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![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. <i>Forus Feasa ar Éirinn.</i> €15,000 to €20,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c6be72f5-d9e0-45ec-9a8d-b6df7ba62e31.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. <i>Forus Feasa ar Éirinn.</i> €15,000 to €20,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). <i>The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country.</i> €3,000 to €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a0c801e1-3019-451a-add6-0251a91f714b.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2:</b> [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). <i>The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country.</i> €3,000 to €4,000.")
Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Corner-stone Document of Irish Freedom: 1916 PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC. €100,000 to €150,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Important 18th Century Gaelic Scribal Manuscript. Ceating (Dochtuir) [Keating, Dr. Geoffrey]. Forus Feasa ar Éirinn. €15,000 to €20,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Irish Provincial Printed 18th Century Herbal. K'eogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom… €1,500 to €2,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Somerville (E.OE.) The Discontented Little Elephant. Inscribed presentation copy. €700 to €1,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Broadside: “Great News from Dublin, Giving a True Account of the Seizing of a Ship coming from Ireland, with Fifty Commissions from the late King James…” €800 to €1,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Welch (Rbt.) Photographer: Six photographic prints of the Titanic. €800 to €1,200.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Rare Modern Irish Masterpiece. O’Brien (Flann). At Swim-Two-Birds. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Newton (Sir Isaac). Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: [Natural History] Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Birds; or a Selection of the Most Rare, Beautiful and Interesting Birds which Inhabit this Country. €3,000 to €4,000.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: The Authors First Publication. Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems. €1,000 to €1,500.Fonsie Mealy’s, Oct. 1-2: Heaney (Seamus). Remembering Malibu. €3,500 to €5,000. -
![<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/079d8567-8397-4add-975e-22b6520389b4.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15:</b> [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000.")
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1-15 October 2025Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen. $300,000 to $400,000.Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: Austen, Jane. “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen"). $100,000 to $150,000.Sotheby’s, Oct. 1-15: [Austen, Jane]. Emma, the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy. $250,000 to $350,000. -
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Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Art & Design
- Auction Date
- 09/06/2025 - 09/06/2025
- Sale Number
- #20300
- Total Lots
- 29
- Sold Lots
- 27
- Lots Sold
- 93.10%
- Unsold Lots
- 2
- Total Sales (USD)
- 8,425.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 7,510.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 12,610.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 7,690.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 12,930.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 65.16%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | John Pearson (American, b.1940) | Mondrian Linear Series, |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 | |
| 8 | Masumi Hayashi (American, 1945-2006) | The Palace Theater of Cleveland, |
1993 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 180 | Phyllis Seltzer (American, 1928-2023) | Palladio's Bridge, |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 61 | Francis Orpen Morris (British, 1810 - 1893) | Thirteen British Birds, |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 217 | Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945) | Aufruhr / Uprising, |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 76 | Phyllis Sloane (American,1921-2009) | Green Bottle, |
1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 102 | Phyllis Seltzer (American, 1928-2023) | Untitled, |
1993 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 124 | Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945) | From many wounds you bleed, Oh Nation, |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 200.00 | |
| 236 | After G.D. Rowlandson (British, 1861-1930) | Two Hunting Scenes, Titled, My Lady Leads and A Business like Trio. |
20th century. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 239 | Phyllis Seltzer (American,1928-2023 | A4, |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 103 | Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945) | Self Portrait, |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 240 | Four Handcolored Lithographs, Scenes of Paris, |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 162.50 | ||
| 118 | Saro (Danish, 20th Century), | Three Wood Block Prints by Saro (Danish, 20th Century), |
1965 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 144 | Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) | Illustration for Andre Suares, 'Passion', |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 121 | An Illuminated Antiphonal Leaf. |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 247 | Three Handcolored Lithographs, Scenes of Paris, |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 130 | Abe Frajndlich (American, b. 1946) | Stephen Hawking, Physicist, Cambridge, England 6/15/1988, |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 242 | After J. F. Herring Sr. (British, 1795 - 1865) | Fox Hunting. _ The Find, |
1846 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 229 | Phyllis Seltzer (American, 1928-2023) | Palladiah C.P., |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 169 | Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867 - 1945) | Woman with folded hands, |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 112.50 |
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![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7419d4f-f0bd-48bd-a771-60a5a7085dba.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Oct. 2:</b> Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). <i>A Happy Pair,</i> 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.")
