Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025

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: 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 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 Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025

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.

Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025

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.

Ader: Former Michel Simon Collection, 163729, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025

Page Size: 49 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
191	anonyme,	Lot comprenant : "Madame et son chien",	s.l.	s.d. [circa 1930],	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 343.20
192	Anonyme,	"L'extase".		Circa 1900	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 374.40
193	LEGRAND Louis (1863-1951),	La toilette.		1908	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.40
194	MALTESTE Louis (1869-1928).	Lot de huit dessins :			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 156.00
195		Lot comprenant :		1900-1925	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 858.00
196		Pochette comprenant :		Circa 1900.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 187.20
197	MEYS Marcel (1886-1972).	Ensemble de dix anaglyphes representant des nus dans la nature. Tirage sur papier, signes "Anaglyphes G.D. (marque deposee)". Avec lunettes.		c Circa 1900.	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.40
198		Lot comprenant : 19 planches en noir et blanc de chansons de salles de garde et paillardes.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 249.60
199	Martin VAN MAELE (1863-1926)	Lot de trente gravures sur velin et papier verge, differents etats et formats			EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 31.20
200	JULLIEN B.	Tres beau recueil de douze dessins erotiques sur velin a sujets homosexuels.		1933	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,652.00
201	Marcel VERTES (1895-1961)	Lot de treize planches,			EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 280.80
202	ANONYME	Deux dessins sur velin :			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 312.00
203	VIGNY Sylvain (1903-1970).	>Lot de sept dessins erotiques au stylo aquarelle.		Circa 1960.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 202.80
204		Abecedaire erotique sur papier verge provenant du "Dictionnaire erotique moderne" d'Alfred Delvau, 1960.		1960	EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 93.60
205	Anonyme.	Quatre gravures d'illustration a l'eau-forte sur papier verge (une en double).			EUR 20.00 - 30.00	EUR 46.80
206	ANONYME,	"Satyre et la nymphe Syrinx"		circa 1900	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,340.00
207		Une statue de style Kongo Yombe a l'iconographie rare, la main droite posee sur la hanche, la main gauche tenant un sexe proeminent.			EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 921.60
208		"Hephaistos a jete un filet pour emprisonner sa femme Aphrodite et son amant Ares".		XIXe siecle.	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,014.00
209		Charmante miniature en "fixe sous verre" representant deux femmes lascives. Cadre en bronze orne de fleurettes. France, circa 1850.	France	circa 1850	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 124.80
211		Belle plaque emaillee sur cuivre representant une jeune femme en deshabille.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 1,014.00
212	Anonyme,	"Scenes homosexuelles".	France	circa 1900	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 936.00
213		Suite de six plaques photographiques stereoscopiques sur verre a sujet erotique presentant un homme et deux femmes. Circa 1900.		Circa 1900	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 390.00
214		Lot de onze plaques photographiques en negatif sur verre a sujets homosexuels (Antiquite et Renaissance). Legeres ebrechures aux bords, deux avec petits manques, une photo ratee (ombre). 12 x 9 cm.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 280.80
215	ANONYME,	album comprenant huit planches de quatre photos erotiques sepia.	France	circa 1925.	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 140.40

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.