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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.: French Literature and Illustrated
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | French Literature and Illustrated | Total Sales (EUR) | 11,218.28 |
| Auction Date | March 16, 2025 - March 16, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 17,175.00 |
| Sale Number | #31625d | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 21,050.00 |
| Total Lots | 38 | ||
| Sold Lots | 22 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 33,250.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 39,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 28.44% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93864753 | Montesquieu / Peyron | Le Temple de Gnide suivi d'Arsace et Ismenie |
1796 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 1,635.00 |
| 94014907 | Balzac | Le Pere Goriot |
1835 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 94080489 | Victor Hugo / Tony Johannot, Charles Gosselin | Notre-Dame de Paris |
1831 | EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 | EUR 1,417.00 |
| 94003733 | M. De La Fontaine et Collectif | Contes et Nouvelles en Vers |
1778 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 938.49 |
| 94088283 | Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Georges Lecomte | Chats et autres betes |
1933 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 94076502 | Emile Zola | La Debacle [1 /330 exemplaires numerotes sur Hollande] |
1892 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 457.80 |
| 94137374 | Louis Ferdinand Celine | Bagatelle Pour Un Massacre [exemplaire relie numerote sur Alfa] |
1938 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 94003718 | Edgar Poe / Charles Baudelaire / Lobel-Riche | Vingt Histoires Extraordinaires [1/156 sur Velin d'Arches avec 3 suites] |
1927 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 382.59 |
| 94084489 | Alain-Rene Lesage / Charles Nodier / Jean Gigoux | Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane [ex. sur velin fort; reliure de Carayon] |
1835 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 94114857 | Marcel Proust | A la recherche du temps perdu [Cartonnages NRF] |
1946/1947 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 94003293 | Miguel de Cervantes / Gerard Garouste | L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte De La Manche |
1998 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 359.70 |
| 94090003 | Francois Villon | Oeuvres [reliure plein cuir mosaiquee signee Ferriere] |
1928 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 359.70 |
| 94092442 | Signe ; Albert Decaris / Ronsard | Discours des Miseres de ce Temps [avec dessin original de Decaris + 57 burins signes] |
1930 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 93800572 | Florian / Foret | Kedar et Amela [Reliure art nouveau Petrus Ruban] |
1901 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 93713424 | Dante Alighieri / Gustave Dore | L'Enfer |
1861 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 94174152 | Le Petit Journal. Supplement Illustre [Collection de Numeros sur la Russie] |
1891/1912 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | EUR 272.50 | |
| 93864116 | Theophile Gautier / Georges Rochegrosse | Le Roman de la Momie [sur Japon Imperial] |
1920 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 265.96 |
| 94071954 | Edmond Rostand / Rene Lalique | L'Aiglon [1/180 Japon relie par Carayon] |
1900 | EUR 325.00 - 375.00 | EUR 244.16 |
| 93821975 | Antoine Houdar de la Motte | Oeuvres de Monsieur Houdar de la Motte |
1754 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 93864849 | Gustave Geffroy / Auguste Brouet | L'Apprentie |
1924 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 209.28 |
| 94060746 | Claude Godard d'Aucour | La Pariseide, ou Paris dans les Gaules |
1773 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 207.10 |
| 94033826 | De Balzac / Bertall | Petites miseres de la vie conjugale [Edition Chlendowski] |
1845 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 185.30 |
