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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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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
Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphic Art, Modern Books
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Modern and Contemporary Graphic Art, Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 399,533.40 |
Auction Date | March 29, 2025 - March 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 350,000.00 |
Sale Number | #180 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 350,000.00 |
Total Lots | 503 | ||
Sold Lots | 267 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 570,650.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 53.08% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 570,650.00 |
Unsold Lots | 236 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 70.01% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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1085 | Arnulf Rainer | Haute Coiffure |
1963 | EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 | EUR 10,710.00 |
793 | RUPPRECHT GEIGER | Farbsequenzen |
1966 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 9,450.00 |
1320 | ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER | GUSTAV SCHIEFLER: Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners. Band I bis 1916 / Band II 1917-1927. 2 Bde. |
1926-31 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 7,938.00 |
1101 | GERHARD RICHTER | Blattecke |
2014 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 7,560.00 |
832 | HAP GRIESHABER | Fruhling (Hirtin) |
1949 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 6,930.00 |
503 | JOSEF ALBERS | Ek Id (aus: Homage to the Square) |
1970 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
672 | OTTO DIX | Katze und Hahn |
1966 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
870 | DAVID HOCKNEY | The marriage |
1962 | EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
978 | EWALD MATARE | Liegende Kuh |
1934 (oder 1932 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,300.00 |
1052 | PABLO PICASSO | La Ronde de la Jeunesse |
1961 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,292.00 |
1027 | EMIL NOLDE | Segler und drei kleine Dampfer |
1910 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
1242 | ANDY WARHOL | Jean Cocteau |
1985 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,040.00 |
639 | MARC CHAGALL | Clown (Aus: Der Zirkus) |
1967 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,914.00 |
1069 | SERGE POLIAKOFF | Composition rouge et verte (Komposition in Rot und Grun) |
1962 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 4,914.00 |
1382 | PABLO PICASSO; PIERRE REVERDY | Le chant des Morts. Poemes. Lithographies originales de Pablo Picasso. |
1948 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 4,914.00 |
794 | RUPPRECHT GEIGER | Ein Weg zur Farbe (Mappenwerk und Entwurfe) |
1977 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 4,536.00 |
970 | NEO RAUCH | Die Reise |
1989 | EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 4,536.00 |
1376 | MIRO, JOAN; MICHEL LEIRIS / FERNAND MOURLOT | Der Lithograph. (Deutsche Ubersetzung von Ursula Patzies und Georges D. Ruelle). Bd. I. (v. 4). |
1972 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,536.00 |
945 | ROY LICHTENSTEIN | As I opened fire |
1966 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
1323 | HEINRICH VOGELER | HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL: Der Kaiser und die Hexe. |
1900 | EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
1340 | MARC CHAGALL | FERNAND MOURLOT: Chagall Lithograph II: 1957-1962 |
1963 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
1391 | WALASSE TING | 1C/ Life / One Cent Life. Ed. by Sam Francis. |
1964 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,158.00 |
635 | MARC CHAGALL | Hochzeitsfest in der Grotte der Nymphen (Aus: Daphnis und Chloe) |
1961 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |
971 | ZERO |
1966 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 | |
1054 | PABLO PICASSO | Aus: La Celestine |
1968 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,780.00 |