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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/25

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Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts - bidstart 9/25 Total Sales (EUR) 5,889.27
Auction Date October 04, 2020 - October 04, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 4,095.00
Sale Number #100420 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,025.00
Total Lots 47
Sold Lots 34 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 10,015.00
% of Lots Sold 72.34% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 11,915.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 49.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
40892529 Charles Gounod

Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Gounod") to Italian soprano Adelina Patti

1889 EUR 745.00 - 820.00 EUR 763.00
40788321 judaica

Manuscript; Torah scroll from Yemen: Exodus - 19th century

1800 Not Available EUR 545.00
40825101

Torah Scroll Bible from the Book of Genesis

Not Available EUR 457.80
40760005 Ottoman Islamic arabic arab turkey Turkish

Sultan Mahmut II Firman with his tughra Tu?ra

1800 EUR 440.00 - 490.00 EUR 432.73
40986119 Mauritanie

Hadith

1700 Not Available EUR 430.55
41019531 Doge Francesco Contarini (in name of)

Vellum Manuscript; New Provisions about Possessions in Brescia with Seal

1624 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 285.58
40988023

Manuscript; Economic Correspondence of the Noble Genoese Cattaneo Family

1704/1798 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 240.89
40996449 Edoardo Amaldi, Franco Rasetti, Oscar D'Agostino

Autograph; Enrico Fermi physics group Signed postcard 'I ragazzi di Via Panisperna'

1967 Not Available EUR 239.80
40903595 Henry de Montherlant

Lettre Autographe Signée

1927 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 219.09
40887027 Francois Etienne Kellermann - Général d'Empire

Lettre Autographe Signée - Armée de Naples

1799 EUR 310.00 - 345.00 EUR 211.46
40885807 Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (Avocat de Marie-Antoinette et Charlotte Corday)

Lettre Autographe Signée à la Maréchale LANNES

1813 EUR 330.00 - 370.00 EUR 180.94
40920095 Koptische Ethiopië

Bijbelgedeelte in handschrift vermoedelijk Ethiopie in lederen tas

1890 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 163.50
40965711 Giuseppe Lechi (Napoleonic General)

Autograph; Napoleonic General Giuseppe Lechi Governor of Tuscany

1814 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 163.50
40999899 Eugène de Beauharnais Viceroy of Italy

Autograph; Treatment of Deserters

1813 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 141.70
41029775 Manuscript

blad uit een getijdenboek - ca.

1450 Not Available EUR 117.72
41031367 Lagoutine (in name of)

Manuscript; Death of General Franceschi Letter in the Siege of Gdansk

1813 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 114.45
40985935 Various Authors

Manuscript; Collection of Poems and Drawings from Poitiers (France)

1923/1919 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 87.20
40925915 Sahih Al-Boukhari

Hadiths

1800 Not Available EUR 86.11
40700357 Manuscript

Original page from a book of hours

1463 Not Available EUR 80.66
40931375 Imam Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Senussi

Le credo sénussien mineur (la mère des preuves )

1800 Not Available EUR 77.39
40946609 Manuscript

Origineel blad uit een Nederlands gebedenboek - ca.

1550 Not Available EUR 76.30
40950691 Michel Sémilliard

Troyes depuis le V siècle jusqu'au XVIII

1854 Not Available EUR 76.30
40963795 Camillo Corti

Manuscript; Antique Notebook for Livestock Sales

1798/1835 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 76.30
40985353 Saverio da Toiano - Jacopo da Vernio

Manuscript; Change of Ownership for Viticulture and Olive Growing

1568 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 76.30
41020001 Gaetano Donizetti (transcription from)

Manuscript; Musical Sheet Duetto Lucrezia Borgia Reduction for Band

1893 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 76.30
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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