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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
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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. -
ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [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.ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.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.ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
![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.")
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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Winter Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Winter Sale | Total Sales (GBP) | 7,668.75 |
| Auction Date | January 17, 2023 - January 18, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 4,490.00 |
| Sale Number | #11723 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 6,990.00 |
| Total Lots | 39 | ||
| Sold Lots | 31 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 8,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.49% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 12,120.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 63.27% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | LOGGAN, David | Collegium B. Mariae Winton Prope Winton, a view of Winchester College from the first edition of 'Oxonia Illustrata,' |
1675 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 401 | Queen Mary of Teck | A collection of lace samples and manuscript correspondence between Reville & Roossite, Of Hanover Square, London and Miss Flora L Lucas of The Lace School Shaldon, Teignmouth regarding the making of the 1922 Coronation robes |
GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 937.50 | |
| 788 | Pointeau-Dufresne | View of the Abbey of St Ouen, Rouen |
1843 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 875.00 |
| 761 | Neapolitan School | Two views of Vesuvius erupting, naval steam ships in the foreground |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 750.00 | |
| 784 | Sylvan G. | Ruins at Walberswick |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 325.00 | |
| 877 | Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay | Toucans, 1925 |
1925 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 325.00 |
| 781 | Caucasus School, probably Armenia | A narrative wall hanging, painted with scenes depicting the life of a Bishop Saint, possibly St Ignatius of Antioch |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 325.00 | |
| 785 | Sylvan G. Boxsius | Rain. St Michael's Mount |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 300.00 | |
| 714 | Tristram Hillier RA | Still life of apples on a table |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 275.00 | |
| 940 | George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier | Boulevard scene with fashionable figures and a couple conversing, the lady seated in a bath chair |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 275.00 | |
| 766 | Tullio Silvestri | Venditrici di Fiori (flower sellers) |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 237.50 | |
| 778 | Circle of Francis Spear | Four preparatory cartoons for stained glass panels |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 225.00 | |
| 794 | Camille Pissarro | Père Pascal, 1889 |
1889 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 225.00 |
| 960 | After William Henry Margetson | The Sea hath its Pearls and Flowers of the Field |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 212.50 | |
| 898 | Frederick Albert Slocombe | Hunter in a birch forest, dated 1882 |
1882 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 137.50 |
| 855 | John Keyse Sherwin | The Happy Village, published circa 1787 |
circa 1787 | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | GBP 125.00 |
| 873 | After Archibald Thorburn | Birds of prey in a rocky landscape, circa 1907 |
circa 1907 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 125.00 |
| 954 | Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA | Portrait of a lady, 1891 |
1891 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 118.75 |
| 780 | Valerie Thornton | Three architectural views |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 874 | After Archibald Thorburn | Eight various colour prints of birds in nature, to include blue tits in a pine tree; a winter scene with a robin in a rose bush (a pair), limited edition colour prints, published 1995 |
1995 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 112.50 |
| 899 | Patience Galloway | The Waggon, circa 1930s |
circa 1930s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 112.50 |
| 318 | After JC Stadler, 19th century, Winchester College | A pair of hand coloured engravings entitled 'From the Meadow' and 'From the Warden's Garden' |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 844 | After Cecile Gaudez-Chenneviere | Ornamental garden scenes |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 897 | Hermann Kätelhön | Portrait of a young miner, circa 1920s |
circa 1920s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 442 | Kamisaka Sekka | Makimono; Forest Ferns |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 |
![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.")
