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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) | 5,887.09 |
| Auction Date | February 23, 2025 - February 23, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 5,730.00 |
| Sale Number | #22325 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 8,375.00 |
| Total Lots | 67 | ||
| Sold Lots | 58 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 10,110.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 13,915.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 42.31% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93625288 | Klosterarbeit, Antiphonar | Antiphonarium mit Memento-mori-Gesang |
1650 | EUR 170.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 93223396 | Anoniem | Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 15th century |
1445 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 317.19 |
| 93657421 | (French Atelier) | Amazing Manuscript; "AMAZING Illuminated Medieval Latin Leaf on Vellum" - XV century |
1400 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 317.19 |
| 93470089 | Hafez | Diwan |
1708 | Not Available | EUR 161.32 |
| 92742163 | Anoniem | [Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century |
1380 | EUR 160.00 - 200.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 86801001 | Notaio Veneto Hieronimus Leonellus | Repubblica di Venezia, atto di compravendita, famiglia patrizia Giustinian e Conti Bevilacqua |
1605 | Not Available | EUR 141.70 |
| 93497557 | Ferdowsi | Shahnameh - Ferdowsi |
1590 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 141.70 |
| 93721519 | Unconnu | Latin Medieval Parchement manuscrit XIV century |
1369 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 131.89 |
| 93742271 | Pierre Perrin et Rousset notaires | Latin Medieval Parchement manuscrit XIV century |
1351 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 131.89 |
| 93691258 | Abd ar-Rahman 'bd lrHmn ldkhil Emirate of Cordoba, Scholar | Quran Manuscript with beautiful golden medallions, Cordoba, al-Andalus Spain |
1620/1650 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 119.90 |
| 92514985 | Manuscript | Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century |
1450 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 93724984 | Unconnu | Parchement manuscrit Contract de Marriage XV century Signum Tabellionis |
1404 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 93741934 | Unconnu | Latin Medieval Parchement manuscrit XIV century Albergement Gresy sur Aix |
1351 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 93610578 | Tibetano | Manuscrito Tibetano |
1950 | Not Available | EUR 105.73 |
| 93669571 | Merode (Merckem) | Leenbrief |
1631 | Not Available | EUR 103.55 |
| 93691497 | Iwakura Tomomi Yan Cang Ju Shi | Reise mit dem Dampfschiff "SS America" als Mitglied der japanischen Gesandtschaft |
1873/1871 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 100.28 |
| 93691394 | Fukuda Chiyo-ni Fu Tian Qian Dai Ni Kaga no Chiyo Jia He Qian Dai Nu | "Die Morgenrote", Daimyo, Signaturen mit vielen Adels-Siegel, Haiku-Dichtung mit Haiga-Versen |
1730/1750 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 99.19 |
| 93614884 | Anonymous | Book of Hours - Manuscript cfr. Kalendarium Romanum Catholic Saints in Februari |
1450 | Not Available | EUR 98.10 |
| 93689630 | Ottoman manuscript | Juz |
1790 | Not Available | EUR 97.01 |
| 93657345 | (French Atelier) | Amazing Manuscript; "Illuminated Medieval Latin Leaf on Vellum" - XV century |
1400 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 93693451 | Donna Anna de Matteis | Manoscritto pergamenaceo |
1671 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 91.56 |
| 93663402 | Bible | Antique Manuscript Bible Fragment From Morocco Handwritten on Deer Parchment |
1650 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 85.02 |
| 93587185 | Giorgio Magnani (Paper maker) | Testament of Joseph de Paiva Ribeiro, Portugal |
1819 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 83.93 |
| 93647790 | Tripitaka Koreana - Yi Seong-gye | Chronik uber die 3 Konigreiche Goguryeo, Baekje & Silla, Reichseinigung, Konig Taejo |
1420/1400 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 83.93 |
| 93647512 | Bible-Chidusche Torat Mosche khydvshy tvrt mshh | Mount Sinai & Victim laws, Torah & Antique Bible Manuscript with many crowns, Deer Parchment |
1380/1350 | EUR 160.00 - 350.00 | EUR 81.75 |
