Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale, 42926, Kilkenny
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 29, 2026 - May 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | A.D. Mc Cormick | The Survivors Story |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 300 | John Player and Sons, Dublin Factory & Offices |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 212.50 | ||
| 305 | Wills Gold Flake - Honey Dew |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 112.50 | ||
| 306 | Wills Gold Flake Cigarettes - Wills for Quality - 10 for 6d and 20 for 1 |
N/A | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 187.50 | ||
| 312 | W. & H. M. Goulding Ltd., Manure Works, The Glen, Cork |
1889 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 187.50 | ||
| 317 | Terry Myler | Lernt Irland mit der eisenbahn kennen |
Dublin | N/A | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 312.50 |
| 318 | British Railways, Heysham to Belfast, Hollyhead to Dun Laoghaire. The Royal Mail Routes to Ireland |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 225.00 | ||
| 319 | Curran | Ireland Radio Train Day Trips |
Dublin | N/A | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 400.00 |
| 320 | Map of Drogheda |
Nottingham | 1912 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 322 | English & Scottish Law Life Assurance Association, Est. 1839, Total Funds exceed £3,000,000, Irish Branch, 27 Nassau Street, Dublin |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 187.50 | ||
| 326 | Dublin Whiskey - Red Breast, JJ Liqueur, Twelve Years Old, With the double guarantee |
Dublin | N/A | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 337 | Norman Thelwell | A set of four coloured Cartoon Advertisement Prints for: The Hole in the Wall; The Seven Stars; The Cricketeers; The Beer and Ragged Staff |
N/A | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 175.00 | |
| 423 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Homme au Fusil |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 220.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 425 | Oscar Droege (1898-1983) | A set of 4 colourful Engravings of various scenes |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 431 | David Trundley (b. 1949) | Studies of Cheltenham Winners |
N/A | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 432 | Edward Handley Read (1870-1935) | A Remembrance |
London | N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 433 | J. D'Alembert; Continental School; J.M.W. Turner | 6 Books, including: Les Tableaux Tisses de La Fabrique Lyonnaise, a La Memoire de J. M. Jackquard |
N/A | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 434 | Thomas Sautelle Roberts (1760-1826) | The Entrance to Waterford Harbour |
London | 1796 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 437 | Brian Ballard (b. 1943) | Flower and Teapot |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 492 | James Malton | Arms of the City of Dublin |
London | 1792 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 495 | Lionel Edwards (1878-1966) | A collection of coloured Prints, including: The Limerick; The Carlow; The Meath |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 275.00 | |
| 496 | Lionel Edwards (1878-1966) | A collection of 5 coloured Prints, to include: Scarteen Black and Tans; Hunting Scene |
N/A | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 550 | Henry Matisse (1869-1954) | Ragazza Che Salta la Corda |
1952 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 312.50 | |
| 551 | Banksy | Suicide Bombers Just Need a Hug; Mona Lisa with AK47 |
2000 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 275.00 | |
| 552 | Gustav Klint (1862-1918) | The Friends or Girlfiends II |
N/A | EUR 120.00 - 140.00 | EUR 200.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.