Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction, 52026b, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103668658 | Benoit-Joseph Marsollier (1750-1817) | 2 LAS du dramaturge et librettiste Benoit-Joseph Marsollier |
1784 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 3.27 | |
| 103671000 | Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, Comte de Paris - Chateau d'Eu | Lettre autographe signee - Invitation a dejeuner a Mr Clave en compagnie de Mr Jourdan |
1876 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 201.65 | |
| 103671269 | Leconte de Lisle | Lettre autographe signee a Madame Foucque - Academie Francaise & Politique |
1886 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 131.89 | |
| 103672626 | Unknown | Large George II Parchment Indenture with Wax Seals & Fiscal Stamp — England, 1730 |
1730 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 152.60 | |
| 103675004 | Signed, King Paul of Greece, | Royal Decree (Black Mourning Frame - Death of King George II ) |
1947 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 67.58 | |
| 103677233 | Fay Campton (1894-1978), international actress and Florance Vandamm (1883-1966) British photographer | Autograph signed photo with dedication of the famous actress and signature by the photographer |
1914/1912 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 21.80 | |
| 103677565 | Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages Lombardie (probably use of Milano) | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 5 big initials in red and blue colours, |
1450/1480 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 97.01 | |
| 103677589 | Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Noted Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy in red, blue and dark brown colours |
1480/1450 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 107.91 | |
| 103677640 | French scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. 6 beautiful filigree initials in red and blue |
1350/1400 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.80 | |
| 103677651 | French scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. 2 beautiful filigree initials in red and blue |
1400/1350 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 124.26 | |
| 103678241 | Luciano Pavarotti | programme dedicace de l'opera 'Luisa Miller' de Verdi |
1983 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 97.01 | |
| 103679229 | Manuscrito | Esclavos Espana colonial, ano 1860/61. Seguros sobre la vida de los esclavos. Habana. |
1860 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 99.19 | |
| 103679450 | Manuscrito | Pasaporte a Jamaica desde Espana colonial con precioso escudo de armas. |
1817 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 112.27 | |
| 103680306 | Franz Lehar (1870 – 1948) Austro-Hungarian composer ("Lustige Witwe" etc...) | Autograph signed photo card thanksgiving after his 60th birthday to singer Helene Holeczek |
1930 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 142.79 | |
| 103681945 | Urkunde | Urkunde mit original Unterschrift Kaiser Wilhelm II |
1891 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 196.20 | |
| 103682321 | Postcard with original signature of Kaiser Wilhelm II. |
N/A | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 288.85 | ||
| 103683156 | Marco Balbi primo Provveditor. | Repubblica di Venezia, Diploma di Perito Agrimensore |
1786 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | Not Sold | |
| 103685806 | Manuscrito | Cartas militares. Espana, ano 1894. Capitania general, regimiento de Baleares, Comandancia militar |
1894 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 5.45 | |
| 103692898 | Unknown | Quran - India (Bihar) |
1425 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 47.96 | |
| 103695295 | Jalal al-Din Rumi | The Mathnawi (Arabic: مثنوي) |
1724 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 144.97 | |
| 103695447 | Manuscript | Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century |
1350 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 123.17 | |
| 103695570 | Unknown | Hafez-Diwan |
1675 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 32.70 | |
| 103696240 | Signed Photo (13x18 cm) - 1989 |
1989 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 101.37 | ||
| 103696330 | Nobel Peace Prize laureate & President of South Africa |
1992 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 142.79 | ||
| 103696822 | Unknown | Hafez-Diwan |
1820 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 81.75 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000