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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. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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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
Quinn's Auction Galleries: Spring Rare Book, Print and Americana Auction, 367575, Falls Church
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 10, 2025 - April 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120A | American Express Company Signed Stocks |
1866 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 476.25 | ||
| 121 | Grant, Ulysses S. | 2 Vols. The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. |
New York | 1885 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 317.50 |
| 122 | Sparks, Jared; [Washington, George | 12 Vols. The Writings of George Washington. |
Boston and Charleston, S.C. | 1839-1840. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,286.00 |
| 123 | Baist, George William, et al. | 2 Vols. Baist's Atlas of Washington D.C. |
1916 and 1960 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 476.25 | |
| 124 | Ruppell, Eduard.; Cretzschmar, J. | Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika. |
Frankfort am Main | 1826 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 349.25 |
| 125 | La Harpe, Jean Francis de. | Carta dell' Ultimo Viaggio del Capitano Kook |
c.1785. | USD 120.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | |
| 126 | Meares, John. | Carte de la Mer Pacifique du Nord. |
1794 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 127 | Main Chain Of The Rocky Mountains. |
1859 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 101.60 | ||
| 128 | McClellan, George B[rinton@ | McClellan's Own Story. |
New York | 1887 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 177.80 |
| 129 | CSA Gen J.E. Slaughter ALS w/ Continental Army ALS |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 508.00 | |||
| 130 | Military Instruction from the Late King of Prussia |
c. 1797 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 114.30 | ||
| 131 | Donn Piatt | 1863 Union Colonel Donn Piatt ALS to John Creswell |
USD 120.00 - 240.00 | USD 76.20 | ||
| 132 | Edmund J. | 1870 Edmund J. Davis ALS as Texas Governor. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 127.00 | ||
| 132A | CSA General James Edwin Slaughter Pocket Diary. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 539.75 | |||
| 133 | Union General Henry Goldsborough Civil War ALS Lot |
USD 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 134 | Confederate Records of the Subsistence Department. |
USD 120.00 - 240.00 | USD 698.50 | |||
| 135 | McClellan, George B. | Manual of Bayonet Exercise. |
Philadelphia | [1862]. | USD 120.00 - 240.00 | USD 114.30 |
| 136 | Gilchrist, Harry L. | World War Casualties from Gas. Signed. |
Washington | 1931 | USD 60.00 - 80.00 | USD 101.60 |
| 137 | Uno, Kazumaro. | Corregidor: Isle of Delusion. |
Shanghai | [1942]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 138 | Koerner, Henry (1915-1991). | United We Are Strong. United We Fail. |
Washington | [1943]. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 203.20 |
| 139 | King George II, King of England and Ireland (1683-1760) | 1750 King George II Letter Patent under Great Seal |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 241.30 | ||
| 140 | The Senator. With Washington Monument Announcement |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 101.60 | |||
| 141 | The Annual Register...for the Year 1776. |
London | 1782 | USD 120.00 - 240.00 | USD 508.00 | |
| 142 | 1904 Wireless Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate. |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 63.50 | |||
| 143 | 1858 Property Deed County Cork Ireland. |
USD 120.00 - 240.00 | USD 76.20 |
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
![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.")
![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.")
