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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) | 4,967.13 |
| Auction Date | March 17, 2025 - March 17, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,695.00 |
| Sale Number | #31725a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 12,345.00 |
| Total Lots | 67 | ||
| Sold Lots | 56 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 11,480.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.58% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 14,995.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 33.13% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94055823 | Georges Clemenceau | carte de visite signee avec mots autographes |
1890 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 345.53 |
| 94020965 | Jean Cocteau | Manuscrit - Fete galantes |
1953 | EUR 180.00 - 300.00 | EUR 207.10 |
| 94056262 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | Lot de 5 lettres autographes signees |
1975 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 207.10 |
| 94098862 | Colette | Lettre autographe signee avec enveloppe |
1924 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 195.11 |
| 94056305 | Jacques Chardonne | ensemble de 5 lettres autographes signees a Roger Nimier |
1955 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 188.57 |
| 94021063 | George Sand | A Andre Boutet |
1860 | EUR 170.00 - 300.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 93952549 | Jules Ferry | Lettre autographe signee |
1880 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 174.40 |
| 94013746 | Francois Mitterrand | Carte lettre dactylographiee signee a Thierry Maulnier - "L'etrangete d'etre" |
1982 | EUR 170.00 - 400.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 94014080 | Jacques Chirac | Lettre dactylographiee signee a Thierry Maulnier avec annotations manuscrites |
1987 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 93931791 | Le Baron Haussmann | Lettre autographe signee |
1880 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 156.96 |
| 94055659 | Herbert von Karajan | photographie dedicacee |
1990 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 147.15 |
| 94070350 | Paul Signac | Carte postale autographe signee |
1930 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 147.15 |
| 94054172 | Darius Milhaud | Lettre autographe signee |
1950 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 135.16 |
| 94053492 | Jean Cocteau | lettre autographe signee a Marcel Achard au sujet de Jean de la Lune et des Enfants terribles |
1931 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 134.07 |
| 94024769 | King George II of Greece | Hand Signed, Royal Decree, Athens |
1939 | EUR 160.00 - 275.00 | EUR 131.89 |
| 94018201 | Francois Mauriac | Lettre autographe signee sur un article du Figaro a Thierry Maulnier |
1950 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 94071006 | Moise Kisling | Lettre autographe signee |
1951 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 119.90 |
| 94155624 | president de la republique | lettre de remerciement de Valery Giscard d'Estaing |
1974 | Not Available | EUR 111.18 |
| 94028683 | Jean Paulhan | Lettre autographe signee a Thierry Maulnier |
1951 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 94067723 | King Constantine of Greece and Queen Anna Maria | Greeting Card |
1999 | Not Available | EUR 109.00 |
| 93905013 | Poete Antony Deschamps (1800-1869) | Poeme autographe ''Caritas'' (Paris) |
1841 | Not Available | EUR 107.91 |
| 94022997 | Paul Claudel | Sur "Partage de midi" et "L'annonce faite a Marie" |
1848 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 94.83 |
| 94054001 | Jean Mermoz | Telegramme envoye a sa mere |
1930 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 93.74 |
| 94053308 | Raymond Queneau | lettre autographe signee |
1944 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 92.65 |
| 94054458 | Armand Fallieres [President de la Republique] | Lettre signee |
1882 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 89.38 |
