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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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Swann, June 12: Lot 3: Thomas McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1848-1854. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 8: Invoice to the Town of Boston for advertising pre-revolutionary content in the Boston Post Boy, manuscript document, Boston, July 1768. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.Swann, June 12: Lot 13: Clairac and Nicola, L'Ingenieur de Campagne; or, FieldSwann, June 12: Lot 81: Journals of Major Robert Rogers . . . of the Several Excursions he Made . . . upon the Continent of North America, London, 1765. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 99: Photograph albums and papers from the family of W.G. Fargo, photo albums containing 442 photographs, 1865-88. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 112: Isaac Leeser, Discourses on the Jewish Religion, 10 volumes, Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1866-1868. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 176: Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston, 1845. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 190: Thomas Hariot, Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, 1590. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 200: Correspondence of a regimental cavalry commander in Wyoming and Utah, July 1865 to February 1866. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, June 12: Lot 226: Maturino Gilberti, Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan / Aqui comienca el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacana, 1559. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
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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.
![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.")
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Sworders: Paint. Print. Sculpt. - online 11/22
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Paint. Print. Sculpt. - online 11/22 | Total Sales (GBP) | 45,512.50 |
| Auction Date | December 01, 2024 - December 01, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 29,990.00 |
| Sale Number | #A1177 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 45,770.00 |
| Total Lots | 164 | ||
| Sold Lots | 102 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 53,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 62.20% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,730.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 62 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.01% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Mr Controversial (contemporary) | 'Reality' (blue/brown), 2023 |
2023 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 5,625.00 |
| 386 | Brice Marden (American, 1938-2023) | 'Distant Muses' |
2000 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,750.00 |
| 372 | Ian Davenport (b.1966) | 'Etched Lines 1' |
2006 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,250.00 |
| 365 | Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b.1962) | 'Blackbeard', 2003; |
2003; | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,500.00 |
| 121 | Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976) | 'Britain at Play' |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,250.00 | |
| 120 | Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976) | 'Man Holding Child' |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,175.00 | |
| 322 | Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) | Dean Martin, photographed in his dressing room in Las Vegas, 1972 |
1972, printed later | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,000.00 |
| 179 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | 'Trinity II' |
1995 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 975.00 |
| 315 | The Zelda Cheatle Gallery 15th Anniversary Portfolio, 2003 |
2003 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 950.00 | |
| 177 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | 'Kepler II' |
1998 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 800.00 |
| 156 | Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989) | 'Life in an English Village' |
1949 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 725.00 |
| 178 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | 'Kepler I' |
1998 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 725.00 |
| 180 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | 'Creekside' |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 725.00 | |
| 305 | Gerd Winner (German, b.1936) | Telephone Box'; 'Thames Sunday Afternoon I'; 'Isle of Dogs'; 'Free Trade Wharf'; 'Colonial Wharves' five screenprints in colours, 1971-1973 |
1971-1973 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 725.00 |
| 185 | Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932) | 'Babe Rainbow', 1968 |
1968 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 700.00 |
| 122 | John Nash RA (1893-1977) | 'Window Plants', 1945 |
1945 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 675.00 |
| 160 | Sheila Robinson (1925-1988) | 'Brown Tabby' |
1971 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 675.00 |
| 116 | John Piper CH (1903-1992) | 'Clytha Castle' (Levinson 257) |
1976 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 650.00 |
| 192 | David Bailey (b.1938) | Christine Keeler contact sheet, 1969 |
1969, 2016 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 378 | Damien Hirst (b.1965) | 'Butterfly Rainbow (Small)' |
GBP 450.00 - 600.00 | GBP 550.00 | |
| 153 | Paul Jacoulet (French, 1896-1960) | 'La Balance, Chinois' (The Scale, Chinese), 1939; |
1939; 1948; | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 512.50 |
| 181 | Albert Irvin RA (1922-2015) | 'Trinity I' |
1995 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 512.50 |
| 188 | Sir Peter Blake RA (b.1932) | 'Girlie Door' |
2008 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 512.50 |
| 167 | David Hockney OM CH RA (b.1937) | 'Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972' |
1972 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 376 | Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) | 'Montreux Jazz Festival' - Yellow, Green and Pink |
1983 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 500.00 |
