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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	11,184.49
Auction Date	December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,900.00
Sale Number	#120824	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	10,715.00
Total Lots	85
Sold Lots	61.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	15,470.00
% of Lots Sold	71.76%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	24,375.00
Unsold Lots	24	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	45.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
91318131	Nicolas Demeuse	Nouveau traite de l'art des armes [Manuscrit]	1778/1770	EUR 1,100.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,902.67
90541821	General Henri-Gatien Bertrand	Lettre autographe signee, avec un de ses discours imprime	1834	EUR 275.00 - 700.00	EUR 602.77
91284587	Johan de Witt	Originele handtekening Johan de Witt ( 1625-1672) op perkament	1661	Not Available	EUR 599.50
91337111	Klosterarbeit, Antiphonar, Handschrift	Commune Sanctorum / Die gemeinsamen Heiligenmessen	1817	EUR 450.00 - 900.00	EUR 514.48
91281717	Louis Ferdinand Celine	Lettre manuscrite	1953	EUR 220.00 - 350.00	EUR 392.40
91103337	Raymond Radiguet	Lettre autographe signee	1921	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 381.50
91213979	Notaio Venezia	Atto Medievale Venezia 1262	1262	EUR 300.00 - 350.00	EUR 338.99
91220689	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Autograph with Advertisement for Shell, Mounted Framed & Glazed	1937	EUR 325.00 - 375.00	EUR 299.75
91044931	Jean-Pierre Rieu	Manuscrit textes d'anciennes ordonnances de 1667, 69, 70et 75 pour les matieres civiles et	1740	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 292.12
91204521	Max Jacob	Lettre autographe signee	1936	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 277.95
91250739	[Revolution Francaise - Terreur] Comite Revolutionnaire Commune.Affranchie (Lyon)	Certificat manuscrit signe a la Citoyenne Vendremets [mere nourriciere]	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 272.50
91348449	Bible-Moses Maimonides mshh bn mymvn Mosche ben Maimon	Sephardim, Mischne Tora mish@neh t'vorah, Verbote am Jom Kippur & Schabbat, Reh-Haut, Cordoba	1350/1380	EUR 160.00 - 350.00	EUR 261.60
91347775	Bible-Aaron ben Moshe ben Asher, Scripture Scholar	Progenitors of Israel- Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, Victim laws, Egypt, Deer Skin	1370/1350	EUR 160.00 - 350.00	EUR 256.15
91206871	Field Marshall Montgomery	Hand Written Letter	1960	EUR 170.00 - 250.00	EUR 239.80
90865075	Henri de Montherlant	Lettre autographe signee a son editeur [..resilier notre contrat serait un soulagement..]	1928	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 218.00
91223309	(French Atelier)	Manuscript; rare Miniated Latin Medieval Manuscript, Leaf on Vellum - XV century	1400	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 218.00
91204467	Le Baron Haussmann	Lettre autographe signee avec enveloppe	1889	Not Available	EUR 176.58
90819771	Prosper Merimee - "je suis en partie cause de sa boulette"	Longue lettre autographe signee a Jules-Antoine Taschereau - 3 pages	1843	EUR 220.00 - 400.00	EUR 175.49
91350361	Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu & Kaiser Go-Komatsu	Astronomischer Kalender, 139 cm lang, Mondphasen, Sonnenstande, Kometen	1490/1450	EUR 150.00 - 450.00	EUR 175.49
90323649	Muhammed inn Muhammad Hasan al-Tabrizi	Koran	1559	Not Available	EUR 152.60
91058061	Anoniem	Original Manuscript from a Latin Bible - [France - ca. 13th century]	1250	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 146.06
91250947	Francis Jammes	Manuscrit d'un poeme autographe signe	1925	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 142.79
90863375	Pierre Benezet fils	Memorial des Chiffreurs (manuscrit)	1765	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 141.70
90965249	Unconnu	Parchemin manuscrit Francais XV siecle... Religieux Pouance France	1458	Not Available	EUR 141.70
90175409	Manuscript	Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century	1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90

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.

Sotheby’s
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.