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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	2,826.37
Auction Date	June 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	4,995.00
Sale Number	#61525a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	6,490.00
Total Lots	33
Sold Lots	31.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	5,615.00
% of Lots Sold	93.94%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	7,200.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	39.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95905676	ottoman	Lot with 4 manuscripts in Arabic	1880	Not Available	EUR 376.05
95914226	Abd AlRahman Bin Ali Bin Saleh Al-Makoudi (800-1405 apres J.-C.)	Manuscrit : Explication d'Al-Mukudi sur le millenaire dans la science de la morphologie et de la	1719	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 370.60
95945644	Cheikh Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abd al-Salam ibn Ishaq ibn Ahmad al-Maliki al-Qayrawan	Un manuscrit diversifie de sciences islamiques	1623	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 250.70
95940543	(French Atelier)	Liturgical Manuscript; "Illuminated Medieval Latin Leaf on Vellum" - XV century	1400	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 218.00
95883594	Amazigh	Wooden Amazigh marriage contracts with stamp	1925	Not Available	EUR 163.50
95852610	Blank sheets	54 XVIII / XIX / XX century paper sheets, some with watermark	1700/1900	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 152.60
95897115	Unknown	Hafez-Diwan	1820	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	EUR 124.26
95774384	Scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Libro dei Salmi - XV Century	1400	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
95925807	Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 3 big initials in red and blue colours	1480/1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
95933810	Vettor Barbaro	Testamento nobiliare nella Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia	1633	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 119.90
95949963	Bible-Chidusche Torat Mosche khydvshy tvrt mshh	Mount Sinai & Victim laws, Torah & Antique Bible Manuscript with many crowns, Deer Parchment	1380/1350	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.10
95972260	Bible	Antique Manuscript Bible Fragment From Yemen Handwritten on Deer Parchment	1650	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 69.76
95897345	Unknown	Quran Leaf	1575	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 67.58
95579919	Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy fragment initial with burnished gold and colours	1480/1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50
95895575	Unknown	India - Poetry - Kashmir	1815	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 54.50
95950181	Fukuda Chiyo-ni Fu Tian Qian Dai Ni Kaga no Chiyo Jia He Qian Dai Nu	"The Dawn", hand-carved Wooden-Seal, Daimyo, Signatures, Haiku Poetry with Haiga Verses	1750/1730	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 54.50
95982424	Kajiwara Shozen Wei Yuan Xing Quan	Medical Handwriting, Anatomy [Bones, Teeth, Joints, Spine, etc.] Cun Zhen Huan Zhong Tu , Kojiki	1560/1580	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 53.41
95950504	Abd ar-Rahman 'bd lrHmn ldkhil Emirate of Cordoba, Scholar	Quran Manuscript with beautiful golden medallions, Cordoba, al-Andalus Spain	1650/1620	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 44.69
95894791	Unknown	Qur'an - Bihar India	1425	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 37.06
95896779	Abdullah at-Khadim	Quran. Sultanate India	1616	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 35.97
95982783	Samurai Families of the Minamoto & Taira, War Nobility Signatures & many Seals	Manuscript Tactics & Warfare of Kublai Khan, Gempei War 1180-1185, 3 Battle Plans	1650/1680	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 33.79
95896132	Nezami	Khamseh Manuscript	1533	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 32.70
95983446	Shaman Chants - Mudang, Song Manuscript and Ritual Chants, Love songs	Kabuki, Buddhism, folk songs, ballads, children's songs, Japan-Kyoto 15th century	1450/1420	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 28.34
95868831	ROTTERDAM - Jan Carel Senn van Basel - Cornelis Hendricus van der Looij (notaris)	"Extract Authentijcq. Staat en Scheiding des boedels (...) Contineerende de daarbij gewogen	1809	EUR 140.00 - 210.00	EUR 26.16
95896369	Unknown	Qur'an - Mughal India	1750	EUR 140.00 - 170.00	EUR 21.80

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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