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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books (pre-1700)

Auction Reports

Auction Name Old and Rare Books (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 4,377.44
Auction Date November 09, 2025 - November 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 5,300.00
Sale Number #110925d High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,900.00
Total Lots 39
Sold Lots 12.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 18,020.00
% of Lots Sold 30.77% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 48,200.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 9.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89729627 Muzio

Le mentite ochiniane del Mutio Iustinio Politano

1551 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 872.00
98635517 Giulio Cesare / Agostino Ortica

Commentary di C. Iul. Cesare tradotti in volgare per Agostino Ortica della Porta genovese

1517 EUR 800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 588.60
90214161 Alessandro Piccolomini

Della institutione di tutta la vita dell'huomo nato nobile, et in citta libera.

1559 EUR 300.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 545.00
89730899 Omero / Ovidio / Cicerone / Sadoleto

Vita di Omero (Unito a) Heroidum epistolae, Ovidio (Unito a) Sodoleto De laudibus (Unito a)

1539/1591 EUR 700.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 501.40
98636468 D. Dionysii Carthusiani

D. Dionysii Carthusiani liber utilissimus, De quatuor hominis novissimis.

1574 EUR 400.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 305.20
90169401 Francesco Patrizi / Giovanni Fabrini

Il sacro regno del gran patritio, de'l vero reggimento, e de la vera felicita de'l principe

1553 EUR 400.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 261.60
98635053 Giovanbattista Gilardi Cinthio

Le fiamme di Giovanbattista Gilardi Cinthio nobile ferrarese. Diviso in due parti.

1548 EUR 300.00 - 900.00 EUR 261.60
98635484 Burchiello

Rime del Burchiello commentate dal Doni

1553 EUR 300.00 - 800.00 EUR 239.80
98636423 Autori vari

Carminum poetarum nouem, lyricae poeteos principu fragmenta

1566 EUR 300.00 - 700.00 EUR 235.44
90164463 Plutarco / Antonio Massa e Giovanni Tarcagnota

Alcuni opuscoletti delle cose morali del divino Plutarco

1543 EUR 300.00 - 800.00 EUR 218.00
90210813 D. Ignatii / Polycarpi / Martialis / Antonij Magni / Symphorien Champier

Epistolae D. Ignatii, Polycarpi, Martialis, Antonij Magni

1546 EUR 300.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 218.00
98635240 Galeazzo Capella / Francesco Philipopoli

Commentarii delle cose fatte per la restituzione di Francesco Sforza secondo duca di Milano

1539 EUR 200.00 - 800.00 EUR 130.80
  • 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.
  • 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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