Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books & Collector's Sale
- by Bruce E. McKinney
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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Summer Opportunities
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers, Kilkenny, Ireland is again offering an appealing sale of mid-summer opportunities. I mention this because, by tradition, mid-summer sales have been few and far between because July-August has been long ago set aside to rest and relax. It’s deserved. HOWEVER, such traditions pre-date the explosion of online auctions and the collectible paper community knows the market never sleeps anymore. BUT, if you don’t peruse the sales, the opportunities tend to quickly slip away. For reference I’ll mention that, from Sunday the 21st until the end of this month there are 73 auctions that will be closing.
Now getting back to Fonsie Mealy Auctioneer’s 2 day sale: July 30th and 31st. Altogether they are offering 869 well photographed and described lots. Whether your taste is Irish, English, continental or American, whether you are at home, at the beach or on a park bench, you are one click away to finding something to consider if you are one of the 99.99% who have a cell phone.
Summertime opportunities are stacked up like cordwood. Take a deep breath!
Sotheby’s Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana 27 January 2026
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
Sotheby’s Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana 27 January 2026
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")