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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	4,967.13
Auction Date	March 17, 2025 - March 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	9,695.00
Sale Number	#31725a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,345.00
Total Lots	67
Sold Lots	56.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	11,480.00
% of Lots Sold	83.58%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	14,995.00
Unsold Lots	11	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	33.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
94055823	Georges Clemenceau	carte de visite signee avec mots autographes	1890	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 345.53
94020965	Jean Cocteau	Manuscrit - Fete galantes	1953	EUR 180.00 - 300.00	EUR 207.10
94056262	Tahar Ben Jelloun	Lot de 5 lettres autographes signees	1975	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 207.10
94098862	Colette	Lettre autographe signee avec enveloppe	1924	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 195.11
94056305	Jacques Chardonne	ensemble de 5 lettres autographes signees a Roger Nimier	1955	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 188.57
94021063	George Sand	A Andre Boutet	1860	EUR 170.00 - 300.00	EUR 185.30
93952549	Jules Ferry	Lettre autographe signee	1880	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 174.40
94013746	Francois Mitterrand	Carte lettre dactylographiee signee a Thierry Maulnier - "L'etrangete d'etre"	1982	EUR 170.00 - 400.00	EUR 163.50
94014080	Jacques Chirac	Lettre dactylographiee signee a Thierry Maulnier avec annotations manuscrites	1987	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 163.50
93931791	Le Baron Haussmann	Lettre autographe signee	1880	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 156.96
94055659	Herbert von Karajan	photographie dedicacee	1990	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 147.15
94070350	Paul Signac	Carte postale autographe signee	1930	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 147.15
94054172	Darius Milhaud	Lettre autographe signee	1950	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 135.16
94053492	Jean Cocteau	lettre autographe signee a Marcel Achard au sujet de Jean de la Lune et des Enfants terribles	1931	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 134.07
94024769	King George II of Greece	Hand Signed, Royal Decree, Athens	1939	EUR 160.00 - 275.00	EUR 131.89
94018201	Francois Mauriac	Lettre autographe signee sur un article du Figaro a Thierry Maulnier	1950	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 130.80
94071006	Moise Kisling	Lettre autographe signee	1951	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 119.90
94155624	president de la republique	lettre de remerciement de Valery Giscard d'Estaing	1974	Not Available	EUR 111.18
94028683	Jean Paulhan	Lettre autographe signee a Thierry Maulnier	1951	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 109.00
94067723	King Constantine of Greece and Queen Anna Maria	Greeting Card	1999	Not Available	EUR 109.00
93905013	Poete Antony Deschamps (1800-1869)	Poeme autographe ''Caritas'' (Paris)	1841	Not Available	EUR 107.91
94022997	Paul Claudel	Sur "Partage de midi" et "L'annonce faite a Marie"	1848	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 94.83
94054001	Jean Mermoz	Telegramme envoye a sa mere	1930	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 93.74
94053308	Raymond Queneau	lettre autographe signee	1944	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 92.65
94054458	Armand Fallieres [President de la Republique]	Lettre signee	1882	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 89.38

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.