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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Making Room Spring Sale

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Auction Name Making Room Spring Sale Total Sales (EUR) 2,037.50
Auction Date February 21, 2024 - February 21, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 1,670.00
Sale Number #22124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,220.00
Total Lots 17
Sold Lots 13 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,160.00
% of Lots Sold 76.47% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,920.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 69.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326 After Lionel Edwards

A large signed coloured Hunting Print

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 475.00
395 Cecil King, Irish (1921-1986)

Abstract, (untitled)

EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 287.50
394 [Collins (Michael)]

Three framed Photographic Prints, of General Michael Collins in various poses

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 212.50
396 Maps: (Johnson (A.J.)

"Johnsons Ireland and Scotland -"

1821 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 200.00
398 After Francesco Morelli & others

A set of 10 early black and white Engravings, all depicting some of the famous Roman Architecture and Ancient Ruins

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 175.00
24A de Breffny (B.), Mulcahy (John)etc.

Irish Arts Review - An International Quarterly Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. I No. 1 Spring 1984 - Vol. 35 No. 2, 2018

1984 - 2018 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
83 Fanny Baker

A large Sampler Map, of the British Isles, late 19th Century

late 19th Century EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
392

Belfast Agreement, an Agreement Reached at the Multi-Party Talks on Northern Ireland,

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 125.00
258 Robert Cresswell Boak (1875-1949)

"Blackhead, Co. Antrim," & "The White Rocks Portrush,"

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 100.00
277 After Jonathan Fisher and Others

"Jerpoint Abbey," & "Fenner Rock on the River Boyne,"

1792 & 1794 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 75.00
390 John McNulty, Irish (b. 1949)

Western Sky

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
78 Jean Cecil (b. 1929)

Pigeons colorgraph

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 25.00
33

Talking Classics 1 - 76 (ex. 2 vols.) as cassettes; together with 5 bound Volumes of Magazines.

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 12.50
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
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