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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)	Total Sales (EUR)	17,285.22
Auction Date	June 01, 2025 - June 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	20,050.00
Sale Number	#60125b	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	34,700.00
Total Lots	26
Sold Lots	21.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	25,850.00
% of Lots Sold	80.77%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	44,300.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	39.02%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95650926	Menghi	Flagellum Daemonum [bound with:]/Fustis Daemonum	1597	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,507.00
95653041	Giacomo Zanoni	Istoria botanica di Giacomo Zanoni semplicista, e sopraintendente all'horto publico di Bologna	1675	EUR 2,100.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 2,180.00
94748193	Roberto Caracciolo	Quadragesimale	1487	EUR 2,100.00 - 3,300.00	EUR 1,962.00
95648872	Albertus Magnus	Compendium theologicae veritatis	1500	EUR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,745.09
95584494	Vasari	Vite de piu' eccellenti pittori	1772/1767	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 1,580.50
94198062	Juvenalis	Satyrographi Opus	1539	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,308.00
94716549	Petrarca/Vellutello	Il Petrarca	1545	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,019.15
94697685	Sabellico / Dolce	Historie Vinitiane	1544	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 506.85
94559010	Cotta	Statuta Mediolani	1552	EUR 900.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 479.60
95404595	Erodiano	[Post-Incunable] Herodiani Historiae	1517	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 463.25
95432280	Guicciardini	Historia d'Italia	1580	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 436.00
94737858	Plutarco	Apoftemmi	1567	EUR 750.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 420.74
94737172	Ferraro Pirro	Cavallo Frenato	1620	EUR 800.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 376.05
94859117	Lando	Valorose Donne	1548	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 371.69
94858532	Du Choul	Castrametatione, & Bagni de i Greci, & Romani	1559	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 354.25
94859532	Alessandro Piccolomini	Institutione Morale	1560	EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 348.80
95432511	Florio	Ritratto d'amore	1602	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 307.38
95431419	Galani	Guerra di Parma	1552	EUR 500.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 306.29
95404394	Cicerone	Consolatio, vel de Luctu Minuendo.	1583	EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 245.25
94858812	Scherer	Una Donna Pontefice	1586	EUR 500.00 - 900.00	EUR 187.48
95440535	Everaerts	Argumentorum Legales	1567	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 179.85

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.
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