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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	14,553.68
Auction Date	January 07, 2026 - January 07, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	12,680.00
Sale Number	#10726	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	16,165.00
Total Lots	85
Sold Lots	70.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	16,420.00
% of Lots Sold	82.35%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	20,585.00
Unsold Lots	15	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	70.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100140515	Signed ; Che Guevara	Battlefield Letter	1958	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 4,802.54
100140977	Fidel Castro	manuscript how to form constructions Brigades	1990	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 828.40
100152223	Hermann HESSE (1877-1962) Schriftsteller mit Nobelpreis	Brief mit Originalunterschrift an seinen Vertrauten und Verleger Karl Rauch (1897-1966)	1951	EUR 400.00 - 450.00	EUR 457.80
100041676	Anoniem	Original Manuscript from a Latin Psalter - [France - ca. 15th century]	1450	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 438.18
100196304	Che Guevara	Very Rare Check From The Chase Manhattan Bank ,checked by Che in La Cabana ,March 25	1959	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 355.34
100143319	Signed ; Che Guevara	Letter sent To Bienvenido Ponce and Approved by Che Guevara - Octuber 12	1961	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 327.00
100229271	French scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. Beautiful filigree initials in red and blue	1350/1400	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 327.00
100193618	Albert Houel / Paul Xardel	[Manuscrit] Cours de Mathematiques. Geometrie, Trigonometrie.	1882/1883	EUR 325.00 - 375.00	EUR 305.20
100182224	A set of two Margaret Thatcher hand-signed bookplates from 90s	Margaret Thatcher	1990	EUR 170.00 - 200.00	EUR 283.40
100116998	Anoniem	[Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century	1380	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 261.60
100093736	Manuscript	Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century	1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 258.33
98831473	Anoniem	[Tours - Rouen] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 15th century	1450	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 258.33
100179894	COLETTE	Lettre autographe signee de COLETTE a son medecin Marthe LAMY	1951	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 245.25
100229347	Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages	Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy initial with burnished gold and colours	1450/1480	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 219.09
100180206	Copiste ethiopien	Fragment en velin d'une large bible ethiopienne	1800	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 218.00
100139778	Signe; Leonor Fini & Gerard Vie	[Menu pour le restaurant Les Trois Marches a Versailles ; avec envoi de l'artiste]	1991	EUR 200.00 - 220.00	EUR 196.20
100219633	Che Guevara	he Sends a letter from La Fortaleza de La Cabana to Captain Omar Fernadez Canizares	1959	EUR 275.00 - 350.00	EUR 196.20
100248231		Hand-signed photo of H.H. 14th Dalai Lama		EUR 350.00 - 400.00	EUR 190.75
100185103	Regno delle Due Sicilie	Soppressione di Santa Chiara di Napoli e passaggio dei beni allo Stato Borbonico	1833	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 179.85
100234667	Seljuks sljwqyn , Khan Alp Arslan, Wesir Nezam al-Molk	Quran manuscript, Oghuz tribe of the Kinik, Crusades, Sultanate of Konya	1250/1280	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
100205694		Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 163.50
100149159	Jean Cocteau	Lettre autographe signee a Pierre BOREL	1953	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 154.78
100234438	Chidusche Torat Mosche khydvshy tvrt mshh	Mount Sinai & Victim laws, Torah & Antique Bible Manuscript with many crowns, Deer Parchment	1350/1380	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 152.60
100205279		Ferenc Pavlics (lunar rover developer)		EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 152.60
100217978	Camille SAINT SAENS	lettre autographe signee - Carvalho	1900	EUR 190.00 - 210.00	EUR 148.24

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.