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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: The Making Room Spring Sale. Antiques, Fine Art & Collectibles at Castlecomer.

Auction Reports

Auction Name	The Making Room Spring Sale. Antiques, Fine Art & Collectibles at Castlecomer.	Total Sales (EUR)	5,075.00
Auction Date	February 04, 2026 - February 05, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	3,740.00
Sale Number	#20426	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	5,200.00
Total Lots	36
Sold Lots	29.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	4,260.00
% of Lots Sold	80.56%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	5,940.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	85.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
304	After Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909)	A set of 6 artist's Proof coloured Lithographs		EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 750.00
459	Peter Curling, Irish ( b. 1955)	The County Limerick Foxhounds from Castletown Conyers		EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 500.00
103		Poster, Blackberries.. unlimited Quantities Required.. Highest Prices Paid..		EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 425.00
461	After Giovanni Battista Piranes (1720-1778)	Altra Veduta del tempio della Sibilla In Tivoli		EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 325.00
800		A Bookcase of Books, comprising works of Blackstone, Waverly, Robertson, Rollin, etc.		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 300.00
454	After Henry Barraurd (1811-1874)	The Irish House of Commons,	c. 1790	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 275.00
802		Bindings: The Modern Part of the Universal History, 18 vols., 8vo,	1759-1760	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 275.00
199	after W. Stephenson,	Engravings: Rt. Hon. Charles Kendal Bushe,	1840	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 187.50
421	After J.F. Herring, Snr.	A set of four coloured lithographic Equestrian Prints: Hunter Going to Hunter Going to Cover; Before; The Beginning; After		EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 175.00
208		Racing Prints: A pair of Limited Edition coloured Prints, depicting jockeys and trainers The Instructions and The Excuses,		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 150.00
32		A large collection of varied modern framed Prints and Engravings		EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 137.50
524		A set of 3 attractive 19th Century floral cut-out Garlands, on embossed paper;		EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 137.50
95	After Louis Boilly	La Punition, Les Petis Ramoneurs La Famille African,		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 125.00
271	Chancellor, Photographer	Photographic Group Scene Photographs: Masonic Bazaar. Ye Old Streete,	1882	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
301	After J.F. Herring Snr.	A set of 4 Fox Hunting Engravings,	19th Century	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 125.00
457	After A.C. Havell, (1855-1928)	Dark Ronald, large coloured engraving,	1910	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
12	[Payne (C.J.)]	Snaffles, A Sight to take Home and Dream		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
104		County Waterford: An original black and white Group Photograph, by Poole of the Faithlegg Hunting group of Faithlegg, Co. Waterford,		EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 100.00
462	After Henry Bunbury (1750-1811) Bartolozzi (F.)engraver,	a set of 6 black and white Engravings from original drawings in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, of Shakespearian scenes		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 100.00
209	After H. W. Standing	A pair of coloured Coaching Scenes, An Afternoon Drive, and its companion,		EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 87.50
218	G. Sydney Hunt	A pair of oval coloured Stipple Engravings, one depicting a Lady Watering Flowers, the other Lady Feeding Hens,		EUR 70.00 - 100.00	EUR 87.50
460	After T.S. Roberts (1760-1826)	Blackrock Castle,	1790	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 87.50
298		A set of 4 Equestrian Prints, after Sidney Alken on stag hare fox hunting and coursing		EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
714		A collection of antique coloured Prints and Engravings, topographical scenes, etc.		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 75.00
8		Racing Prints: The Instructions and The Excuses		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.