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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
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Arader Galleries: April 2025 Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | April 2025 Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 1,014,050.00 |
| Auction Date | April 05, 2025 - April 05, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 766,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #40525 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,079,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 119 | ||
| Sold Lots | 50 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 2,304,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 42.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 3,235,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 69 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 31.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | SHERBURNE, Jonathan W. (fl. 1813-1827), BRANTZ, Lewis (1766-1838), and WIRGMAN, Charles (1781-1821). | An Archive of Original Manuscript Maps Related to the Survey of the River Patapsco and part of Chesapeake Bay Instituted by the Insurance Companies of Baltimore in 1817. |
1818 | USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | USD 276,000.00 |
| 79 | PTOLEMY, Sebastian Munster (comm.), Giacopo Gastaldi (cartog.) and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (trans.). | Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti & aggiunte fattevi da Sebastiano munstero Alamann, Con le tavole non solamente antiche & moderna solite di staparsi, ma altre nuove aggiuntevi di Messer Iacopo Gastaldo Piamotese c |
1662 | USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | USD 132,000.00 |
| 6 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Great American Cock Male - Vulgo (Wild Turkey), Plate 1. |
1827 | USD 175,000.00 - 200,000.00 | USD 114,000.00 |
| 101 | CARY, John (1754-1835) and William Cary (1759-1825). | Cary's New and Improved Celestial Globe; Cary's New Terrestrial Globe. |
1799; 1815 to 1833. | USD 75,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 102,000.00 |
| 100 | NEWTON, John and William (Fl. 1818-1830). | Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Globe; Newton's New and Improved Celestial Globe. |
1828 | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 84,000.00 |
| 102 | BLAEU, Willem Jansz (1573-1638). | Terrestrial Table Globe. |
1602 [but after 1621] | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 71,000.00 |
| 98 | CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). | Terrestrial Globe. |
USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 50,400.00 | |
| 81 | COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779). | [The Three Voyages of Discovery]. |
1773, 1777, 1785 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 45,600.00 |
| 99 | MALBY and Son. Reissued by James WYLD (1812--1887). | Malby's terrestrial compiled from the latest & most authentic studies. |
1885 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 33,600.00 |
| 12 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Raven, Plate 101. |
1827-1838. | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 9 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Red-Shouldered Hawk, Plate 56. |
1827-1838. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
| 4 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Marsh Tern, Plate 410. |
1827-1838. | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 167 | BINGHAM, George Caleb (1811-1879). | Canvassing for a Vote. |
USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 | |
| 127 | ARROWSMITH, Aaron (1750--1823). | Map of America...1804. |
1804 [1808]. | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 10 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Band-Tailed Pigeon, Plate 74. |
1827-1838. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 173 | [Earliest Depiction of the G.O.P. Mascot Elephant on Fabric!] | GRAND OLD PARTY - FEED THE ELEPHANT. |
1890 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 30 | BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823). | Silver Rock Melon, Plate LXVII. from Pomona Britannica. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 | |
| 1 | AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851). | Grafs Finch or Bay-Winged Bunting, Plate 94. |
1827-1838. | USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 27 | THORNTON, Dr. Robert John (English, 1768-1837). <br> <br>The Snowdrop. | Aquatint, mezzotint, stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. |
1799-1807. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 153 | WEBBER, John, R.A. (1751-1793). | A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite, Plate 3. |
1809 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 129 | MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1792-1868).<br> <br>Mitchell's Map of the United States; Showing the Principal Traveling, Turnpike and Common Roads...Throughout the Country, Carefully Compiled from the Best Authorities. | Engraved map with original hand color. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 | |
| 148 | SIMPSON, James Hervey (1813--1883) & Edward KERN (1823-1863). | Map of the Route pursued in 1849 by the U.S. Troops under the command of Bvt. Lieut. Col. JNO. M. Washington, Governor of New Mexico, in an expeditiom against the Navajos Indians by James H. Simpson. |
1849 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 135 | SEBRON, Hippolyte Victor (1801-1879), after. | Les Chutes Du Niagara / Niagara Falls, The Horse Shoe. |
1857 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 133 | ROBINSON, Lewis (1793-1871). | Map of Vermont and New Hampshire, 1832. |
1832 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 171 | BODMER, Karl (1809-1893). | Mouth of the Fox River (Indiana), Tab., 5. |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
![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.")
![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.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
