Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025
Page Size: 1222 items in 49 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1237

Ring's Second Title as Captain

Dublin 1953 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 200.00
1238

All Ireland Hurling Final 1954

1954 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
1239

1955 All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final

Dublin 1955 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 75.00
1240

1955 All-Ireland Hurling Final

Dublin 1955 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 275.00
1241

1955 Saint Brendan Cups Finals

Dublin 1955 EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 150.00
1242

1956 All-Ireland Semi-Final

Dublin 1956 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 75.00
1243

1956 All-Ireland Hurling Final, with Rare 'Double' Cover

Dublin 1956 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
1244

All Ireland Hurling Final 1957 Kilkenny v. Waterford

Dublin 1957 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.50
1245

1958 National Hurling League Final

Dublin 1958 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
1246

The G.A.A. and the Cinema

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1247

1958 All-Ireland Hurling Final

Dublin 1958 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 137.50
1248

1959, Archbishop Materson Memorial Cup

Birmingham [1959] EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1249

All Ireland Hurling Final 1959 & Replay Waterford V. Kilkenny

1959 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 237.50
1250

G.A.A. 1955-60

1955-60 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 187.50
1251

1960, 1961 & 1962 All Ireland Hurling Finals

Dublin 1960-62 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 Not Sold
1252

All-Irelnad Hurling Finals, 1960, '64, '66

EUR 120.00 - 140.00 EUR 200.00
1253

Wexford V. Tipperary, 1960

1960 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 112.50
1254

1963 & 1964 All-Ireland Hurling Finals

1963 & 1964 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 200.00
1255

The G.A.A. Stateside in the 1960's

N.Y. 1964 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 525.00
1256

1969 All-Ireland Camogie Final

Dublin 1969 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 425.00
1257

1927 Leinster Hurling Championship

Dublin [1927] EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1258

Advertisement Sign: Sporting Interest - An important and rare extremely large original enamel Advertisement Sign for 'J.W. Elvery & Co.,' (Elephant) House, Established 1850

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.