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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	5,199.30
Auction Date	September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	15,020.00
Sale Number	#91425a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	19,500.00
Total Lots	102
Sold Lots	86.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	41,270.00
% of Lots Sold	84.31%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	48,975.00
Unsold Lots	16	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	10.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
97572317	Boris Vian (1920-1959), ecrivain.	Belle lettre autographe signee	1948	EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 1,308.00
97575271	[Berlioz] Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), compositeur allemand.	Belle lettre autographe signee - loge avec Berlioz	1834	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 381.50
97575268	Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), homme politique anglais, prix Nobel de la Paix en 1925.	Belle photographie avec dedicace autographe signee	1930	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 299.75
97515869	Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), ecrivain, dramaturge, cineaste.	Belle lettre autographe signee - Belle au bois dormant	1955	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 197.29
97511004	Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poete, artiste.	Belle lettre autographe signee sur Baudelaire, La Belgique, La Machine infernale	1954	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 185.30
97513194	Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), poete, ecrivain, prix Nobel 1967, diplomate guatemalteque.	Page de dedicace autographe signee	1968	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 174.40
97561530	[Beaux-Arts] Hermann Weber (1817-1854), marchand d'estampes	Important lot de correspondances recus de collectionneurs, marchands, conservateur de musee,	1840	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 165.68
97572245	Jean Richepin (1849-1926), poete.	Poeme autographe inedit	1900	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
97540419	Georges Duhamel (1884-1966), ecrivain, medecin, poete, membre de l'Academie francaise.	Lettre autographe signee - lot de 2 L.A.S. & 1 L.S.	1926	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 141.70
97540447	George Sand (1804-1876), ecrivain, journaliste.	Lettre autographe signee	1872	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 131.89
97512395	Mistinguett (1875-1965), chanteuse, danseuses, actrice.	Belle lettre autographe signee au poete Jean Sardou	1935	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.10
97540274	[Armee des Emigres, Angleterre, regiment des Uhlans britanniques, Saint Domingue] Pierre Venant de	Lettre autographe signeee - lot de 4 L.A.S. et 1 L.S. + documents divers - tres interessant	1795	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.10
97511740	Anna de Noailles (1876-1933), poetesse, romanciere.	Jolie carte a Leo Poldes, fondateur du Club du Faubourg	1926	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 92.65
97513752	Maurice Barres (1862-1923), ecrivain, homme politique, membre de l'Academie francaise.	Important ensemble de feuillets autographes ou ecrit par Tharaud pour article et livre de Barres	1913	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 81.75
97515566	William Bouguereau (1825-1905), peintre, representant majeur de la peinture academique.	Souscription pour un livre	1885	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 77.39
97515951	Gabriel Vicaire (1848-1900), ecrivain, poete.	Manuscrit autographe - Le Miracle de Saint Nicolas	1888	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 77.39
97540328	[Armee des Emigres, Angleterre, regiment des Uhlans britanniques, Saint Domingue] Pierre Venant de	Lettre autographe signee - lot de 5 L.S. + documents divers - tres interessant	1795	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 76.30
97513021	Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), chimiste, medecin, homme politique.	Lettre autographe signee a Senainville	1820	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 74.12
97511704	Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), chanteur, ecrivain, fameux artiste.	Lettre a Leo Poldes, fondateur du Club du Faubourg	1955	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 65.40
97516681	[Revolution, Le Mans] Conseil municipal du Mans	Beau certificat de residence	1793	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 59.95
97511775	Charles Maurras (1868-1952), ecrivain, homme politique, membre de l'Academie francaise.	Tres belle lettre politique a Leo Poldes, fondateur du Club du Faubourg	1926	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50
97515753	Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907), poete, premier prix Nobel de litterature.	Lettre autographe signee	1888	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50
97540214	[Armee des Emigres, Angleterre, regiment des Uhlans britanniques] Etienne-Maurice d'Argout	Lettre autographe signeee - lot de 3 L.A.S. et 1 L.S. - tres interessant	1795	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 51.23
97515662	Pierre Larousse (1817-1875), pedagogue, editeur, auteur du Grand dictionnaire universel	Lettre autographe signee sur l'ecriture du dictionnaire	1878	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 47.96
97512967	Henri de Montherlant (1895-1972), ecrivain, membre de l'Academie francaise.	Belle lettre signee a Leo Poldes, fondateur du Club du Faubourg	1936	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 45.78

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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.
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.