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Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name Literature and Illustrated Books Total Sales (EUR) 4,693.54
Auction Date June 14, 2025 - June 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 7,375.00
Sale Number #61425a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,200.00
Total Lots 23
Sold Lots 9.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 22,825.00
% of Lots Sold 39.13% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 28,100.00
Unsold Lots 14 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
95851376 Edward Harding

Costume of the Russian Empire

1811 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 1,199.00
95683280 Antonie WLOSOK

Bucolicas, Georgicas y Eneida. (Opera de Virgilio).

1500/2001 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 818.59
95721857 Signed; Leo Tolstoy

Krieg und Frieden

1892 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 742.29
95283782 George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1949 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 548.27
95670877 Andres de Leon, Julian de la Fuente el Saz y Martin de Palencia.

Libro de Horas de Felipe II

1500/1996 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 546.09
95496819 Goldoni

Opere Teatrali

1788/1795 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 376.05
95916618 Hubert Stowitts, Templeton Crocker, Joseph Redding

The Work of Stowitts for Fay-Yen-Fah: Oper in 3 Akten

1928 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 272.50
95839303 Signed Alfred Doblin

Der Unsterbliche Mensch, 1st ED

1946 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 130.80
95732485 Anthony Hecht, Leonard Baskin

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

1958 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 59.95
  • 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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