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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.
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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.
![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.")
![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.")
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Rachel Davis Fine Arts: 19th-21st c. Fine Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | 19th-21st c. Fine Prints | Total Sales (USD) | 226,006.35 |
| Auction Date | February 04, 2023 - February 04, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 137,260.00 |
| Sale Number | #246 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 223,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 343 | ||
| Sold Lots | 314 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 153,510.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 91.55% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 248,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 29 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 91.02% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | Roberto Matta (Chilean 1911-2002) | Untitled |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 5,535.00 | |
| 50 | Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967) | ''Summer Benediction'' |
1951-1952 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,227.50 |
| 298 | Roberto Matta (Chilean 1911-2002) | The ELD is the World |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,920.00 | |
| 305 | Joan Miro (Spanish 1893-1983) | 'Libre del Sis Sentits'' Plate V'' (Dupin 1186) |
ca. 1981 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,997.50 |
| 20 | Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973) | ''Couple en Carrosse et Pauvre Pieton'' (Baer 1599B.b.1) (Bloch 1583) |
1968 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,444.00 |
| 185 | Jackson Lee Nesbitt (1913-2008) | ''Auction Barn'' (Retif & Salzer 37) |
1989 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,444.00 |
| 43 | Thomas Hart Benton (1891-1975) | ''Morning Train'' (Fath 58) |
1943 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,198.00 |
| 304 | Peter Milton (American 1930 | ''Interiors IV: Hotel Paradise Cafe'' (Milton 110) |
1987 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,829.00 |
| 218 | Benton Spruance (1904-1967) | ''Flight from the Beach'' (Fine & Looney 173) |
1939 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,583.00 |
| 268 | Salvador Dali (Spanish 1904-1989) | ''Tear of Time'' |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,583.00 | |
| 62 | Charles Capps (1898-1981) | ''Night Silence'' (Shaull 26) |
1934 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,091.00 |
| 216 | Benton Spruance (1904-1967) | ''The Driving Tackle'' (Fine & Looney 78) |
1933 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,091.00 |
| 286 | Jacques Hnizdovsky (American 1915-1985) | ''Poplar Trees'' (Tahir 239) |
1977 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,091.00 |
| 84 | Lyonel Feininger (871-1956) | ''Off the Coast'' (Prasse L.14) |
1951 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,968.00 |
| 303 | Peter Milton (American 1930 | ''Interior I: Family Reunion'' (Milton 107) |
1984 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,968.00 |
| 26 | Robin Tanner (British 1904-1988) | ''Christmas'' (Garton 9 iii/III) |
1929 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,845.00 |
| 94 | Wanda Gag (1893-1946) | ''Winter Garden'' (Winnan 108) |
1935 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,845.00 |
| 189 | Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) | ''Brothel'' (Hopkins 26) |
1935 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,845.00 |
| 10 | Henri Jacques - Edouard Evenepoel (Belgium 1872-1899) | ''Au Square'' |
1897 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,722.00 |
| 284 | Jacques Hnizdovsky (American 1915-1985) | ''Braided Onions'' (Tahir 116) |
1971 | USD 400.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,722.00 |
| 115 | Ellison Hoover (1888-1955) | ''Central Park, Snow'' |
ca. 1935 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,599.00 |
| 195 | Doel Reed (1894-1985) | ''Figure with Landscape'' (Cohen 80) |
1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,599.00 |
| 252 | Leonard Baskin (American 1922-2000) | ''Hydrogen Man'' (Fern & O'Sullivan 249) |
1954 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,599.00 |
| 51 | Joseph Burck (1907-1982) | ''The Lord Provides'' |
1934 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,476.00 |
| 167 | Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) | ''The Barker'' (Sasowsky 115) |
1931 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,476.00 |
