Auction Reports
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Chatsworth Christmas Fine Arts and Antiques Sale
- Auction Date
- 12/03/2025 - 12/04/2025
- Sale Number
- #120325
- Total Lots
- 43
- Sold Lots
- 41.0
- Lots Sold
- 95.35%
- Unsold Lots
- 2
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 20,750.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 14,410.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 19,530.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 15,290.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 20,750.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 100.00%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 681 | Malton (James) [1761-1803] | a fine quality set of 25 hand coloured aquatint views of Dublin |
(1792-1793), | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,750.00 |
| 696 | E. Whittle - 19th Century English School | The Brown Family, at Calverleigh, group silhouette |
19th Century | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 583 | Pub Memorabilia: Co. Kilkenny - James Sullivan & Co. Ltd. (Kilkenny Brewery) Finest Pale Ales - |
n.d. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,375.00 | |
| 554 | Clark (W.G.) & Glover (J.)eds. | Fine Bindings: The Works of William Shakespeare, 9 vols., |
1863-1866 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 572 | Murphy (Arthur) | The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, 4 vols |
1793 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 937.50 |
| 479 | Sean Keating, PPRHA, HRA, HRSA (1889-1977) | Irish Free State Bacon |
N/A | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 825.00 |
| 559 | Somerville (E.O.E.) MFH | Slippers ABC of Fox Hunting, |
1903 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 675.00 |
| 573 | Universal History, Ancient Part, from the Earliest Account of Time, 21 vols. |
1747-1754, | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 650.00 | |
| 669 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967) | Carpet Beaters V. Bobbery Wallahs, |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 525.00 |
| 673 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967 | Once Upon a Time |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 562 | Walsh (W.)artist & Nelson (E.C.)cont. | An Irish Florilegium, (Reprint 2008) |
2008 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 571 | Bindings: A collection of approx. 85 varied leather bound volumes in English and French, |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 450.00 | |
| 563 | Sex (Susan) & Sayers (Brendan | ) Ireland's Wild Orchids |
2004, | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 682 | After Francis Johnson, (1760-1829) & Samuel Brocas (1792-1847) | To the Right Honorable and Honorable Post Masters General of Ireland, this View of the Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin |
March 1st, 1824, | EUR 350.00 - 420.00 | EUR 400.00 |
| 665 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967 | The Timber Merchant |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 672 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967 | Peshewar Vale, The Gent in the black coat 'Begced!! That would shtop them meard Fellars' |
N/A | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 568 | Anglesea (M.)ed. [Parker (Richard Dunscombe)] | Birds of Ireland, |
1983 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 671 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) (1884-1967) | Great Banks there was below the Fields |
N/A | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 567 | Waverley Novels, 47 vols. (ex 48, lacking Vol. 9) |
1829 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 350.00 | |
| 670 | Charles Johnson Payne (Snaffles) 1884-1967 | The Stone Faceder |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 325.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.