
509 KATSUKAWA SHUNTEI (1770-1820)

A surimono shikishiban print with embossing, depicting Chohi (General Zhang Fei) on horseback

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,280.00
510 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

An oban tate-e print of three beauties enjoying fireworks on Ryogoku Bridge, a single sheet from an untitled triptych

circa 1800 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
512 UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825)

An oban tate-e print of the actor Matsumoto Yonezo as the courtesan Miyagino

circa 1805 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
513 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Four Woodblock Prints

19th century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,792.00
514 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865)

An oban tate-e print depicting Ichikawa Danjuro as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu from the play Shibaraku

circa 1818 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,664.00
515 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865), UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858), UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), TOYOHARU KUNICHIKA (1835-1900) AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1848-1920)

17 Woodblock Prints

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 512.00
516 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1864), AND OTHERS

63 oban tate-e prints, plus a title page from the series Seichu gishi den (Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai), comprising portraits of actors in the roles of the 47 ronin

19th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,200.00
517 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865)

Comprising three oban tate-e triptychs, the first titled Natsu no bu (Summer Section), from the series Tosei shiki no nagame (Modern Views of the Four Seasons)

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,280.00
518 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

An oban tate-e print of the actor Onoe Baiko III as a female ghost, from the series Kokon miso kufu no yurei (Famous Ghosts of the Past and Present)

1838 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
519 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1865)

An oban tate-e print titled Sakura ni uma (Cherry Blossoms and Horse)

circa 1830 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,560.00
520 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865),

Comprising an oban tate-e print of the actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Nikki Danjo

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
521 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865) AND UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (1823-1880)

Comprising six oban tate-e print triptychs (some joined), the first of the actors Onoe Kikigoro as Akishino, Ichikawa Kodanj as Bungonosuke, and Ichikawa Ichizo as Toriyama Akisaku;

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
522 UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III, 1786-1865) UTAGAWA AND HIROSHIGE II (SHIGENOBU, 1826-1869)

Two oban tate-e prints, the first, a memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

1858 and 1859 USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,152.00
523 UTAGAWA KUNIYASU (1794-1832) AND IKEDA EISEN (1790-1848)

The first, an oban tate-e print titled Shinkigunshi Shubu no mitate (Parody of Zhu Wu, the Divine Strategist), depicting the courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (108 Heroes of the Popular Shuihu

18th/19th century USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,048.00
524 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-18610

An oban tate-e print triptych titled Tamatori-hime Ryugu no zu (Tamatori-hime at the Dragon Palace)

1853 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,960.00
525 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKINI III, 1786-1865), KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848), AND UTAGAWA SADAFUSA (CIRCA 1818-1850)

Comprising two oban tate-e pentaptychs, the first titled Shun'ei, atai senkin (Songs for Spring Worth 1,000 Gold Coins)

19th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 704.00
526 SHUNKOSAI HOKUSHU (ACTIVE 1810-1832)

An oban okubi-e print of the actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon at the Battle of Okehazama

1826 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
  • Sotheby'sBibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
  • FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025 FinarteBooks, Autographs & PrintsJune 24 & 25, 2025
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    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    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.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
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    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
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    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
  • Rose City Book & Paper FairJune 14-15, 20251000 NE Multnomah, PortlandROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM Rose City Book & Paper FairJune 14-15, 20251000 NE Multnomah, PortlandROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM
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  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900. Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [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.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    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.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
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    The Øiesvold Collection
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    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: 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.
    SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.