• 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.
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Heritage Auctions: Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy Illustration Art Showcase Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Pulp, Paperback, Science Fiction & Fantasy Illustration Art Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 138,100.25
Auction Date March 26, 2025 - March 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 88,000.00
Sale Number #15244 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 132,000.00
Total Lots 131
Sold Lots 131 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 88,000.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 132,000.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
18023 Sanjulian (Spanish, b. 1941)

Vampirella Oil on canvas laid on board 27 x 20-1/2 inches (68.6 x 52.1 cm)

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 20,000.00
18032 Al Rossi (American, 1927-2004)

The Always Nude Divorcee, For Men Only magazine interior, January 1964 Gouache on board 22 x 24-1/4 inches (55.9 x 61.6 cm)

1964 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 8,125.00
18019 John Conrad Berkey (American, 1932-2008)

Space Cruiser, 1990 Acrylic on board 26-1/4 x 19 inches (66.7 x 48.3 cm)

1990 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,875.00
18020 Roger Dean (British, b. 1944)

Dome At Night, Roger Dean Fantastic Art Trading Card, 1992 Mixed media on board 13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm)

1992 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 6,875.00
18010 William E. Terry (American, 20th Century)

Phantom World, Imagination digest magazine cover, August 1954 Gouache on board 15 x 17 inches (38.1 x 43.2 cm)

1954 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
18131 American Artist (20th Century)

Trancers movie poster art, 1984 Acrylic and airbrush on board 36-1/4 x 25 inches (92.1 x 63.5 cm)

1984 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,750.00
18015 Gervasio Gallardo (American, b. 1934)

Circle of Light series, #3: Calix Stay paperback cover, 1982 Oil on paper 19-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches (49.5 x 31.1 cm)

1982 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 4,500.00
18022 Lorenzo Sperlonga (American, b. 1969)

Shae Marks Amazon, Heavy Metal magazine cover, May 2002 Mixed media on paper 16-1/2 x 11-3/4 inches (41.9 x 29.8 cm)

2002 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 4,000.00
18030 Al Rossi (American, 1927-2004)

Paris Bawdy Spy Ring, Men magazine interior, April 1958 Gouache on board 20 x 27-5/8 inches (50.8 x 70.2 cm)

1958 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,250.00
18011 William E. Terry (American, 20th Century)

Vengeance From the Past, Imagination digest magazine cover, September 1954 Mixed media on board 15-1/2 x 11-7/8 inches (39.4 x 30.2 cm)

1954 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,000.00
18077 Samuel John Peffer (British, 1921-2014)

Beyond the Spectrum paperback cover, 1964 Watercolor on board 15-1/4 x 9 inches (38.7 x 22.9 cm)

1964 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 2,750.00
18036 Morton Kunstler (American, 1931-2025)

Yank Trio's Savage Amazon Trek, Stag magazine cover, June 1967 Gouache on board 22-1/2 x 17 inches (57.1 x 43.2 cm)

1967 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,500.00
18016 Daniel Horne (American, b. 1960)

Web of Defeat paperback cover, 1986 Oil on board 29-3/4 x 20-1/4 inches (75.6 x 51.4 cm)

1986 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
18031 Al Rossi (American, 1927-2004)

The Yank Reporter the Reds had to Kill, Stag magazine interior, March 1959 Gouache on board 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)

1959 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,375.00
18046 British Artist (20th Century)

The Devil Is a Skirt paperback cover Gouache and collage on board 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 2,125.00
18076 Samuel John Peffer (British, 1921-2014)

Knock-Three-One-Two paperback cover, 1967 Gouache on board 7-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches (19.7 x 22.2 cm)

1967 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 2,125.00
18120 James Bama (American, 1926-2022)

Knock and Wait a While paperback cover, 1965 Oil on board 8-1/2 x 10 inches (21.6 x 25.4 cm)

1965 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
18128 Mick McGinty (American, 1952-2021)

Raptors of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, movie poster comprehensive/concept art Acrylic and airbrush on board 11-5/8 x 26-5/8 inches (29.5 x 67.6 cm)

USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 2,000.00
18102 Allan Kass (American, 1917-2005)

Dig A Narrow Grave paperback cover, 1971 Oil on board 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

1971 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,875.00
18005 Jeff Catherine Jones (American, 1944-2011)

Hadrian's Wall Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,625.00
18037 Samson Pollen (American, 20th Century)

The Mob's Million Dollar Payroll, Male magazine interior Gouache on board 20 x 29 inches (50.8 x 73.7 cm)

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,625.00
18044 British Artist (20th Century)

Jewels for Madame paperback cover Gouache on board 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,562.50
18048 British Artist (20th Century)

San Francisco Dame paperback cover, 1952 Acrylic on board 12 x 8 inches (30.5 x 20.3 cm)

1952 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,500.00
18013 Enrich Torres (Spanish, b. 1939)

Quas Starbrite paperback cover, 1981 Oil on canvas 17-3/4 x 10-7/8 inches (45.1 x 27.6 cm)

1981 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,437.50
18002 Gerrit Albertus Beneker (American, 1882-1934)

Our Coast Defenses, Scientific American magazine cover, May 18, 1912 Oil on canvas 30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm)

1912 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,375.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.