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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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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
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - May - 2004 Issue
Charles Wood Offers Books <br>On Conserving Works of Art
Item 269 is meant for a very specialized collector. It is Essay on the Causes of Dry Rot in Buildings… by John Papworth. This could well be the holy grail for collectors of books about dry rot as it is possibly the first book on the subject, having been printed in 1803. Actually, anyone who has ever lived in a very old house will appreciate the need for books like this which were designed to alleviate this pernicious problem. This is a first edition and is very rare. $750.
Item 4 is The American Advertising Directory, for Manufacturers and Dealers in American Goods for the Year 1831. It provides city and alphabetical listings for manufacturing and mercantile businesses and discusses the tariff. This was the first annual edition of a publication that lasted but one more year. $475. Item 255 is The New-England Mercantile Union Business Directory… This is an 1849 publication and interestingly for a date so early lists 52 Daguerrean artists for Massachusetts alone. $200.
Here’s one to send you to a dictionary: Andrew Millar’s Scumbling and Colour Glazing. “Scumbling” is a process designed to soften the colors in a painting. You can read all about it in item 386. $285.
Talk about uncertain definitions, how about Original Geometric Diaper Designs… by David Ramsay Hay? No, this is not about decorating your baby’s inner garments. Diaper designs are patterns of geometric shapes, far more pleasing aesthetically than the other type of diapers. Hay was a famed housepainter and author of his day who decorated the home of Sir Walter Scott among others. Item 184, printed in 1844, is one of six Hay items available in this catalogue. $1,500.
Item 5 is called Advice to Proprietors on the Care of Valuable Pictures painted in Oil, with Instructions for Preserving, Cleaning, and Restoring Them, when Damaged or Decayed. It was written simply by “an artist.” This book is significant because it is the first work in English devoted solely to restoring paintings. However, it is not recommended that you follow the advice herein if you have an old Rembrandt gathering dust in the attic. The “artist’s” heart was obviously in the right place, but the advice is unsound. $550.
Item 34 is Charles Blunt’s An Essay on Mechanical Drawing… Wood notes that the drawings are so good as to appear photographic, but that this is impossible since the book was printed in 1811. Plates include drawings of a printing press, an apparatus for weighing livestock, an American machine used in woolen manufacture, and more. $1,350.
Cartoonists will like Francis Grose’s Rules for Drawing Caricatures: with an Essay on Comic Painting. This is a second edition circa 1791. Wood quotes from it “The art of drawing caricatures is generally considered as a dangerous acquisition, tending rather to make the possessor feared than esteemed…” Over two centuries later, this warning can still apply, at least to political or other topical cartoonists. Item 159. $300.
Chares B Wood, Antiquarian Booksellers, may be found online at www.cbwoodbooks.com and reached by phone at 617-868-1711.