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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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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
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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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Finarte: Books, Autographs, and Prints
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books, Autographs, and Prints | Total Sales (EUR) | 162,117.30 |
| Auction Date | March 09, 2023 - March 09, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 82,280.00 |
| Sale Number | #176 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 118,780.00 |
| Total Lots | 316 | ||
| Sold Lots | 240 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 105,140.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.95% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 152,130.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 76 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 106.57% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Doria, Gino [Biagio] | Personal archive, 1800 |
1800 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 18,990.00 |
| 255 | Sangorski, Alberto | Poems by James I. Chaucer and Raleigh, 1930 |
1930 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 18,990.00 |
| 4 | Fortune fruit tree, 1540 |
1540 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 10,170.00 | |
| 131 | Montfaucon, Bernard de | L'Antiquité expliquèe et présentée en figures, 1722 |
1722 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | EUR 7,650.00 |
| 54 | Diofanto di Alessandria | Arithmeticorum libri sex, et de numeris multangulis liber unus. Nunc primum Graece & Latine editi, atque commentariis illustrati. Author C. G. Bacheto., 1621 |
1621 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 6,390.00 |
| 140 | Visconti, Ennio Quirino | Pio Clementino Museum, 1782 |
1782 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 4,248.00 |
| 289 | Facsimile | Codex Manesse, 1925 |
1925 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,612.00 |
| 198 | Jardine, William | The Naturalist's Library, 1866 |
1866 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,225.00 |
| 103 | Palazzo Vecchio | Paintings of the Imperial Hall, 1751 |
1751 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,838.00 |
| 225 | Palio | History and customs of the Seventeen Contrade of Siena, 1887 |
1887 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,322.00 |
| 135 | Pappafava , Giacomo | Religious Perfection: Cantos IX for the Solemn Investiture [...] of the Noble Ladies Countesses Orsola and Cecilia Santonini Sisters, 1763 |
1763 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 2,193.00 |
| 232 | Trieste | New plan of the city and free port of Trieste, 1800 |
1800 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 2,193.00 |
| 100 | David, François-Anne / Hancarville, Pierre François Hughes d' | Antiquites Etrusques, grecques et romaines, 1785 |
1785 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 2,064.00 |
| 18 | Durer, Albrecht | The martyrdom of the ten thousand, 1500 |
1500 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,935.00 |
| 132 | Montfaucon, Bernard de | Les Monuments de la Monarchie Francoise, 1729 |
1729 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,935.00 |
| 259 | Mourlot, Fernand | Souvenirs and portraits of artists. Jacques Prévert: Le Coeur à l'ouvrage, 1972 |
1972 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 1,935.00 |
| 104 | Mongez, Antoine. | Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et camées, de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti, desinés par M. Wicar, painter, et graves under the direction of M. Lacombe, painter, 1789 |
1789 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,806.00 |
| 53 | Ribera, Jusepe | The penance of St. Peter, 1600 |
1600 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 1,677.00 |
| 230 | Fontani, Francesco | Pictorial journey of Tuscany, 1801 |
1801 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,548.00 |
| 19 | Durer, Albrecht | The scourging of Christ, 1500 |
1500 | EUR 250.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,419.00 |
| 1 | Durer, Albrecht | Crucifixion, 1497 |
1497 | EUR 250.00 - 450.00 | EUR 1,290.00 |
| 10 | Cranach, Lucas il vecchio | The Judgment of Paris, 1508 |
1508 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,290.00 |
| 16 | Durer, Albrecht | Il martirio di Santa Caterina, 1500 |
1500 | EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,290.00 |
| 17 | Durer, Albrecht | Knight on horseback and lansquenet, 1500 |
1500 | EUR 1,200.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,290.00 |
| 117 | Canal, Antonio detto Il Canaletto | Mestre, 1700 |
1700 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 1,225.50 |
![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.")
