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.
SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Øiesvold Collection
June 14, 2025

SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: HIERONYMUS MÜNTZER (1437 – 1508): (Northern and Central Europe) No title recto. Nuremberg, 1493.

SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SIGISMUND VON HERBERSTEIN (1486 – 1566): «Commentari della Moscovia et partmente della Russia.» Venice, 1550.

SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI in quibus iuxta certioris […]» Basel, 1559.

SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER: «Deerwunder und seltzame Thier / wie die in den Mitnächtigen Länder im Meer […]» Basel, c. 1550.

SD | Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions, June: 14: WILLEM BARENTSZ (1550 – 97): «Deliniatio cartæ trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagem [...]» Amsterdam, 1598.
Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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, 2025

Finarte, 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.

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Forum Auctions: The Ricky Jay Collection

Auction Reports


Auction Name	The Ricky Jay Collection	Total Sales (GBP)	155,975.40
Auction Date	February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	55,370.00
Sale Number	#22725	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	79,780.00
Total Lots	211
Sold Lots	207	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	57,170.00
% of Lots Sold	98.10%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	82,380.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	189.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
173	Rowlandson (Thomas) and others	Collection of 18 late Georgian caricatures and satirical prints	19th century	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 6,300.00
36		Conjuring.- Hocus Pocus, or The Art of Conjuration...	1795	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 5,292.00
68		Escapology.- Prison torture.- Dicey & Co. (C., publisher) The Miserys of a Gaol Shewing ye Lammentable hardships that poor Debtors have undergone thro' ye Barbarity & oppression of their Gaolers	1729	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,536.00
139		Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- Eighth Wonder...the Wonderful Miss Beffin Intends doing herself the honor of being exhibited in Strood Fair...	[c.1811]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,536.00
38		Conjuring.- Anonymous (circa 1757) [Advertisement broadside with the tricks of the magicians Johann Antoni Barth and Gottlieb Riediger]	[circa 1757]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 4,284.00
69	Overton (Henry) & J. Hoole	Escapology.- Prison torture.- The Representations of the several Fetters, Irons, & Ingines of Torture that were taken from the Marshalsea Prison	[1729]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 4,032.00
88	[Seymour (Richard)]	Gaming.- The Court Gamester. In Two Parts...To which is added, The Journal of a Gameing Lady of Quality...	1732	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,772.00
138		Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- Now Exhibiting One of the Most Wonderful Productions of Nature Ever Exhibited, Miss Beffin...Paints Miniatures, and many more wonderful Things, all of which she performs principally with her Mouth...	[?1809]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,772.00
172	Lane (Theodore) and others	Collection of 16 late Georgian caricatures and satirical prints, and others similar	19th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,772.00
140		Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- [A small collection of material relating to Sarah Beffin (sometimes Biffin, Biffen)]...	[?1809]	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,394.00
143	Paganini (Niccolo)	Music.-Signor Paganini...Three Grand Concerts, at the Adelphi Theatre...	1834	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 2,394.00
147	Williams (Charles) and others	Obesity.- Lambert (Daniel).- Collection of 7 satirical prints featuring Daniel Lambert...	1806	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,268.00
162		Radlett murder.- Whole of the Dreadful Confessions (The) of Joseph Hunt, Relative to the Horrid Murder of Mr. Weare...	[1824]	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 2,268.00
126	Picot (Victor Marie)	LGBTQ+ pioneer.- Genderfluid spy fencing with the first classical composer of African descent.- The Assault or Fencing-Match Which Took Place Between Mademoiselle La chevaliere d'Eon de Beaumont and Monsieur de Saint George	1787	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,142.00
100	Hirschmann (Thomas)	Gigantism.- Human fountain.- Vera Effigies Filippo Giuliani...	1680	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,016.00
195	Bell (John, compiler)	Life in London or Tom & Jerry at Newcastle upon Tyne...		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,890.00
71		Exceptional characters.- Darton (W. & T., publisher) London's Remarkables	1811	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,764.00
23	Charteris (Francis)	Life (The) of Colonel Don Francisco...Actions from his Birth to the Time of his receiving Sentence of Death for Rape...	[?1730]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,638.00
63		Eccentrics.- Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters...Authoresses, Swindlers, Fortune-Tellers, Vagrants...	1803	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,638.00
17	Mendoza (Daniel)	Boxing.- Memoirs of the Life...and an Account of the Numerous Contests in which he has been Engaged	1816	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,512.00
42		Magic.- Herr Galliver, Eleve des Herrn Comus von Paris...eine Vorstellung seiner Kunstucke sowohl in physischen als algebraischen Experimenten und in der schwarzen Kunst zeigen...		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,512.00
55		Dwarfism.- Anonymous (German, circa 1710) Jacob Ries der Sohn Marcus, gebohren in ...Prag, ietzo aber in ...Wien, broadside on a Jewish dwarf called Jacob Ries	1710	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,512.00
80		Female Impostor.- Pratt's Edition of A Narrative of the Exploits and Deceptions of Hannah Walton...the Manchester Female Impostor...	[1826]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,512.00
159		Puppetry & conjuring.- The Fantoccini, From Sadler's Wells...	[c.1795]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,512.00
6	Guttenberg (Carl)	America.- The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or The Anglo-American Revolution	1778	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,386.00

Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025

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: 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.
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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 - $65,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025

Forum, 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 2025

Forum, 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.
Rose City Book & Paper Fair
June 14-15, 2025
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
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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.