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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs & Manuscripts Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 8,899.85 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 06, 2026 - May 06, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 6,570.00 |
| Sale Number | #50626b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 8,520.00 |
| Total Lots | 90 | ||
| Sold Lots | 77.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 8,995.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.56% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 11,495.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 77.42% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103178486 | ANON | MANUSCRIPT: Medicinae rationalis practica |
1709 | USD 425.00 - 500.00 | USD 602.77 |
| 103242794 | Benedetto XIV (Prospero Lambertini) | Bolla papale originale in nome di Papa Benedetto XIV |
1748 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 438.18 |
| 103333047 | Firma Felipe IV | Manuscrito |
1642 | USD 325.00 - 375.00 | USD 404.39 |
| 103215383 | Vittorio Emanuele e Benito Mussolini | Decreto militare firmato dal Sovrano Regno d'Italia e dal Primo Ministro |
1933 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 397.85 |
| 103308179 | Jacobus Emerix de Matthiis | Tractatus seu Notitia Sacrae Rotae Romanae |
1676 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 381.50 |
| 103161307 | [Curiosite autour de Napoleon Bonaparte] | Relique supposee de Saint-Helene |
1821 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 359.70 |
| 103332017 | Firma Felipe IV | Manuscrito |
1732 | USD 325.00 - 375.00 | USD 316.10 |
| 103274214 | Judaica. Juridiction pontificale d’Avignon (Comtat Venaissin) | Procedure engagee par Regine (probablement Reina/Rina) Cremieu, epouse d’Isaac Cremieu, juif de |
1786 | USD 200.00 - 220.00 | USD 310.65 |
| 103246959 | Scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Original cuttings on parchment 4 Miniatures manuscript from a medieval Book of Hours, France |
1480/1460 | Not Available | USD 283.40 |
| 103321413 | Spain Colony Chinese Worker Contract Chinese Ship List | Spain Colony Chinese Slavery Document with Chinese Ship List Letters and Caligraphy 1866 |
1866 | Not Available | USD 264.87 |
| 103121957 | Bonaparte ( Louis ) 3 eme frere de Napoleon lettre signee | Lettre signee Louis Bonaparte 3e frere de Napoleon 1 er . |
1805 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 239.80 |
| 103308657 | Zenoni Pietro | Lotto di Manoscritti Ottocenteschi sulla Chimica |
1869 | Not Available | USD 228.90 |
| 103321583 | Spain Colony Chinese Worker Contract Chinese Ship List | Spain Colony Chinese Slavery Document with Chinese Ship List Letters and Caligraphy 1866 |
1866 | Not Available | USD 196.20 |
| 103246682 | Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) | Autograph signature on photo of the famous actress and singer |
1970/1950 | Not Available | USD 192.93 |
| 103214990 | Che Guevara | Document Approved and Reviewed -Ministry of Industry |
1961 | USD 275.00 - 350.00 | USD 185.30 |
| 103334628 | Documento notarial relativo al termino de Foix y villa de Torrellas |
1500 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 152.60 | |
| 103265457 | antique Torah scroll, a handwritten on leather |
1800 | Not Available | USD 146.06 | |
| 103149785 | Henry Bergson | Bergson, Henry. Lettera con testo e firma autografi |
1918 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 119.90 |
| 103194636 | Scribent | Torah - Genesis |
1500 | USD 170.00 - 200.00 | USD 119.90 |
| 103308190 | Magnus Carlsen | Chess Grandmaster - Signed in person w/ Beckett COA |
2024 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 119.90 |
| 103216957 | Foto | Dediche artisti anno circa 1937 Album foto vintage di attori e personaggi 16 illustrazioni+ Album |
1948/1937 | Not Available | USD 114.45 |
| 103310144 | Franciscus Spasiano | Manoscritto Filosofico-Giuridico: De statu hominis naturali |
1807/1811 | Not Available | USD 113.36 |
| 103313929 | Franz Lehar (1870 – 1948) Austro-Hungarian composer ("Lustige Witwe" etc...) | Autograph signed photo card with personal dedication for singer Helene Holeczek |
1934 | Not Available | USD 110.09 |
| 103318791 | Arciduca Francesco V d'Austria Este Duca di Modena | Reale Comando Generale delle Truppe Estensi conferimento medaglia commemorativa autografo Gen. |
1863 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 109.00 |
| 103237115 | Photo Sacha Guitry dedicacee |
1940 | Not Available | USD 103.55 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000