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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

Auction Reports

Auction Name Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 2,524.44
Auction Date October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 3,620.00
Sale Number #103124b High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 4,545.00
Total Lots 41
Sold Lots 39 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 3,920.00
% of Lots Sold 95.12% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 5,245.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89479337 Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck

Folio, large woodcut, Botany, Vegetable: Carrot

1565 Not Available EUR 174.40
89762957 Master of Gruninger Workshop, Virgil

Aeneid, The Siege of Troy - 1517

1517 Not Available EUR 163.50
89803811 Master of Gruninger Workshop

Aeneid, Latinus and the Council of War, Trojans - 1517

1517 Not Available EUR 163.50
89768649 H. Schedel / W Pleydenwurff - M Wohlgemuth

Liber Chronicarum

1493 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
89610175

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) - Hand coloured woodcut - Flamingos or flamingoes

1617 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 130.80
89473621 Master of Gruninger Workshop

Tournament, the Running Race - 1517

1517 Not Available EUR 101.37
89761567 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Mythological Creatures, Monsters, folio with 3 large woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 87.20
89814899

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) - Hand coloured woodcut - Bald ibis - Waldrapp - Geronticus eremita

1617 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 87.20
89760707 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Eagle in Oak Tree, Magpie, ornithology, folio with 2 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 82.84
89292333 Durer

Cronache di Norimberga

1493 Not Available EUR 81.75
89474007 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Swallows & Ptarmigan Grouse, ornithology, folio with 3 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 76.30
89762513 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Crossbill, owl, ornithology, folio with 2 woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 76.30
89761883 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Common Buzzard, ornithology, folio with hand coloured woodcut

1669 Not Available EUR 71.94
89762131 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Swifts, ornithology, folio with 2 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 71.94
89828257

The Dance of Death

1538 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 69.76
89610045

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) - Hand coloured woodcut - Black-tailed godwit - Limosa limosa

1617 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 65.40
89699177 Francois Nicolas Martinet

Martin-pecheur hupe, de la Louisiane - Coloured Copperplat

1770 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 64.31
89475483 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Partridge, ornithology, folio with large hand coloured woodcut

1669 Not Available EUR 62.13
89568239

Johannes Gruninger (1487--1532) - Jesus is tempted by the devil in the desert

1517 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 59.95
89609909

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) - Hand coloured woodcut - Saker Falcon - Falco cherrug

1617 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 54.50
89796409 Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck

Folio, large woodcut, Botany: Valerian

1565 Not Available EUR 54.50
89827995

Hans Weiditz / Heinrich Steiner - Illustration to Cicero "Officia"

1531 EUR 150.00 - 220.00 EUR 54.50
89828297

Augsburg families in armor with coats of arms

1502 Not Available EUR 54.50
89475691 Livius (Livy) Titus (59 B.C.-17 A.D.)

Portius Cato at the Roman Senate

1514 Not Available EUR 50.14
89763641 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Eagle Vultures, ornithology, folio with 2 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 50.14
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Knight's An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir The Passing of the Armies.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat.
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