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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs & Manuscripts Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 4,064.61 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 30, 2026 - July 30, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,240.00 |
| Sale Number | #73026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 7,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 35 | ||
| Sold Lots | 31.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 8,110.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.57% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 9,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 4 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 40.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104720658 | Hector Berlioz | Lettre autographe signee a Edouard Thierry |
1843 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 927.59 |
| 105270917 | Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), world-renowned French Romantic composer (Symphonie fantastique) music | Autograph Letter Signed on the legendary "High C" in Rossini's William Tell & Adolphe Nourrit |
1852 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 574.43 |
| 105330842 | Pablo Casals (1876 – 1973), violoncelliste, chef d’orchestre et compositeur catalan | Photographie signee |
1950 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 333.54 |
| 105331083 | Edith Piaf (1915–1963), chanteuse et compositrice francaise | Photographie signee |
1940 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 105285160 | Maestro Musicista / Monaci / Monks | Canto Gregoriano, Monaci, Musica Polifonica Classica, Adagio |
1700 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 105283334 | Ferdinand Hiller | Double portee musicale autographe signee |
1852 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 105345151 | Artistes lyriques | important lot de 100 photographies argentiques dedicacees dont 2 de Nathalie Dessay |
2000 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 130.80 |
| 105218918 | Jenő Hubay (1858–1937) Hungarian violin virtuoso and composer | Autograph signed letter regarding the world premiere of his opera "The Violin Maker of Cremona" in |
1893 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 119.90 |
| 105347222 | Signed ; Josef Hofmann (1876-1957), Polish-American pianist, composer | Original Josef Hofmann Signed letter DS |
1922 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 111.18 |
| 105270897 | Jules Massenet (1842–1912), French opera composers Romantic era (Manon, Werther, Thais). | Exceptionally rare Autograph Document Signed referencing his world-famous opera "Thais" |
1898 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 110.09 |
| 104812665 | Jules Massenet | Lettre autographe - Repetitions, conflits de distribution et eloges sur Emma Calve |
1895 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 104811681 | Jules Massenet | Lettre autographe - Repetitions avec Emma Calve, succes de "Manon" & Tournee americaine |
1895 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 99.19 |
| 105270898 | Yvette Guilbert (1865–1944), French cabaret singer, actress, muse of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Autograph signed letter to a critic of "Figaro" stationery of the Grand Hotel Hungaria Budapest |
1895/1900 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 94.83 |
| 104903331 | Franz Lehar (1870 – 1948) Austro-Hungarian composer ("Lustige Witwe" etc...) | Autograph (2x) signed postcard to singer Helene Holeczek from Milano to Vienna |
1926 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 77.39 |
| 105343767 | Placido Domingo | 4 photographies dedicacees |
1980 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 62.13 |
| 105270912 | Henri Rabaud (1873–1949) & Max d’Ollone (1875–1959) , Composers (Prix de Rome) | 2 Important Autograph Letters Signed - Joint Concert Tour to Vienna & Polish Nobility |
1899 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 59.95 |
| 105343473 | Placido Domingo | programme dedicace du spectacle "Parsifal" |
2001 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 59.95 |
| 105344748 | Festival de Bayreuth | programme dedicace par Pierre Boulez et par une grande partie de la distribution |
1980 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 59.95 |
| 105341205 | Charles Gounod (1818-1893), compositeur francais [Faust] | Lettre autographe signee |
1866 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 58.86 |
| 105270809 | Ernest van Dyck (1861–1923), Belgian tenor, Bayreuth Festival. Vienna Court Opera. | Autograph signed letter Humorous content referencing Puccini's "La Boheme" & his valet "Leporello" |
1898 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 50.14 |
| 105343128 | Festival de Bayreuth "Gotterdammerung" | programme dedicace par Wolfgang Wagner, Horst Stein et par une grande partie de la distribution |
1973 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 50.14 |
| 104702546 | HUBENE R. – CHEF D'ORCHESTRE | UNIQUE – Album de partitions fin XIXe avec importante section MANUSCRITE et annotations de la main |
1917 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 44.69 |
| 105270911 | Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950), legendary Swiss composer and founder of Dalcroze Eurhythmics. | Autograph signed letter Monumental Masterpiece with 6,000 Performers – Mentioning Eugene Ysaye |
1914 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 44.69 |
| 105343311 | Festival de Bayreuth "Siegfried" | programme dedicace par Wolfgang Wagner, Horst Stein et par une grande partie de la distribution |
1973 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 39.24 |
| 105343583 | Luciano Pavarotti | photographie dedicacee |
1978 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 37.06 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.