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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) 15,523.78
Auction Date December 05, 2025 - December 05, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 23,100.00
Sale Number #120525a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 26,900.00
Total Lots 31
Sold Lots 8.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 43,525.00
% of Lots Sold 25.81% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 51,575.00
Unsold Lots 23 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 30.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99147851 Charles Baudelaire

Les Fleurs du Mal [rarissime edition originale --- 1/230 ampute par Poulet-Malassis 1ere emission]

1857 EUR 17,000.00 - 19,000.00 EUR 10,900.00
99402622 Daniel de FOE / Pierre FALKE

Robinson Crusoe [enrichi de 3 grandes aquarelles originales signees ]

1926 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,308.00
99290022 Cervantes / Louis Viardot [Trad.] / Tony Johannot

L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche [Reliure signee Ch. de Samblanx]

1836/1840 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 839.30
99290026 Cervantes / Edouard Chimot

La Gitanella [1/27 sur Arches avec dessin original signe + suite]

1948 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 EUR 607.13
99399684 Antonin Artaud / Wifredo Lam

Le Theatre et les Dieux

1966 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 512.30
99350047 Andre Breton, Rene Char, Eluard, E.L.T. Mesens

Violette Nozieres [illustre par Man Ray, Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Arp.]

1933 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 501.40
99217611 Leon Spilliaert / Franz Hellens

La femme au prisme [exemplaire unique] [epreuves corrigees avant publication]

1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 430.55
98906918 Voltaire

OEuvres completes de Voltaire

1817 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 425.10
  • 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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  • 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.