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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	11,009.00
Auction Date	November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	15,140.00
Sale Number	#112625a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	19,425.00
Total Lots	85
Sold Lots	77.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	18,210.00
% of Lots Sold	90.59%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	23,200.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	47.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
99239905	Signed ; Che Guevara	Battlefield Letter Sep 03 1958 Columna #8 Ciro Redondo	1958	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 818.59
99239600	Signed ; Che Guevara	Original List written and signed by Che in the Sierra Maestra on Agust 30,1958 -Columm # 8 Ciro	1958	EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00	EUR 763.00
99216319	Signed ; Che Guevara	Letter Written and Signed By hand by Che Guevara February 11	1961	EUR 375.00 - 450.00	EUR 667.08
99219461	che Guevara	che guevara work agenda September 2	1964	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 461.07
99245483	Signed ; Che Guevara	Letter send by Che to Fidel From La Cabana May 24	1959	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 329.18
99216879	Signed ; Che Guevara (as a photographer)	Signed photo taken by Che Guevara and dedicated to Mrs Rosa	1956	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 327.00
99201011	French Royal Chancery [Francois 1er]	A royal document of French King Francis I	1530	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 294.30
99245109	Signed ; Che Guevara	Che sends a typed and signed letter from the la Cabana to Celia Sanchez Manduley May 08	1959	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 292.12
99019445	Anne Dangar (1885-1951) [peintre australienne]	Rare lettre autographe signee - Service de table en ceramique - Marcel Michaud - Moly Sabata, Lyon	1947	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 272.50
99247465	Miguel Pacheco - unknown	[manuscrit] + Epitome de la vida, [...] de S. Antonio	1746/1658	EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 261.60
99148381	unknown	Quranic Manuscript Page - Seljuk Turkey	1080	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 248.52
99217482	Che Guevara	Che Fishing trip on the Cost of Cojimar ,November 25	1959	EUR 170.00 - 210.00	EUR 240.89
99228124	[Signed] Fernando Botero	Guitariste	1990	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 239.80
99219799	Che Guevara	National Institute of Agraria Reform September 28 Document	1961	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 223.45
99131699	Unknown	Qur'an - Bihar India	1425	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 215.82
99214192	Moses Maimonides mshh bn mymvn Mosche ben Maimon	Sephardim, Mischne Tora mish@neh t'vorah, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Cordoba	1350/1380	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 212.55
99239194	Fidel Castro	Certificate to Bienvenido Ponce LLanes ,signed by Fidel Castro 02 ,1979	1979	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 208.19
99238495	che guevara	Telegramm-1961 mega Rare	1961	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 200.56
98999085	Colette	Lettre autographe signee	1920	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 185.30
99152657	[Joannes Jacobus de Manneville]	[manuscrit] A Jesus-Christ appelant les pecheurs a la penitence, Traite theologique sur le tres	1745/1730	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 185.30
99232701	nd	Physics Manuscript 1791 fluids fire air optics light 400+ pages	1791	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 185.30
99244606	Signed ; Che Guevara	Memorandum-Year of Agriculture ,October 10 Che Guevara -Reviewed and approved	1965	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 185.30
98830166	Anonymous	Original Dutch Manuscript from religious musical Book - ca. 16th century	1550	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 179.85
99244424	Signed ; Che Guevara	consolidated chemical industry-Ministery of Industry	1961	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 179.85
99211119	Charles GOUNOD	Lot de deux lettres autographes - Le tribut de Zamora	1882	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.