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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. -
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. -
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
![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.")
![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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Bonhams: Lens on Luxury, Fashion and Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Lens on Luxury, Fashion and Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 230,745.60 |
| Auction Date | February 19, 2025 - February 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 156,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #30797 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 230,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 100 | ||
| Sold Lots | 59 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 264,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 59.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 388,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 41 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 59.39% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Horst P. Horst | Alix (Black Satin Dress) |
1938, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 3 | Roxanne Lowit | Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington: Speaking, Hearing, and Seeing No Evil, Fashion Group Party, Plaza Hotel, NYC |
1989, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 13 | Patrick Demarchelier | Cindy Crawford, New York |
1990 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 1 | Ormond Gigli | 'New York City' (Girls in the Windows) |
1960, printed later | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,800.00 |
| 97 | George Hoyningen-Huene | Lisa Fonssagrives, Evening Dress by Vionnet, Paris |
1938, printed posthumously | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 61 | Slim Aarons | Poolside Pairs |
1970, printed posthumously | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 |
| 11 | Gilles Bensimon | 'Gisele in Azzedine Alaia' |
2003, printed 2024 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 26 | Melvin Sokolsky | 'Bubble in Trees, Paris Collections' (for 'Harper's Bazaar') |
1963, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 5 | Gilles Bensimon | 'Christy in The Hills' |
1995, printed 2024 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 10 | Terry O'Neill | Kate Moss |
1993, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 96 | Horst P. Horst | Dorian Leigh (Lingerie) |
1946, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 115 | George Hoyningen-Huene | Beach Fashion by Patou, Molyneux and Yrande (with Models including Simone Demaria and Horst) (for 'Vogue') |
1930, printed posthumously | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 43 | Vee Speers | Immortal #01 |
2010 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 |
| 69 | Ormond Gigli | 'Girl in Light' |
1967Toned , printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 120 | George Hoyningen-Huene | Art in Fashion (Fringed Gown by Balenciaga, Painting by Juan Miro in the Apartment of Helena Rubinstein) (for 'Harper's Bazaar') |
1939, printed posthumously | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 121 | Bert Stern | Marilyn Monroe in Black Dress (from 'The Last Sitting') |
1962, printed 2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 109 | Gleb Derujinsky | Carmen Dell'Orefice in a a Gown by Griffe (Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Seine at Night) |
1957, printed later | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,608.00 |
| 14 | Paolo Roversi | 'Meg in London' |
1987Polaroid print | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 44 | Vee Speers | Immortal #13 |
2010 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 60 | Norman Parkinson | Traffic, Ivy Nicholson in New York (for 'Vogue') |
1957, printed posthumously | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 87 | Terry O'Neill | Jean Shrimpton and Terence Stamp, London |
1964, printed later | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 12 | Walter Chin | Gisele on Horseback (for 'Vanity Fair') |
1999, printed 2002 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 46 | Deborah Turbeville | 'Lisbon, Portugal' (Models on Stairs) (for 'W' Magazine) |
1999 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 110 | Lillian Bassman | Times Square: The Night Fantastic (from BAM Photography Portfolio II) |
1997, printed 2004 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
| 128 | Horst P. Horst | Alix Dress, Paris |
1938, printed later | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,584.00 |
