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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.
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books and Collectors' Sale, 43025, Kilkenny
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 30, 2025 - May 01, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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51 | Mundy (G. Chas.) | Our Antipodes: or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies with a Glimpse of the Gold Fields |
Lond. | 1855 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 137.50 |
52 | Neale (J.P.) | Engraved Plates: Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland |
EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
53 | Kelly (Rev. M.) | Cambrensis Eversus |
EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
54 | Inscribed Presentation Copy Keane (Marcus) The Towers and Temples of Ancient Ireland... |
Dublin | 1867 | EUR 170.00 - 250.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
55 | Signed Copies Modern Biographies: Parkinson (M.) Parky's People... |
London | 2010 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
56 | [Yeats (Jack B.)] Pyle (Hilary) Jack B. Yeats | A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings |
Lond. | 1992 | EUR 125.00 - 175.00 | EUR 225.00 |
57 | Potter (Beatrix) | The Tales of Squirrel Nutkin... |
Norwich | 2003 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
58 | Wills (James) & Wills (F.) | The Irish Nation: its History and its Biography |
Edin | 1871 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 |
59 | Irish Engraved Views: Hall (Mrs. & Mr. S.C.) Ireland; its Scenery, Character, etc.... |
Lond. | 1841 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
60 | New Place Edition Shakespeare: The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark... |
Lond. | 1911 | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
61 | Genealogy: Burke (Sir B.) The Landed Gentry of Ireland... |
Lond. | 1912 | EUR 75.00 - 125.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
62 | [Cholmley (Sir Hugh)] | The Memoirs of Sir Hugh Cholmley Kent and Bart addressed to his two Sons... |
York | 1787 | EUR 90.00 - 140.00 | EUR 62.50 |
63 | [Dulac (Edmund) Illustrator] Fitzgerald (Edward) | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
Lond. | EUR 125.00 - 175.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
64 | Kinloch (Col. Alexander A.) | Large Game Shooting, Thibet and Northern India |
Calcutta | 1885 | EUR 120.00 - 170.00 | EUR 62.50 |
65 | Ledwich (Ed.) | Antiquities of Ireland |
Dublin | 1803 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 50.00 |
66 | Messingham (Thos.) | Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia |
Paris | 1624 | EUR 350.00 - 500.00 | EUR 550.00 |
67 | Baker (Lt. Col. H.R.) & Inglis (Chas. M.) The Birds of Southern India, include Madras, Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg & Mysore... |
Madras | 1930 | EUR 80.00 - 130.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
68 | Shaw (Geo. Bernard) Prefaces... |
London | 1934 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
69 | Cork & Orrery (Countess of) | Editor, The Orrery Papers |
Lond | 1903 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 |
70 | Periodical: The Dublin Penny Journal... |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 200.00 | |||
71 | [Dulac (Edmund) Illustrator] Housman (L.) | Stories from the Arabian Nights |
Lond. | 1907 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 137.50 |
72 | [Rackham (Arthur) Illustrator] Ingoldsby (Thos.) | The Ingoldsby Legends |
Lond. | 1907 | EUR 160.00 - 260.00 | EUR 162.50 |
73 | Deuchar (David) | A Collection of Etching after the most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools,... |
Edinburgh | 1803 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 375.00 |
74 | Harris (Walter) | The History of the Life and Reign of William-Henry, Prince of Orange |
Dublin | 1749 | EUR 160.00 - 220.00 | EUR 137.50 |
75 | Galletly (Alex) & Taylor (A.) | Ancient Towers and Doorways |
Lond. | 1896 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 50.00 |