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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 10,667.83
Auction Date September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,930.00
Sale Number #91025a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 20,375.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 88.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 19,590.00
% of Lots Sold 84.62% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 24,825.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97242365 Emile Zola

Sur la parution d'Au bonheur des dames

1882 EUR 500.00 - 550.00 EUR 512.30
97190263 Auguste Bartholdi

Lettre autographe signee avec enveloppe

1888 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 404.39
97505132 Unconnu

Parchement manuscrit Francais XIV siecle Medieval medioevo

1300 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 365.15
97530298 Moses Maimonides mshh bn mymvn Mosche ben Maimon

Sephardim, Mischne Tora mish@neh t'vorah, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Cordoba

1380/1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 359.70
97487138 Inconnu

Elementa Mechanica circa 1750

1750 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 356.43
97537245 Koran

Koran

1900 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 348.80
97551502 Lettre sur parchemin -- Acte notarie de vente fonciere -- Paroisse de Gardonci (Bordelais)

redige en latin par Bernard de Burdel, notaire public jure par le roi de France

1305 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 330.27
97195838 Ferdinand de Lesseps

Lettre autographe signee au sujet du canal de Suez

1856 EUR 270.00 - 300.00 EUR 316.10
97532393 Seljuks sljwqyn , Khan Alp Arslan, Wesir Nezam al-Molk

Quran manuscript, Oghuz tribe of the Kinik, Crusades, Sultanate of Konya

1250/1280 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 305.20
97234139 Cheikh Muhammad bin Ali bin Suleiman bin Abdul Salam

Un recueil de regles et de protection contre la magie, utilisant le verset coranique et ses tables

1879 EUR 600.00 - 750.00 EUR 294.30
97160973 Le General de Gaulle

Lettre dactylographiee signee

1962 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 EUR 261.60
97498746 Notaris Cornelis Baart

3 notarial documents witness statements and agreement between two homeowners in Haarlem

1752 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
97519550 Manuel de Falla

Carte autographe signee au poete et critique musical, G. Jean Aubry

1910 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 EUR 239.80
97521312 Emilie von Gleichen-Russwurm[Tochter Friedrich Schillers]

Handschriftlicher Brief

1866 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
97433205 Queen Elizabeth II

Signed Christmas Card

2005 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 212.55
97199376 Marcel Pagnol

Lettre autographe signee

1965 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 201.65
97518565 Script somalien

Ju'z d'un coran manuscrit de voyage (somalie)

1820 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 201.65
97498737 Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy initial with burnished gold and colours

1450/1480 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 199.47
97193031 Charles Gounod

Lettre autographe signee a Jules Massenet

1882 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 196.20
97358878 Henri-Gatien Bertrand - General

Document signe 1er fevrier 1813 "officiers proposes pour les etats-majors"

1813 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 196.20
97448736 Alessio Brera

Delle malattie delle bestie bovine e rimedi approvati con aggiunta per i Cavalli e muli e bestie

1750/1755 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 196.20
97550938 Charte medievale sur parchemin -- 44x31 cm -- nobles de Montparvo, motif poisson

Acte foncier -- grand format44x31 cm -- nobles de Montparvo,

1381 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 196.20
97009801 Manuscript

Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century

1450 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
97491689 Colette

2 cartes postales autographes signees par Colette a son medecin

1925 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 163.50
97476685 Albert de Belgique

Lettre autographe du Roi Albert premier

1903 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.05
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.