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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. -
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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 -
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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.")
![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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Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 902,442.00 |
| Auction Date | February 13, 2025 - February 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 700,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #2694 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,047,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 235 | ||
| Sold Lots | 188 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 899,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,348,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 47 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 66.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) | Hallway, New York. |
1953 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 |
| 6 | ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1984) | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California. |
1944; printed 1963-70. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 26 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | Double Jack in the Pulpit |
1988 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 2 | EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958) | Dunes, Oceano. |
1936; printed late 1940s. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 140 | MIKE MANDEL (1950- ) | Complete set of 134 Baseball Photographer Trading Cards. |
1975 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 171 | RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004) | Dovima in Balenciaga. |
1950s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 17,500.00 |
| 165 | GRETE STERN & ELLEN AUERBACH (1904-99 & 1906-2004) | Ringl + Pit Fotografie Portfolio. |
1929-33; printed 1985. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 67 | AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) | Handlanger [Bricklayer]. |
1928; printed 1976 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 183 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) | Behind the Gare St. Lazare. |
1932; printed 1980s. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 236 | ZANELE MUHOLI (1972- ) | Thandiwe. |
USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 | |
| 101 | ROBERT ADAMS (1937- ) | Mobile homes, Jefferson County, Colorado. |
1973 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 100 | ROBERT ADAMS (1937- ) | Out a Front Window, Longmont, Colorado, from The New West. |
1968-71. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,875.00 |
| 91 | JAMES WALLACE BLACK (1825-1896) | Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It. |
1860 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 112 | BERND BECHER (1931-2007) & HILLA BECHER (1934-2015) | Naval Colliery, Tonypandy, South Wales, GB, from the Windtowers series. |
1966; printed 1970s. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 178 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009) | Model in white feathered head piece (Nadja Auermann). |
Circa 1994. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 184 | HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) | Sunday on the Banks of the Marne. |
1938; printed 1980s. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 192 | ELLIOTT ERWITT (1928-2023) | A Portfolio of Ten Photographs. |
1946-68; printed 1974. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 146 | ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994) | Portfolio entitled "Portraits." |
1943-71; printed 1984. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,750.00 |
| 87 | STEVE MCCURRY (1950- ) | Afghan Girl (Sharbat Gula). |
1984; printed before 1995. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 210 | SEBASTIAO SALGADO (1944- ) | Algeria (man praying). |
2009 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 17 | MINOR WHITE (1908-1976) | Peeled Paint, Rochester, New York. |
1959; printed circa 1970. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 61 | ELLIOTT ERWITT (1928-2023) | New York City (dog legs). |
1974; printed 1980s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 18 | MINOR WHITE (1908-1976) | Moon and Wall Encrustations, Pultneyville, NY. |
1964; printed circa 1970. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 208 | STEVE MCCURRY (1950- ) | Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India. |
1983; printed 2011. | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 223 | ZOE LEONARD (1961- ) | Bull Fight #3. |
1986; printed 1990. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
