Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature and Illustrated Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 6,236.98 |
| Auction Date | September 21, 2025 - September 21, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 11,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #92125a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 14,245.00 |
| Total Lots | 49 | ||
| Sold Lots | 25.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 31,005.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 51.02% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 37,815.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 24 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 16.49% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97595195 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Traduccion: T. Smollett; Grabados disenados por Francis Hayman | The History and Adventures of Don Quixote [in Folio Minor] |
1755 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 | EUR 981.00 |
| 97661835 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1798 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 97558410 | Dante | Comedia di Dante con figure dipinte |
2014 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 97775578 | Dante Alighieri/Sandro Botticelli | La Divina Commedia |
1997 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 97822677 | Signed; Stephen King | The Dark Half |
1989 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 425.10 |
| 97267790 | George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 403.30 |
| 97083944 | Signed, John Ashbery | Some Trees (Poems) |
1956 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 338.99 |
| 97394350 | Dante Alighieri/Evelyn Paul | La Vita Nuova |
1915 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 286.67 |
| 97747799 | Carlo Collodi; Illustrazioni Mario Cerioli; Saggio introduttivo e commenti di Giacomo Biffi | Le avventure di Pinocchio |
2002 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 284.49 |
| 97669531 | Signed; Peter Benchley | Jaws |
1974 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 267.05 |
| 97505686 | Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen] | Out of Africa |
1937 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 226.72 |
| 97663729 | Signed; Edgar Allan Poe / Alois Bilek (ill) | Shadow - Silence (limited edition, no 67/150, signed by illustrator) |
1926 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 171.13 |
| 96853093 | Umberto Eco | Beatus de Liebana |
1982 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 97592122 | Giovanni Paolo Marana | Letters writ by a Turkish spy |
1770 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 158.05 |
| 97498598 | Vasily Kamensky; Nikolai Evreinov | [Russian Avant-Garde / Theater] Kniga o Evreinov (1917) + Vvedenie v monodramu (1909). Both 1st Ed. |
1909/1917 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97663827 | R.L. Stevenson / N.C. Wyeth (ill) | Kidnapped |
1913 | EUR 130.00 - 190.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97740473 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote |
1792 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 97569941 | Omero / Elvio Marchionni | Iliade. Saggio introduttivo e commento di Louis Godart. Illustrazioni di Elvio Marchionni |
2002 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 122.08 |
| 97498444 | J.D. Salinger | The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J. D. Salinger: Volumes 1 and 2 |
1974 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97722125 | Signed, Charlie Mackesy | The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse |
2019 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97826254 | Signed; Salman Rushdie | Luka and the Fire of Life |
2010 | EUR 110.00 - 170.00 | EUR 103.55 |
| 97556923 | Torquato Tasso | Aminta |
1939 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 97728782 | Bartolomeo Pinelli | Mitologia illustrata |
1895 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 87.20 |
| 97703719 | Sir George Etherege | She Wou'd, if She Cou'd. A Comedy |
1735 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 76.30 |
| 97767502 | William Ernest Henley/J. W. Waterhouse/Alma Tadema/Edward Poynter/Frank Dicksee/Various | The Graphic Gallery of Shakespeare's Heroines |
1888 | EUR 210.00 - 260.00 | EUR 38.15 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
