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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. -
Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD -
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, 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.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, 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.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, 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.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, 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. -
Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
![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.")
![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.")
Lion Heart Autographs: Autographs of Genius: Darwin, Dickens, Gershwin, Jefferson, Mendelssohn, Napoleon, Paganini, Rand, Voltaire, Washington, 52125, New York, NY
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AARONSOHN, RIVKA. | AARONSOHN, RIVKA. ALS. |
USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 427.00 | ||
| 2 | ABDELKADER, EMIR (ABD AL-QADIR IBN MUHYI AL-DIN). | ABDELKADER, EMIR (ABD AL-QADIR IBN MUHYI AL-DIN). LS. |
N.p. July 29-30 | 1853 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. | ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. LS. |
Washington | 1829 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,015.00 |
| 4 | AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. |
USD 750.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,037.00 | |||
| 5 | BEAN, ALAN. | BEAN, ALAN. Signed book. |
N.p., | N.d. | USD 175.00 - 200.00 | USD 366.00 |
| 6 | BECKETT, SAMUEL. | BECKETT, SAMUEL. ALS. |
Paris | 1966 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 366.00 |
| 7 | BEERBOHM, MAX. | BEERBOHM, MAX. ALS. |
London | 1901 | USD 150.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | BEGIN, MENACHEM. | BEGIN, MENACHEM. TLS. |
[Jerusalem] | 1966 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 183.00 |
| 9 | BEGIN, MENACHEM. | BEGIN, MENACHEM. SP. |
N.p. | N.d. | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | BEN-GURION, DAVID. | BEN-GURION, DAVID. TLS. |
Sde Boker | 1954 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 976.00 |
| 11 | BEN-GURION, DAVID. | BEN-GURION, DAVID. TLS. |
Sde Boker | 1955 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 488.00 |
| 12 | BEN-GURION, DAVID. | BEN-GURION, DAVID. TLS. |
HaKirya | 1958 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 488.00 |
| 13 | BEN-GURION, DAVID. | BEN-GURION, DAVID. TLS. |
Sde Boker | 1954 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 14 | BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, SR. | BENNETT, JAMES GORDON, SR. DS. |
New York | 1865 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | BIERCE, AMBROSE. | BIERCE, AMBROSE. ALS. |
The Laguna Vista | 1910 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 366.00 |
| 16 | BIERCE, AMBROSE. | BIERCE, AMBROSE. ALS. |
Washington | 1911 | USD 450.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | BIERCE, AMBROSE. | BIERCE, AMBROSE. ALS. |
The Laguna Vista | 1910 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | BIERCE, AMBROSE. | BIERCE, AMBROSE. ALS. |
Los Gatos | 1895 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 19 | BRESHKOVSKY, CATHERINE. | BRESHKOVSKY, CATHERINE. Signed book. |
N.p., | After 1919. | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 427.00 |
| 20 | CARON, BOB. | CARON, BOB. ALS. |
N.p. | 1992 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 671.00 |
| 21 | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). SP. |
Cornwall | 1997 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 366.00 |
| 22 | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). ALS. |
"Edinburgh -- visiting grandkids," March 3 | 2006 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). ALS. |
N.p. | 1977 | USD 125.00 - 150.00 | USD 122.00 |
| 24 | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). | CARRE, JOHN LE (DAVID CORNWELL). ALS. |
Penzance | 1986 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | CHARLES I. | CHARLES I. DS. |
Court at Abergavenny | 1645 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,026.00 |
