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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 8,741.80
Auction Date October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,935.00
Sale Number #100825a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 20,940.00
Total Lots 95
Sold Lots 84.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 18,200.00
% of Lots Sold 88.42% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 23,715.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98114092 [Signed] Roy Lichtenstein

Sound of Music

1995 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 EUR 818.59
98004343 [Manuscrit]

Notice sur Senones [Vosges ; Dom Calmet ; Princes de Salm-Salm...]

1891 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 392.40
98006917 Louise Michel

Lettre Autographe signee par Louise Michel

1870 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 EUR 392.40
98096715 [Signed] Gerhard Richter

Kerze

2019/2005 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 EUR 354.25
98060617 Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna & Fidel Castro Ruz

Diploma Voluntary Work Signed Autograph Che Guevara and Fidel Castro 1961

1961 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 294.30
98037294 Abel Bonnard

[Recueil de notes manuscrites de l'auteur]

1930 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 286.67
98028091 anoniem

Geillumineerde Kwartierstaat Keizer Karel VI

1720/1746 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 264.87
98008244 [Alberto Magno] [Manoscritto]

Trattato medico e filosofico sulla Malinconia

1600/1799 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 261.60
98020457 Qur'an

Quran - India (Bihar)

1425 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 244.16
98113570 Torah manuscript, Chronicles -Ancient Hebrew Family Tree

Cain and Abel-Descendants, History of creation, The Fall of Man, Red Deer Skin, Egypt

1320/1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 240.89
98060687 Fidel Castro Ruz

Diploma Work Signed Autograph Fidel Castro 2001

2001 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 239.80
98099541 [England - Queen Elizabeth II era]

Signed Christmas Card

2001 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 218.00
97009777 Manuscript

Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century

1450 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 196.20
97987653 unknown

Quranic Manuscript Page - Seljuk Turkey

1080 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.48
98123983 Antoine Gaillat

[manuscrit theologique en latin] Hic liber ad me pertinet Antonium Gaillat Bayonensem

1687 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 186.39
97702931 Manuscript

Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century

1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 185.30
98029669 Unknown

Qur'an - Herat

1460 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 180.94
98068873 Emile Roux, medecin, bacteriologiste et immunologiste francais

Carte lettre autographe signee a Duclaux - "M. Pasteur est toujours dans le meme etat"

1895 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 163.50
98104523 Miniaturista Rinascimento

Miniatura capolettera Antifonario pergamena 1400

1400 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 163.50
98030745 Unkown

Quran - India

1548 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
98133368 Carolus Soderini

Seltene Reliquien Autentik

1764 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 152.60
97987111 Koran

Persiqn Safaivid

1580 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 141.70
98097380 Unknown

Qur'an Manuscript

1580 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 136.25
97678191 Anoniem

[Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century

1380 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.80
97884459 Koran

Persiqn Safaivid

1580 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.80
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