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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) | 10,654.75 |
| Auction Date | January 29, 2025 - January 29, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 10,480.00 |
| Sale Number | #12925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 12,740.00 |
| Total Lots | 94 | ||
| Sold Lots | 81 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 24,605.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 28,940.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 36.82% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93071455 | Robert Garnier | Les tragedies: Les Juives. Cornelie, Marc-Antoine ... |
1599 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 93052501 | Johannes Schefferus / Augustin Lubin | Histoire de la Laponie |
1678 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 93166321 | Albrecht Durer after | Hercules at the Crossroad |
1600 | EUR 500.00 - 900.00 | EUR 610.40 |
| 92897087 | Jean Bodin | Les Six livres de la Republique |
1629 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 437.09 |
| 92598325 | F. Bernier | Abrege de la philosophie de M. Gassendi |
1675 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 383.68 |
| 93071447 | Pedro Mexia [Messie]; Claude Gruget; Antoine Du Verdier | Les diverses lecons : contenant variables et memorables histoires |
1610 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | EUR 369.51 |
| 93134210 | Jacques de Bie | La France metallique, [Suivi de :] Les familles de la France |
1636 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 316.10 |
| 93085833 | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris avec leur usage dans la medecine |
1698 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 93028875 | Abrege de l'histoire d'Espagne, de Portugal et de Navarre, contenant les choses plus memorables qui |
1652 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 272.50 | |
| 93080101 | Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff | The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) |
1493 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 92879311 | Lambert de Thorigny | Decrets de notre Pape Innocent XI [Reliure aux armes de Lambert de Thorigny] |
1679 | Not Available | EUR 212.55 |
| 93123975 | Henry-Louis Rouviere ou Jacques Du Roure | La Physique d'usage, ou Petit cours de Medecine : Compose selon les Principes de Monsieur Descartes |
1666 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 196.20 |
| 92015505 | P. Dionis | L'anatomie de l'homme suivant la circulation du sang |
1690 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 93133484 | Conrad Gesner | Fischbuch. |
1598 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 92713079 | The Nuremberg Chronicle |
1493 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 170.04 | |
| 92975963 | Pierre de l'Hostal | L'Avant-victorieux. |
1610 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 93034563 | Francois Catrou | Histoire des Anabaptistes |
1699 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 93132611 | Conrad Gesner | Fischbuch |
1598 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 92597185 | M. Francois Dissaudeau | Le livre du grand et divin Hyppocrate des playes de teste, Thresor de Chrurgie |
1658 | Not Available | EUR 152.60 |
| 93145316 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca | Les Epistres de Seneque |
1662 | Not Available | EUR 148.24 |
| 93104731 | Balthazar Grangier De Liverdis | Journal d'un Voyage de France et d'Italie |
1670 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 147.15 |
| 92382775 | Guy Patin | Lettres choisies de Feu Mr. Guy Patin docteur en medecine de la faculte de Paris, & professeur... |
1692 | Not Available | EUR 143.88 |
| 93083203 | Instruction pour la reformation et conservation des eaux et forests & Ordonnance de Louis XIV .... |
1687/1681 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 136.25 | |
| 92339193 | Saint Augustin | Les confessions de S. Augustin |
1686 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 134.07 |
| 93108981 | Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff | Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) |
1493 | Not Available | EUR 132.98 |
