Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 92825a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025
Page Size: 33 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97764383 Ruben Dario (1867-1916) [poeta nicaraguense]

Hoja autenticada con fragmento manuscrito y firmada por Ruben Dario. Estrofa del Poema Cantos de

1912 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
97773125 Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Signed Royal Photo

1970 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
97781597 Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna & Fidel Castro Ruz & Alberto Korda

Original photograph Signed Autograph Che Guevara + Fidel Castro Ruz + Alberto Korda

1964 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,054.18
97821183 Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord - Napoleon Ier

Exceptionnelle lettre signee a Antoine Christophe Salicetti, annoncant la Paix d'Amiens

1802 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 926.50
97905484 Arthur Rackham (1867-1939, Illustrator)

Collection of Original Early Sketches by Arthur Rackham

1896 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
97905506 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) [Novelist, Critic & Essayist]

Virginia Woolf autograph signed letter on Mrs Dalloway

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
97905531 Mark Twain / Sarah Bernhardt / Pietro Mascagni / Gerhart Hauptmann / Ernest van Dyck etc.

Fan signed by Mark Twain and many other important artists and musicians

1893 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
97905557 George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [Dramatist & Critic]

Shaw recommends a friend with the highest praise

1939 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
97905578 H. G. Wells (1866-1946) [Novelist]

H. G. Wells likes the word entrophy

1942 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
97905604 Graham Greene (1904-1991) [Novelist & Playwright]

"I AM NO GRAMMARIAN"

1953 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
97905620 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) [Creator of 'Sherlock Holmes]

Conan Doyle identifies a picture as not being by his father

1924 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 EUR 654.00
97905641 Henry de Monfreid (1879-1974) [French Adventurer and Explorer]

Autograph letter and rare 1st english edition of his book 'Hashish'

1935 EUR 525.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
97905660 Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) [American Aviator, First to fly solo non-stop across the

Extraordinary photo signed by both and inscribed by Charles

1935 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
97905699 Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) [Pre-Raphaelite Painter]

Edward Burne-Jones Autograph Letter Signed

1875 EUR 425.00 - 475.00 Not Sold
97905713 Gustave Dore (1832-1882) [French Illustrator, Etcher and Painter]

Autograph Letter Signed with initials, in French with translation, to 'My dear Leleux'

1871 EUR 425.00 - 475.00 Not Sold
97905748 Signed ; Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) [French Poet, Playwright and Film Director]

Superb photo by Manuel Freres, Paris, signed --- Cocteau inscribed for Washington University

1925 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
97905773 Truman Capote (1924-1984) [American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright and Actor]

Autograph Postcard Signed to his friend Boris Groudinko in Leningrad

1960 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 Not Sold
97905788 Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

Hand-signed photo + document [Pope second visit to Austria]

1988 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
97905837 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922, Inventor of the Telephone)

Fine Letter Signed by Alexander Graham Bell

1915 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
97905847 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, French chemist, developer of pasteurisation)

The Creation of the Pasteur Institute.

1888 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
97905934 Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) [Queen of George VI]

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "My dear Ava", Lady Waverley

1957 EUR 375.00 - 425.00 Not Sold
97905949 Walt Disney (1901-1966) [Cartoonist, creator of Mickey Mouse]

Fine Secretarially Signed Photo of Walt Disney

1946 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 Not Sold
97905966 Oskar, Kokoschka (1886-1980, Austrian-born British Artist, Poet & Playwright)

Oskar Kokoschka writes to Gaby Goldscheider

1974 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 Not Sold
97905986 Edoardo Federico de Martino (1838-1912, Italian Artist, Marine Painter in Ordinary to Queen

Collection of Illustrated Autograph Letters by Queen Victoria's Marine Painter

1904 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
97906020 Charles Dickens (1812-1870) [Novelist]

Dickens is looking for a house for an American friend

1868 EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
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    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.