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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated Auction

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Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Auction Total Sales (EUR) 8,771.23
Auction Date November 09, 2025 - November 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 12,200.00
Sale Number #110925c High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,400.00
Total Lots 31
Sold Lots 11.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 34,150.00
% of Lots Sold 35.48% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 42,550.00
Unsold Lots 20 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98671065 Erasthene Ramiro / Louis Legrand

La Faune parisienne [Reliure Art Deco de Andree et Jeanne Langrand ; num. 1/130 avec suites]

1901 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,744.00
98702239 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Le Petit Prince

1945 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,226.25
98675677 Jacques de Voragine / Lunois

La Legende doree. [Reliure mosaiquee de Gruel ; 1/25 sur Japon avec double suite sur Chine]

1896 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 1,046.40
98727814 Signe; Pierre Lecuire & Serge Charchoune

Panorama general [num. 33/66 ; avec 2 bois supplementaires]

1963 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 981.00
98727830 Alfred de Vigny / Decaris

Les destinees. Poemes philosophiques [reliure maroquin de La Haye ; num. 20/128]

1929 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 664.90
98654312 Charles Asselineau / Manet / Courbet e.a.

Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son oeuvre. 5 portraits hors-texte par Manet, Courbet, e.a.

1869 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 654.00
98727846 Albert Samain / Thomas

OEuvres. Au jardin de l'Infant - Contes ... [reliure mosaiquee de Pierre Picard ; 1/500 velin ; ed.

1911 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 558.08
98694064 [Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne]

La Prevention nationale. action adaptee a la scene [avec 10 gravures]

1784 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 545.00
98231588 [reliure signee Marius Michel] Honore de Balzac / Julien Le Blant

Les Chouans [exemplaire ndeg2 sur Japon]

1889 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 479.60
98693037 Rabelais, Francois

Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais Docteur en medecine 2V

1721 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 436.00
98696511 Gustave Flaubert / Signe; Luc-Olivier Merson

La Legende de Saint Julien L'Hospitalier. Preface [inedite] par Marcel Schwob [avec L.A.S & Suites]

1895 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 436.00
  • 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.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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