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<center><b>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors' Sale<br>December 7th & 8th, 2021</b><b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Ortelius (Abraham). <i>Theatrum Orbis Terrarum,</i> folio, Antwerp, 1570, First Edition (2nd Issue), 53 double-page maps, contemporary hand colouring. €40,000 to €60,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> An original engraved facsimile copy of the Declaration of Independence of 4 July 1776, issued by order of Congress on 4 July 1823 in a limited edition of 200 copies on fine parchment. €20,000 to €30,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses.</i> Shakespeare & Co., Rue de l’Odeon, Paris 1922. No. 559 of 1000 Copies of the First Edn.,, one of 750 Copies on handmade paper. €10,000 to €15,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors' Sale<br>December 7th & 8th, 2021</b><b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Malton (James) [1761-1803]. A fine quality set of twenty-five hand coloured aquatint Views of Dublin, as published for <i>A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin</i>. €6,000 to €7,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> 'Bloody Sunday.' An original Admission Ticket to Croke Park, Great Challenge Match (Football), Tipperary v. Dublin, Sunday, November 21,1920. Pink card, 3 ins x 4 ¼ ins. €4,000 to €5,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Haveth Childers Everywhere - Fragment from Work in Progress,</i> Paris & N.Y., 1930, First Edn., Signed and Limited No. 50 (100) Copies. €4,000 to €6,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors' Sale<br>December 7th & 8th, 2021</b><b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Edward Lyons, Irish (1726-1801). Genealogy: <i>The FitzGerald's Arms of Carton House, Kildare,</i> pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper. €3,000 to €4,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>Poems.</i> Cuala Press, D. 1935, stiff blue paper covers, unlettered as issued, coloured initials and ornaments hand-drawn by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. One of 300 copies. €2,000 to €3,000.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> A fine and important collection of Ulster Wit. Belfast Political Scrapbook, 19th century. €1,500 to €2,000.<center><b>Fonsie Mealy’s<br>Christmas Rare Books<br>& Collectors' Sale<br>December 7th & 8th, 2021</b><b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Rare Views of the Giant's Causeway. Coloured Prints: Drury (Susanna) [1698-1770]. A rare pair of original Engraved Prints. €1,200 to €1,500.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. <i>Julian the Apsostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,</i> L., 1682, First Edn. €800 to €1,200.<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 7-8:</b> Aringhi (Pauli). <i>Roma Subterranea Novissima,</i> 2 vols. lg. folio Rome (Typis Vitalis Mascardi) 1651. €350 to €750. -
<b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>December 9</b><b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 47. Roosevelt, Theodore. Photograph inscribed to Morris J. Hirsch. May 7th 1918. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 178. Whitman, Walt. <i>Leaves of Grass.</i> Brooklyn, New York: [Printed for the author], 1955. First edition in the first issue binding. $70,000 to $100,000.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 38. Mather, Cotton. <i>Magnalia Christi Americana; or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England.</i> London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 55. Taylor, Zachary. Autograph letter signed as President-Elect. Baton Rouge: January 15, 1849. $5,000 to $8,000.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 203. Picasso, Pablo. <i>Verve</i> Vol. V, Nos. 19-20. Paris: Editions Verve, 1948. Inscribed on the title page by Picasso. $1,500 to $2,500.<b><center>Doyle<br>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>December 9</b><b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 211. Domergue, Jean-Gabriel. L'Ete a Monte Carlo. Lithographed poster, Lucien Serre & Cie, Paris, circa 1937. $1,000 to $1,500.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 105. Manuscript Illumination attr. to Neri da Rimini. Large excised initial "N" from a choirbook, extensively historiated. [Likely Rimini: first quarter of the 14th century]. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 40. McKenney, Thomas L. and Hall, James. <i>History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs.</i> Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1870. $3,00<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 222. Searle, Ronald. [Pets--a dog, cats and a parrot-- surrounded by books, and inspecting a globe, perhaps planning global domination]. Original drawing, 17 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps:</b> Lot 98. Faden, William; Scull, Nicholas and George Heap. A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia, Survey'd by N. Scull and G. Heap. London: William Faden, 12 March 1777. $3,000 to $5,000. -
<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Autograph Letter Signed ("B. Franklin"), to Benjamin Vaughan asserting the primacy of American independence in negotiating the Treaty of Paris, Passy, July 11, 1782. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Autograph Letter Signed ("B. Franklin") to David Hartley addressing Hartley's final issues with the recently completed ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Passy, June 2, 1784. $70,000 to $100,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> MASON & DIXON. A hand-colored contemporary manuscript map titled in cartouche, "A Map of that Part of AMERICA where a degree of LATITUDE was measured for the ROYAL SOCIETY, by Chas Mason & Jer: Dixon," c.1768. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS. Autograph Manuscript Signed ("WB Yeats"), a fair copy of "When Helen Lived" for John Preece headed ("For John Preece"), framed. $5,000 to $7,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> "LINCOLN SEATED." KECK, CHARLES, sculptor. 1875-1951. Patinated bronze, 1950. Louise Taper Collection. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FINAL HOURS. BURNS, J., painter. <i>Death-Bed of Abraham Lincoln.</i> Oil on canvas, 1866. Collection of Louise Taper. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> FILSON, CHARLES PATTERSON, painter. 1860-1937. <i>Portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War.</i> $3,000 to $5,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> A MATZOS BOX PRESENTED BY THE MANISHEVITZ BROTHERS TO WARREN G. HARDING. Louise Taper Collection. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> LEWIS CARROLL. Original albumen print photograph, approximately 6 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches, Chelsea, London, October 7, 1863, of the Rossetti Family at home, one of only three known examples of the full image. $50,000 to $70,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. <i>Verses ... Dedicated to Her Mother.</i> Privately printed, 1847. First edition of her first book, printed at her grandfather's press, THE ROSSETTI FAMILY COPY. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. Original drawing of snowdrops in purple pencil, sent by CGR to Lucy Rossetti, inscribed "I doubt whether you will make out my copy from nature," 1887. $800 to $1,200.<b>Bonhams, Dec. 15:</b> DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, et al. The Germ: <i>Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art.</i> Fine copy in a Doves binding by Cobden Sanderson. $12,000 to $18,000. -
<i>Der Sturm.</i> 1922. Sold October 2021 for € 13,000.Diophantus Alexandrinus, <i>Arithmeticorum libri sex.</i> 1670. Sold October 2021 for € 18,000.<i>Cozzani Ettore e altri, l’Eroica. Tutto il pubblicato.</i> Sold October 2021 for € 11,000.Newton Isaac, <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> 1714. Sold October 2021 for € 7,500.Manetti Saverio, <i>Storia naturale degli uccelli.</i> 1767-1776. Sold April 2021 for € 26,000.
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Christies: Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 4,776,125.00 |
| Auction Date | 10/06/2021 - 10/06/2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 2,640,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #19673 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 3,849,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 154 | ||
| Sold Lots | 107 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,338,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 69.48% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 4,886,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.74% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUSTIN AVERSANO (B. 1992) | Twin Flames #83. Bahareh & Farzaneh, accompanied by Twin Flames Full Physical Collection, 2017-2018 |
2017-2018 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 1,110,000.00 |
| 8 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 |
1941, printed late 1960s | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | USD 930,000.00 |
| 2 | DIANE ARBUS (1923–1971) | Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962 |
1962 | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | USD 625,000.00 |
| 18 | ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019) | Charleston, South Carolina, 1955 |
1955, printed c. 1977 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 150,000.00 |
| 50 | LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY–NAGY (1895–1946) | Untitled Photogram, 1939 |
1939 | USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 137,500.00 |
| 17 | ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019) | U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas, 1955 |
1955, printed 1977 | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 125,000.00 |
| 16 | ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019) | Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 |
1955, printed c. 1977 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 118,750.00 |
| 4 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923–2004) | Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961 |
1961, printed 1999 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 81,250.00 |
| 44 | CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUSI (1876–1957) | Vue de l'atelier, c. 1924-1925 |
c.1924-1925 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 72 | ADAM FUSS (B. 1961) | Untitled, 1988 |
1988 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 133 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Tulips, 1987 |
1987 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 19 | ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019) | Rodeo – New York City, 1954 |
1954, printed c. 1977 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 55,000.00 |
| 102 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902–1984) | Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 |
1941, printed 1973-1977 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 116 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Guedras in the Wind, Morocco, 1971 |
1971, printed July 1978 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 134 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Self-Portrait, 1972 |
1972 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 43,750.00 |
| 80 | VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961) | After Mark Rothko (Pictures of Color), 2001 |
2001 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
| 95 | HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948) | Lightning Fields 226, 2009 |
2009 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 40,000.00 |
| 115 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Orchid, Rhyncholaelia Digbyana, New York, 1969 |
1969, printed 1990 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 106 | HENRI CARTIER–BRESSON (1908–2004) | Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954 |
1954, printed later | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 125 | PETER BEARD (1938–2020) | Serval Cat at Bill Woodley's Tsavo West, for ‘The End of the Game,’ 1972 |
1972, printed later | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 130 | ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987) | New York City Street Scene, 1976-1986 |
1976-1986 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 30,000.00 |
| 7 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule, New York, 2006 |
2006 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 107 | ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898–1995) | Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris, 1963 |
1963, printed 1991 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 144 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009) | Construction Leftovers, 1980 |
1980, printed 1980 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 |
| 70 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946–1989) | Thomas, 1987 |
1987 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
