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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
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Incunabula to modern times: Science, History, Religion, Literature LIVE , 144, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 11, 2025 - April 11, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | John Oldham | The Works. |
London | 1686 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | Homer, Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. | The Odyssey |
Dublin | 1766 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 28 | Stephen Phillips. | Herod, A Tragedy |
1901 | AUD 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 29 | Guillaume Daudet Alphonse. | Port-Tarascon. Dernieres Aventures De L'illustre Tartarin |
Paris | no date Circa 1898-1912 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 30 | Rev Sydney Smith. | The Works of Rev Sydney Smith. |
1859 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 31 | A collection of 38 Quaker religious tracts |
1655-1666 | AUD 7,600.00 - 8,600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 32 | Eikon basilike [in Greek text]. The pourtraicture of His sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings: together with his private prayers |
1649 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 33 | Eikon aklastos: The Image unbroaken. |
1649 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 34 | Eikon basilike or, the true pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty Charls the II. |
London | 1660 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | DARWIN, Charles. | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. |
London | 1860 | AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | AUD 9,525.00 |
| 37 | LOWER, Richard. | Tractatus de Corde. |
London | 1669 | AUD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | CHURCHILL, Winston S. | Arms and the Covenant. |
London | 1938 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 40 | GUARINO, Piso. | De Romanorum et Venetorum Magistratuum inter se Comparations Libellus. |
Patavii [Padua] | 1563 | AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | WILLAN, Robert. | On Vaccine Inoculation. |
London | 1806 | AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | STEVENSON, Robert Louis. | Kidnapped being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. |
London | 1886 | AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | MORRISON, Arthur. | Martin Hewitt Investigator. |
London | 1894 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | TURNER, Ethel. | Seven Little Australians. |
London | 1894 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 45 | [AESCHINES & DEMOSTHENES]. | Due orationi, l'una di Eschine contra di Tesifonte, l'altra di Demosthene a sua difesa. |
Venice | 1554 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 46 | ROSENCRANTZ, Olaf. | Apologia Nobilitatis Danicae contra Larvatum illum Franciscum Irenaeum... 1681. |
17th Century printing | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | Philip Hagreen | The Bookplates of Philip Hagreen . with an introduction by John Bennet Shaw. |
Nappanee | 1982 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 48 | Richardo Mead | Monita et praecepta medica. |
1755 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 49 | The New York Times Saturday 23 to Tuesday 26 November 1963. |
New York | 1963 | AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | MACKENZIE, John. | Report (No. 1) on the Coalfields of Victoria. |
Melbourne | 1873 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 51 | RAYNER, J.M. and RICHARDSON, L.A. | Second Report on Magnetic Prospecting at Tennant Creek |
1936) | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | Seven reports and notifications issued by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, all relating to the foundation of a new capital city for Australia. |
Melbourne | 1910 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 508.00 |
![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.")
