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Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books Auction

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Auction Name Literature and Illustrated Books Auction Total Sales (EUR) 6,925.86
Auction Date November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 9,695.00
Sale Number #111425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 11,750.00
Total Lots 23
Sold Lots 15.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 17,195.00
% of Lots Sold 65.22% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 20,750.00
Unsold Lots 8 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98792640 Federico Garcia Lorca / Rafael Alberti

Romancero Gitano

1977 EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 EUR 2,234.50
98869442 Signed , Agatha Christie

The Clocks, 1st Edition

1963 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 1,036.59
98615560 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / [Antonio Carnicero (illustrations)] / [Isidro Carnicero

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Complete in 4 volumes

1782 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 730.30
98634765 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / Carlo Carra

Don Quijote de la Mancha

1947 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 600.59
98610272 Camillo Sbarbaro

Pianissimo

1914 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 512.30
98672276 Signed, Charles Bukowski

War All The Time

1984 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 365.15
95804602 Samuel Beckett

The Collected Works of Samuel Beckett

1970 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 348.80
98612492 Abramov (dir.)

Jouets folkloriques en terre cuite de Viatka. Art populaire russe.

1929 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 218.00
98613233 Girolamo Tiraboschi

Storia della letteratura italiana

1822/1824 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 218.00
98776138 Signed, Alexander Pushkin / Edmund Dulac

The Golden Cockerel [No. 128/1500]

1949 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 163.50
98609109 Montaigne, Michel de

Essays of Montaigne

1902 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 148.24
98763154 Signed, Isabele Allende

First Edition - Paula

1995 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 130.80
98630847 Samuel Taylor Coleridge/Willy Pogany

The Rime of an Ancient Mariner

1910 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 99.19
98650573 Homere / Madame Dacier

L'Iliade (Complete in two volumes, with engraved frontispieces)

1815 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 69.76
98494169 Signed, Fritz Eichenberg / Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Raw Youth. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. Limited Edition

1974 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 50.14
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000