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

Rose City Book & Paper Fair
June 14-15, 2025
1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
ROSECITYBOOKFAIR.COM
Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.

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

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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Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration	Total Sales (USD)	300,144.00
Auction Date	April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	221,000.00
Sale Number	#178	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	341,900.00
Total Lots	348
Sold Lots	303	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	240,350.00
% of Lots Sold	87.07%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	373,900.00
Unsold Lots	45	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	80.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BLIGH, William (1754-1817)	A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh...	1792	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 19,200.00
190	BLIGH, William (1754-1817)	A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands...	1790	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 18,000.00
135	SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), BERNACCHI, Louis (1876-1942), SCOTT, Robert F. (1868-1912), et al.	The South Polar Times...	1907-14	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,600.00
4	SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), PEARY, Robert (1856-1920), AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)	Menu Signed at a Special Dinner, "In honour of Captain Roald Amundsen" SIGNED BY SHACKLETON, PEARY, AND AMUNDSEN...	1913	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 14,400.00
3	PARRY, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855)	A Complete Set of Parry's Four Voyages, Comprising: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper	1821	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 13,200.00
125	ROSS, John (1777-1856)	A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage	1819	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 11,400.00
96	HITCHCOCK, William E. (1928-2006)	[MODEL DIORAMA]. "Wintering in the Western Arctic" 3/22" Scale Hand-built model of the Steam Whaler Belvedere	[n.d., ca. mid- to late-20th century]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 9,600.00
159	WELD, Charles Richard (1813-1869)	The Search for Sir John Franklin	1851	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 6,000.00
2	DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765)	An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America...	1744	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,520.00
184	BURGOYNE, General John (1722-1792)	[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons...	1780	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,520.00
119	RAE, John (1813-1893)	Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847	1850	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,040.00
122	[RICHARDSON, Sir John (1787-1865), his copy]. SNOW, W[illiam.] Parker (1817-1895)	Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas	1851	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,040.00
41	CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley (1886-1959)	The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913	[1922]	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 4,320.00
247	BURTON, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890)	Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah	1855-56	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,080.00
199		[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. [Atlas Volume for Cook's Voyages...]	[Ca. 1785]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 3,840.00
35	BROWN, John (1797-1861)	The North-West Passage, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin. A Review...	1858	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,600.00
142	[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), association]	Nankyoku Tanken Hikouki Sugoroku [Antarctic Expedition Board Game] by unknown designer	1911	USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,600.00
6		[NASA ASTRONAUTS]. All 10 Easton Press Limited Editions Signed by Astronauts, All with Easton Press COAs...	[1990s-2000s]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,360.00
141	[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), association]	Tokyo Asahi Shinbun Hennenshi 22Kan-Meiji43nen (Showa 30nen 6gatsu Shanaiyou) [in English: The Chronicles of Tokyo Asahi Newspaper, Volume No. 22 - 1910]	1910 - 1910	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,360.00
5	SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), his copy]. RYUKEI, Yano (1850-1931)	Young Politicians of Thebes: Illustrious Tales of Statesmanship	1881-84	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 3,120.00
173	GASS, Patrick (1771-1870)	[LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809) and CLARK, William (1770-1838), subjects]. Voyage des Capitaines Lewis et Clarke, depuis l'Embouchure du Missouri, jusqu'a l'Entre de la Colombia dans l'Ocean Pacifique...	1810	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,120.00
196	BURNEY, Captain James (1750-1821)	A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery; and of the Early Eastern Navigations of The Russians	1819	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,640.00
82	Edward Augustus, Sir (1820--1894)	INGLEFIELD, A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin...	1853	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,400.00
136	SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922)	South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917...	1919	USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,400.00
164	STEDMAN, John Gabriel (1744--1797)	[BLAKE, William (1757-1827), engraver]. Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the wild coast of South America	1806	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,400.00

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
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
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
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.
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 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 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.