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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. -
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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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Forum Auctions
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.
North American Auction Company: Legacy of Luxury: Native American Beadwork, Navajo Rugs & 18th C. French Artistry Sale
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Legacy of Luxury: Native American Beadwork, Navajo Rugs & 18th C. French Artistry Sale | Total Sales (USD) | 26,700.80 |
Auction Date | March 29, 2025 - March 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 47,050.00 |
Sale Number | #18308 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 84,700.00 |
Total Lots | 157 | ||
Sold Lots | 119 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 60,550.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 75.80% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 109,975.00 |
Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 24.28% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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5 | F.A. Rinehart | Crow Spies the Enemy Photo |
C. 1898 | USD 1,100.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 |
742 | Ockert's Jagd-Album & Antler Frame Carved |
19th C. | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,280.00 | |
54 | J. Howard Brown Co. | "The First Battle of Bull Run" |
USD 325.00 - 625.00 | USD 896.00 | |
126 | D.F. Barry (1854-1934) | Sitting Bull Photo ALS |
USD 850.00 - 1,700.00 | USD 704.00 | |
522 | The Life of David Crockett Autobiography |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 704.00 | ||
222 | Yellowstone National Park Boundary Sign |
Ca. 1930's | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 608.00 | |
176 | U.S. Grant | Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant |
1885 1st Ed. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 576.00 |
156 | Rare "Done in the Open" Frederic Remington |
1902 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 480.00 | |
598 | C. 1930-40 Montana 291 (MT 85) | Arrowhead Road Sign |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 | |
178 | Persian Nasta'liq Script Divan of S Tabrizi 18th C |
18th C | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 448.00 | |
231 | Custer's House Ft. Lincoln Original Photo |
Ca. 1873 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 448.00 | |
663 | Omar Khayyam, | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, |
1934 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 448.00 |
230 | Custer's Black Hills Expedition Photo |
Ca. 1874 | USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 416.00 | |
704 | U.S. Department of Ag. Forest Service Signs (2) |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 416.00 | ||
66 | Josiah Tyler | Livingstone Lost and Found, |
1873 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 384.00 |
157 | Audubon | The Original Water-Color Paintings Audubon |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 384.00 | |
55 | Smokey Bear U.S. Forest Service Porcelain Sign |
USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 352.00 | ||
177 | The Franklin Library Fictional Books 1976-80 (16) |
1976-80 | USD 500.00 - 900.00 | USD 352.00 | |
556 | Forest Service Hebgen Lake Earthquake Sign |
1960s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 352.00 | |
46 | New York Times Cincinnati Reds & White Sox |
1919 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 320.00 | |
67 | Charles M. Russell | Good Medicine |
1929 | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 320.00 |
276 | R.D. George | Geological Map of Colorado |
1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 320.00 |
599 | Indian Reservations US West of 83rd Map |
C. 1879-83 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 320.00 | |
26 | Col. R. I. Dodge | Our Wild Indians, |
1883 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 288.00 |
166 | F. J. Haynes | Fort Lincoln Gatling Gun Battery |
1872 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 288.00 |