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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Autographs and Manuscripts Total Sales (EUR) 13,807.03
Auction Date November 19, 2025 - November 19, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 21,020.00
Sale Number #111925a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 27,210.00
Total Lots 106
Sold Lots 94.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 25,445.00
% of Lots Sold 88.68% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 32,540.00
Unsold Lots 12 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98927732 Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte

Brevet de prefet signe Bonaparte decerne a Claude-Jean-Baptiste Cochon de Lapparent

1800 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 1,417.00
98964231 Napoleon Bonaparte

Brevet de Capitaine signe Bonaparte

1803 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 981.00
99038888 Lot de 100 autographes ecrivains, artistes, presidents de la republique 19e/20e siecles

Alexandre Dumas fils / Gaston Doumergue / Sully Prudhomme etc.

1900 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 817.50
98971124 Ottoman Quran

Juz

1870 EUR 160.00 - 190.00 EUR 654.00
99070762 [Signed] Gerhard Richter

Schwan

2000 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 649.64
99044437 Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Fotografia dedicada y firmada en Bolivia, dias antes de su asesinato.

1967 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 627.84
98968790 Bible

Torah Bible Scroll Vellum Jewish Manuscript 250 Yrs Old Morocco Book of Genesis

1775 EUR 300.00 - 350.00 EUR 393.49
98681670 Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) famous French Romantic artist and leader of the French Romantic school

Autograph signed letter to a friend (not published!) about his illness and his printer Emile Boilay

1847/1851 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 392.40
98566438 Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 2 initials with burnished gold and colours

1480/1450 EUR 425.00 - 500.00 EUR 348.80
99047486 Paul Daimler - Automobil-Konstrukteur

Handschriftlicher Postkarte mit Unterschrift

1911 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 316.10
99079760 Weesp Schout

Manuscript met zegels

1770 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 294.30
98475801 Manuscript

Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century

1350 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 269.23
99030176 General Jean-Baptiste Eble - Revolutionnaire franco - batave (neerlandais)

Lettre autographe signee - Vignette de l'Artillerie Armee du Nord

1795 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 268.14
98977349 Scipione Ammirato

Il Diritto, e 'l Torco della Nobilta Napoletana

1600 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 257.24
99047657 [England - Queen Elizabeth 11 era]

King Charles III as Prince of Wales & Camilla Signed Christmas Card

2012 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 239.80
99014662 August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831) prominent Prussian field marshal + engraved portrait

Autograph signed letter from his castle to General-Mayor H. E. Christoph von Werder (1771-1837)

1817 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 228.90
99080142 [1er Empire - Napoleon] Lettre de Soldat ( Reggio de Calabre )

Lettre autographe signee a sa mere [ .. le Roi de Naples..]

1806 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 EUR 218.00
99018103 [Napoleon Bonaparte] Charles Chabrillac, peintre

Beau portrait de Napoleon d'apres Jacques-Louis David

1824 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 207.10
98828701 Divers

Feuillet Manuscrit coranique recto verso, issu d'un Coran.

1620/1670 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 190.75
99048187 [England - Queen Elizabeth II era]

Signed Christmas Card

2006 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 188.57
99013270 Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages

Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 8 big initials in red and blue colours

1450/1480 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 187.48
99014065 Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911) banker in Austria-Hungary

Autograph signed letter with printed crown and initials

1900 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 186.39
99040175 Cour de Mons, Comte du Hainaut --- Obligation sur papier velin, avec sceaux en cire, du 14 avril 1625

Cour de Mons, Comte du Hainaut --- Obligation sur papier velin, avec sceaux en cire, du 14 avril 1625

1625 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 174.40
99041166 Frederick William II (1744--1797) King of Prussia

Letter autograph signed by the King to the Mayor Wilhelm Ferdinand von Boeltzig (1755 -1834)

1791 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 154.78
98982261 Alexandrine Zola

Lettre autographe signee adressee a Gabriel Thyebaut

1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 152.60
  • 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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