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Catawiki B. V.: Literature & Illustrated Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature & Illustrated Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 5,442.37 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 20, 2026 - March 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,450.00 |
| Sale Number | #32026b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 7,475.00 |
| Total Lots | 21 | ||
| Sold Lots | 12.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 16,025.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.14% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 18,495.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101896793 | Rudolph und Conrad Meyer | Die menschliche Sterblichkeit unter dem Titel Todten-Tanz |
1759 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,636.09 |
| 101953736 | J.R.R Tolkien | 1965 Lord of the Rings Trilogy 1st editions 14th/11th/11th |
1965 | EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 | EUR 1,199.00 |
| 102034464 | Lewis Caroll | Alice's Adventures Under Ground |
1886 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 858.92 |
| 101999024 | Robert Frost | [Signed] Collected Poems |
1930 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 515.57 |
| 102021531 | Lewis Carroll/Arthur Rackham | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
1907 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 101849217 | Andre Breton / Josef Sima | Nadja |
1935 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 223.45 |
| 101945078 | J. M. Barrie/Arthur Rackham | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
1906 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 197.29 |
| 101986728 | Friedrich Schiller (editor) / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and others | Der Musen-Almanach fur das Jahr 1796 |
1795 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 102039685 | Vasnetsov, Nesterov, Roerich, Bogdanov-Bel'skii, Goriushkin-Sorokopudov, Vereshchagin, Makovsky | Rus'. Dien' russkoi kul'tury. |
1926 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 119.90 |
| 101987003 | Charles Dickens | Our Mutual Friend. In Two Volumes. |
1865 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 94.83 |
| 101951326 | F. Hadland Davis; Evelyn Paul | Myths & Legends of Japan |
1912 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 79.57 |
| 102035550 | Signed, Lemony Snicket / Brett Helquist | A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning |
2003 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 70.85 |
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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 -
