Catawiki B. V.: Historical Photography Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Historical Photography Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 6,746.01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 14, 2026 - March 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 14,805.00 |
| Sale Number | #31426b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 18,150.00 |
| Total Lots | 71 | ||
| Sold Lots | 55.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 21,125.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 26,550.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 16 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 25.41% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101516639 | Willy Blanke | Album Leichenverbrennung auf Bali |
1934 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 654.00 |
| 101612945 | [mug shots] 10 photos anthropometriques prises par le Service d'Identite Judiciaire de la Prefecture |
N/A | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 436.00 | |
| 101505409 | Antique graphoscope and stereoscope with approximately 130 antique stereoview cards 1870-1920 |
N/A | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 272.50 | |
| 101258936 | Alexander Seik or Studio Karel Bellmann | Fine Photo Album of Bohemia (Czech Republic) 1888--1889 - Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) |
1888 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 223.45 |
| 101803826 | Elegante album fotografico sec. XIX - Viaggio in Italia - 76 vedute di Roma Bologna Napoli Sorrento |
N/A | EUR 220.00 - 350.00 | EUR 218.00 | |
| 101818559 | Marchand juif |
1900 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 203.83 | |
| 101769865 | Fratelli D'Alessandri | Grand Tour Album of Rome -- 100 Albumen Prints -- c. 1875--1890 |
1880 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 196.20 |
| 101788643 | Venezia - Rarissima fotografia del 1870 in grande formato |
N/A | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 196.20 | |
| 101552161 | Album de voyage d'un voyage au Moyen-Orient |
1900 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 185.30 | |
| 101627661 | Anonymous | Set of 10 French glass negatives of erotic scenes c. 1900 |
N/A | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 179.85 |
| 101819633 | Japanese wrestlers |
1885 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 175.49 | |
| 101818754 | Bedouin |
1870 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 171.13 | |
| 101759029 | [Curiosa Grand Format] Photographie erotique ndeg960 --- Scene d'onanisme partage,(Prov. : Desire LANES) |
1885 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 163.50 | |
| 101818811 | La danse du ventre |
1880 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 159.14 | |
| 101627739 | Collection of French Art Deco Stereoviews of Nude Studies -- 8x13 cm Glass - 1920s |
1920 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 158.05 | |
| 101819693 | Woman at toilet |
1885 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 152.60 | |
| 101753660 | Napoli - Mangiatori di spaghetti - Fotografia del 1870 di Giorgio Sommer |
N/A | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 147.15 | |
| 101659962 | 2x 1880 |
1880 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 146.06 | |
| 101839864 | Mauresques dans leur interieur |
1870 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 136.25 | |
| 101819720 | Geisha with Shamisen |
1885 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 131.89 | |
| 101622610 | ambrotype tienermeisje armband, cape zittend aan tafel 1850's |
1850 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 130.80 | |
| 101818586 | Bedouines a la fontaine |
1880 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 130.80 | |
| 101837425 | Tisseuses |
1900 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 130.80 | |
| 101819663 | Girl in winter costume |
1885 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 110.09 | |
| 101819672 | Japanese girl with fan |
1885 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 110.09 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
