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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) | 5,932.87 |
| Auction Date | January 20, 2025 - January 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 5,860.00 |
| Sale Number | #12025a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,015.00 |
| Total Lots | 58 | ||
| Sold Lots | 39 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 39,475.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.24% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 47,740.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 19 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 12.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92732861 | Jules Verne | A Emile Allix sur le cholera |
1865 | EUR 700.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 741.20 |
| 92873877 | [Signed] David Hockney | Andy, Paris |
1995 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 92873597 | [Signed] Fernando Botero | The Dance |
1991 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 92833073 | Papa Benedetto XV | Benedetto XV - Busta Autografa con Stemma Papale |
1920 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 316.10 |
| 92674025 | King Charles III | as Prince of Wales & Diana, Princess of Wales Signed Christmas Card |
1988 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 294.30 |
| 92730279 | Gabriele d'Annunzio | Me ne frego |
1910 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 270.32 |
| 92730005 | George Sand | A son amant Charles Marchal - Sur Bois-Dore |
1867 | EUR 250.00 - 400.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 92730171 | George Sand | Sur son jardin de Nohant et Moliere |
1851 | EUR 275.00 - 400.00 | EUR 250.70 |
| 92701615 | Benito Mussolini e Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia | Decreto militare autografo |
1933 | EUR 170.00 - 250.00 | EUR 243.07 |
| 92700471 | Louis XIV | Au Seigneur de Saint-Amour |
1648 | EUR 220.00 - 400.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 92673995 | Benito Mussolini | Nota a Sua Maesta |
1935 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 92733677 | Ensemble de plus de 100 manuscrits | Personnalites diverses |
1900 | EUR 170.00 - 700.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 92851181 | Signe ; Auguste Scheurer-Kestner ( LAS ) | Souvenirs de Jeunesse ( EO ) - Affaire Dreyfus -Antisemitisme Alsace |
1905 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 174.40 |
| 92891941 | Louis XIV / Colbert | [Louis XIV], Piece signee (secretaire) sur parchemin. Versailles, |
1683 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 174.40 |
| 92732459 | Jean Baptiste Say | A Amedee Girod de l'Ain |
1831 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 92815775 | Brief im Namen Friedrich des Grossen Johann Heinrich von Carmer (1720-1801) | Eigenhandig signiertes Schreiben des preussischen Justizministers an Reichsgraf von Gotzen |
1767 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 122.08 |
| 92745941 | Auguste Escoffier - The King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings | Signed Photo |
1911 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 120.99 |
| 92494117 | Rainer Maria Rilke - copie manuscrite unique, dessins originaux | Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke |
1900/1950 | Not Available | EUR 119.90 |
| 92893615 | Louis XV | Piece signee (secretaire) sur parchemin |
1759 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 92923899 | Georgios Papadopoulos | Signed, President and Prime Minister Of Greece, Original Photo |
1971 | EUR 150.00 - 400.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 90856299 | Gerald Ford 38ste President van Amerika | President Gerald Ford, hand gesigneerd A Time to Heal The Autobiography |
1979 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 98.10 |
| 92701589 | Umberto I / Ettore Bertole Viale | Decreto autografato |
1888 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 94.83 |
| 92890713 | [Signed] Georg Baselitz | Waldrand - Landschaft / Pastorale - Der Tag |
1990 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 92761837 | [Fin du Premier Empire] Reintegration du Drapeau Blanc en la Ville d'Herisson | Lettre autographe signee |
1815 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 76.30 |
| 92729979 | Jules Massenet | A Leon Bessand - Sur Sapho |
1897 | Not Available | EUR 63.22 |
