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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) | 19,477.21 |
| Auction Date | March 17, 2025 - March 17, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 15,840.00 |
| Sale Number | #31725b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,550.00 |
| Total Lots | 106 | ||
| Sold Lots | 96 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 20,315.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 30,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 10 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 64.28% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94144947 | Aristophane | Comoediae |
1547 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | EUR 986.45 |
| 94110853 | L'Arioste; Vincenzo Valgrisi | Orlando Furioso [edition Valgrisi] |
1556 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 94120591 | Euclide | Les quinze livres des elements geometriques |
1632 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 94152408 | Sebastian Munster | Cosmographia |
1572 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 94131362 | Ciceron / Georgius Trapezuntius, Francesco Maturanzio, Filippo Beroaldo, | Philippicae M. Tullii Ciceronis diligentissime ad exemplar fidelius & Commentariis. [Post-Incunable] |
1529/1524 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 612.58 |
| 93897873 | Speroni | Dialoghi |
1596 | EUR 350.00 - 500.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 93757849 | Marco Antonio Sabellico | Le historie vinitiane di Marco Antonio Sabellico, divise in tre deche con tre... SABELLICO (Marco |
1544 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 501.40 |
| 94154883 | Gerard Brandt | Het Leven en Bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter met fraaie gravures door D. Stoopendael |
1691 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 490.50 |
| 93448821 | Guicciardini | Historia d'Italia |
1623 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 479.60 |
| 93820837 | Carli | Il Moro ...di Venetia |
1687 | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | EUR 426.19 |
| 93509957 | Esopo | Fables |
1606 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 414.20 |
| 93563862 | Apuleio | L'Asino d'Oro |
1665 | EUR 450.00 - 600.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 94147671 | Romuldus Batavus | Nieu liedt-boecxken. : Inhoudende verscheyden liedekens |
1617 | Not Available | EUR 392.40 |
| 93513957 | Machiavelli | Le Prince |
1634 | EUR 400.00 - 700.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 94011110 | Aristoteles / Piccolomini | Piena et Larga Parafrase nel Secondo Libro della Retorica |
1569 | EUR 275.00 - 500.00 | EUR 359.70 |
| 94033736 | Pauli aemylii veronensis | De rebus gestis Francorum, ad christianissimum Galliarum regem Franciscum Valesium |
1544 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 94078302 | Ulricus Huber / Christianus Thomasius / P. Sluiter (graveur) : | Ulrici Huberi Praelectionum juris civilis tomi tres : secundum Institutiones et Digesta Justiniani, |
1701/1698 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 94043736 | Jean Frellon | Victorius in Ciceronum |
1560 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 332.45 |
| 94132954 | Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff | The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) |
1493 | EUR 170.00 - 400.00 | EUR 331.36 |
| 93512374 | Granata | Oratione et Meditatione |
1580 | EUR 350.00 - 600.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 94149103 | Melis Stoke, Cornelis Alkemade | Hollandse Jaar-Boeken of Rijm-Kronijk |
1699 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 94107892 | Zacharias Ursinus | Het Schat-Boeck Der Verclaringen Over de Catechismus Der Christelicke Religie |
1630 | Not Available | EUR 306.29 |
| 93896319 | Serie di 11 Incisioni scene Vangelo |
Not Available | EUR 305.20 | ||
| 94147600 | Henrick Bruno | Mengelmoes van gedichten op allerhande voorvallende zaken, varia diversi generis et argumenti |
1666 | Not Available | EUR 286.67 |
| 94003180 | Alexandre Olivier Oexmelin | Histoire des avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes |
1688 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 277.95 |
