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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs and Manuscripts | Total Sales (EUR) | 6,995.62 |
| Auction Date | January 13, 2025 - January 13, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,440.00 |
| Sale Number | #11325a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 34 | ||
| Sold Lots | 27 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 8,515.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 79.41% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 12,495.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.99% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92599007 | Benito Mussolini | "Democrazia" handwritten version of an article published on "Il popolo d'Italia" |
1923 | EUR 1,700.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 2,452.50 |
| 92492351 | Neil Amstrong | Autogramm |
2010 | Not Available | EUR 2,018.68 |
| 92518423 | Field Marshall Montgomery | Hand Written Letter |
1948 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 301.93 |
| 92517937 | Queen Elizabeth II | and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card |
1987 | EUR 220.00 - 350.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 92518023 | King Charles III | as Prince of Wales & Diana, Princess of Wales Signed Christmas Card |
1989 | EUR 275.00 - 500.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 92603377 | Signe "Danton" | [Revolution] Dispense d'un soldat |
1793 | EUR 170.00 - 450.00 | EUR 272.50 |
| 92492691 | L.A.S. | Metchnikoff Ilya Ilyich - biologiste Russe - Pere de l'immunite cellulaire - Institut Pasteur |
1899 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 228.90 |
| 92601329 | Ron Hubbard | 2 personliche Briefe von Ron Hubbard an eine Freundin |
1978 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 92548731 | [Signed] Anselm Kiefer | Woglinde |
2013 | EUR 160.00 - 250.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 92629967 | Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (1765---1842) Belgian physicist, chemist, botanist | Autograph signed letter to the secretary of Horticultural Society |
1833 | Not Available | EUR 131.89 |
| 92491537 | L.A.S. | [a la niece de Napoleon Ier - Louise Murat] Teresa Gamba - Marquise de Boissy, maitresse de Lord |
1850 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 119.90 |
| 92555995 | [Signed] Georg Baselitz | Blick aus dem Fenster |
2015 | EUR 170.00 - 250.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 92564359 | Henri-Gatien Bertrand - lettre autographe signee en anglais a la famille Thayer | Lettre autographe signee "Bertrand" |
1820 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 92617241 | Signe; de Villefosse, Jean Terzief, Belmondo, Edouard Mac'Avoy. | Livre D'or Expo Catherine de Moncan a Galerie Saint Honore [Manuscrit] |
1967 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 70.85 |
| 92583707 | Giolitti | Autografo Giolitti con certificato di autenticita |
1907 | Not Available | EUR 55.59 |
| 92537065 | Antonio Skarmeta (1940-2024) Chilean writer | Eigenhandig verfasste Widmung mit Signatur - Dedicated and signed |
2000 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 45.78 |
| 91884321 | Bernard-Alexis Sarrans, (1796-1874) journaliste, ecrivain et homme politique francais. | 9 Lettres autographe signe du partisan du futur empereur Napoleon III |
1822/1863 | EUR 300.00 - 375.00 | EUR 42.51 |
| 92500335 | First Lady Pat Nixon | Thank you letter |
1978 | Not Available | EUR 32.70 |
| 91884337 | Antoine Lefebvre de Vatimesnil (1789--1860) avocat general a la Cour de Cassation, conseiller d'Etat | 5 Lettres autographe signe du le ministre |
1824/1856 | EUR 300.00 - 375.00 | EUR 23.98 |
| 92585043 | Antoine Sauvaire de Barthelemy (1800-1875) homme politique francais | 5 Lettres autographe signe |
1854/1831 | Not Available | EUR 23.98 |
| 92516907 | Schauspieler (siehe Liste) | 56 Portraitpostkarten alle eigenhandig signiert |
1990/1970 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 17.44 |
| 92630755 | Charles Liedts (1802-1878) homme d'Etat belge Joseph Garnier (1813-1881) economiste et homme | 2 Lettres autograph signe |
1870/1845 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 16.35 |
| 92537073 | .Marianne Fritz (1948 - 2007) austrian writer | Eigenhandige Signatur auf Karte |
1978 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 10.90 |
| 92625375 | Giovanni Capasso, comte della Pastene (1883-1973) Ministero degli Affari Esteri | 1 autograph letter and 3 typed autograph signed letter |
1928 | Not Available | EUR 10.90 |
| 92627225 | Adolphe Henri Gaston D'AZEMAR (1837-1921) General et musicien militaire | 11 autograph signed letters |
1876 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 10.90 |
