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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) | 3,476.01 |
| Auction Date | March 19, 2025 - March 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 4,025.00 |
| Sale Number | #31925 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 4,920.00 |
| Total Lots | 31 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 5,990.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.65% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 7,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 6 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 48.28% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94060598 | Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ |
1667 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 382.59 | |
| 94020421 | Pierre de Saint-Louys. | La Magdeleine au desert de la Sainte-Baume en Provence, poeme spirituel et chretien |
1668 | Not Available | EUR 276.86 |
| 94140104 | Francois Eudes de Mezeray | Histoire de France, depuis Faramond jusqu'qu Regne de Louis le Juste |
1685 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 93867063 | P. Corneille | L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ |
1656 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 245.25 |
| 94003951 | S. Boulenger / M. Ozanam | La Geometrie Pratique |
1690 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 219.09 |
| 93865715 | Rene Choppin | Trois Livres du Domaine de la Couronne de France / Commentaire sur les Coustumes de la Prevoste et |
1634 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 198.38 |
| 94108556 | Clement Marot et Theodore de Beze | Pseaumes de David mises en rimes francoises |
1659 | Not Available | EUR 196.20 |
| 93874208 | Sebastien Le Clerc | Pratique de la geometrie, sur le papier et sur le terrain |
1682 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 186.39 |
| 94051227 | Henri Estienne | Introduction au traite de la conformite des merveilles... |
1579 | Not Available | EUR 163.50 |
| 94003306 | Jean Le Pelletier | Dissertations sur l'Arche de Noe et sur l'Hemine et le livre de St. Benoist |
1700 | Not Available | EUR 162.41 |
| 94094135 | Alexandre Ross | Les religions du Monde |
1669 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 154.78 |
| 94065880 | Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de Brantome | Memoires de Messire de Bourdeille Seigneur de Brantome, contenant la vie des hommes illustres et |
1666 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 93964746 | Guy Coquille | Les coustumes du pays et duche de Nivernois |
1605 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 113.36 |
| 93876311 | Armand Jean Le Bouthillier de Rance | De la Saintete et des devoirs de la vie monastique. Tome II |
1683 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 93865754 | Nicolas Besongne | L'Etat de la France |
1687 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 93989422 | Pierre de Villiers | De l'amitie, poeme satirique contre les faux amis |
1697 | Not Available | EUR 87.20 |
| 94057685 | P. Adrien Jourdan | Histoire de France et l'origine de la maison royale |
1679 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 80.66 |
| 92268179 | La Bruyere | Les Caracteres de Theophraste Moeurs de ce siecle |
1680 | Not Available | EUR 74.12 |
| 94150643 | Paul Barbette | Oeuvres chirurgiques et anatomiques. Avec un Traite de la Peste. |
1687 | Not Available | EUR 70.85 |
| 94003309 | Charles Sorel | La Vraye Histoire Comique de Francion |
1686 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 65.40 |
| 93865709 | N. Perrot Sieur d'Ablancourt | Les Commentaires de Cesar |
1678 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 62.13 |
| 93874705 | Deux livres-boites |
1652/1650 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 59.95 | |
| 94057558 | Dominique Bouhours | Les Entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugene, seconde edition |
1671 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 32.70 |
| 94094882 | Nicolas Le Paulmier | Scriptura sacra in formam meditationum |
1692 | Not Available | EUR 28.34 |
| 94117041 | Marin Cureau de la Chambre | Les caracteres des passions. Vol. IV |
1659 | Not Available | EUR 27.25 |
