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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.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) | Total Sales (EUR) | 21,907.91 |
| Auction Date | January 27, 2025 - January 27, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 21,595.00 |
| Sale Number | #12725b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 33,490.00 |
| Total Lots | 104 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 38,130.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 70.19% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 55,905.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 31 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 39.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93069495 | Sacon | Biblia cum summariorum |
1522 | EUR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 2,617.09 |
| 93048587 | Johann Joachim Becher | Parnassus medicinalis illustratus. Oder: Ein neues, und dergestalt, vormahln noch nie gesehenes |
1663 | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 2,223.60 |
| 93058459 | Petrarca | Il Petrarcha di Gesualdo |
1533 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 1,744.00 |
| 93024949 | Anonyme | Placcaet ende Ordinantie vande doorluchtichste ... stuck vande munten |
1607 | EUR 275.00 - 500.00 | EUR 790.25 |
| 92973217 | Giovanni Giorgio Trissino | Sophonisba & Rime - Vicenza - Tolomeo Ianiculo |
1529 | EUR 800.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 93149871 | Abate Biagio Terzi di Lauria | Siria Sacra |
1695 | EUR 900.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 655.09 |
| 92962193 | Leeuwenhoek (Van) Antonium | Godefridi Bidloo observatio de Animalculis in ovino aliorumque anumantium hepate detectis, ad virum |
1698 | Not Available | EUR 556.99 |
| 92935201 | Pierio Valeriano | Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris AEgyptiorvm aliarumq gentium literis commentariorum libri LVIII |
1614 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 553.72 |
| 93090707 | Sophocle; Henri Estienne; Joachim Camerarius; Vitus Winsemius | Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis et cum Latina Viti Winsemij (.) |
1603 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 457.80 |
| 92338797 | Francesco Guicciardini | La Historia d'Italia |
1568 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 414.20 |
| 93119823 | Band I: Panim masbirot Band II: Horowitz, R'Chaim. Nachlass Chaim | Bd. I: Panim masbirot Bd. II: Horowitz, R'Chaim |
1693/1711 | EUR 170.00 - 350.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 93147307 | Pline l' Ancien / Gelen / Froben / Erasme & Camers | C. Plinii Secundi Historiae mundi libri XXXVII |
1554 | EUR 600.00 - 750.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 93083049 | Herodote; Paul Estienne | Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum lib. IX, IX musarum nominibus inscripti ; eiusdem narratio de |
1618 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 371.69 |
| 93014863 | Giacomo Filippoe Tomasini | Elogia, iconibus exornata illustriss |
1630 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 92998753 | J. Westerbaen / J. v. Vondel / J. Vos | Nederlandse Parnas, of verschillende gedichten, op rijm van J. Westerbaen |
1660 | Not Available | EUR 348.80 |
| 93085087 | Thucydide; Henri Estienne; Laurent Valla | Thucydidis Olori filii de bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Iidem latine, ex interpretatione |
1564 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 93010907 | Famianus Strada | Histoire de la Guerre de Flandre |
1665 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 333.54 |
| 93059607 | Freschot Casimiro | Ristretto dell'Historia di Ungheria |
1686 | EUR 350.00 - 700.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 93145501 | Johan Picardt | Korte beschryvinge van eenige vergetene en verborgene antiquiteten der provintien en landen gelegen |
1660 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 93147927 | Tortoletti Bartolomeo | Iuditha vindex et vindicata... Barberini Colonna Italian literature.... |
1628 | EUR 350.00 - 750.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 93083635 | Plutarque / Wilhelm Xylander & Hermann Cruser | Plutarchichae Ronensis Quae exstant omnia. Moralia T. 1 & 2 |
1620 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 93121067 | Jacques Primerose | Jacobi Primerosii Philosophi & Medici Celeberimi, Enchiridion Medicum Practicum |
1654 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 303.02 |
| 92976087 | Theophrastus | Theophrasti Philosophi Clarissimi, de Historia Plantarum |
1552 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 299.75 |
| 93059415 | Laghi Niccolo | I Miracoli del Santissimo Sacramento |
1608 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 294.30 |
| 93041079 | Theophylact | Theophylacti archiepiscopi Bulgariae in quatuor Evangelia enarrationes, nunc postremum multo tum |
1536 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 277.95 |
