Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs & Manuscripts Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 25,873.33 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 29, 2026 - March 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #32926b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 27,625.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 22.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 48,045.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 55,575.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102231819 | Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte [de sa main] | Exceptionnelle lettre manuscrite signee au General Rapp |
1806 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,995.00 |
| 102288560 | John D. Rockefeller | VERY RARE – Original notarised Standard Oil Company contract signed by John D. Rockefeller |
1899 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,400.00 | EUR 4,905.00 |
| 102380580 | Howard Carter (1874-1939) [Archaeologist] | Fine long Autograph Letter signed of the archaeologist as philosopher to the mysterious Miss Ionides |
1933 | EUR 3,600.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,760.50 |
| 102340875 | Andre MALRAUX | Exceptionnelle maquette originale de travail de La Metamorphose des dieux |
1956 | EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 2,289.00 |
| 102171439 | Alexandre Dumas pere - Revolution Politique 1789 et 1848 | Important manuscrit autographe complet et signe de 8 pages - Inedit - Grand Format |
1848 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,144.50 |
| 102154823 | Marcello Mastroiani / Delia Scala / Walter Chiari / e.a. | Manoscritto con autografi Ristorante Sampieri, Bologna 1955 |
1955/1968 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 102059845 | Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Hand written and signed letter by Rouget de Lisle |
1826 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102300968 | Henri IV | Rare Lettre Patente signee par le Roi – Fontainebleau - Contexte Ligue & Guerres de Religion |
1595 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 102135926 | ANON | MANUSCRIPT: Medicinae rationalis practica |
1709 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 724.85 |
| 102340457 | Louis-Ferdinand CELINE | Lettre autographe signee |
1948 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 102354132 | Benedetto XV | Autografo Papa, Firmato, Vaticano, Benedizione, Sigillo Ufficiale |
1921 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 492.68 |
| 102233881 | General Charles de Gaulle | Lettre autographe signee a Lucien de Gracia, Maire d'Arcachon - Debut du RPF |
1947 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 449.08 |
| 102311728 | Albert SCHWEITZER (Prix Nobel de la Paix) | Lettre Autographe Signee (L.A.S.) + Enveloppe – Depart pour l'Afrique & Condoleances |
1933 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 102424634 | Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) [Italian Composer] | Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to his colleague and friend Teofilo De Angelis, in Italian, with |
1920 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 102234696 | Jacques Mesrine - Contestation, Manuscrit et Humour Noir "tu ferais une tres belle veuve" | Lettre autographe signee "El Viejo" a Jeanne Schneider, pendant son incarceration |
1977 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 349.89 |
| 102237123 | Victor Hugo - Inondations de Toulouse Solidarite et Censure sous l'Etat de Siege | Note autographe signee sur une L.A.S. d'Horace Ayraud-Degeorge |
1875 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 102395627 | Jean Jaures | Manuscrit autographe signe sur l Histoire sociale de l'Angleterre |
1 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 102305400 | Hortense de Beauharnais - [ Reine Hortense ] | Lettre autographe signee a un ami ou amant |
1829 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 102424561 | Leo Delibes, (1836-1891) | Tres belle lettre autographe signee de 4 pages |
1870 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 277.95 |
| 102385250 | Lazare Carnot | Lettre imperiale exceptionnelle – Lazare Carnot, ministre de l’Interieur – Paris, 13 avril 1815 |
1815 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 102213255 | Anonimo | Documento Historico [fechado en 1399, pero copia posterior] |
1700/1399 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 102118273 | Jacqueline Picasso | carte autographe evoquant la villa "La Californie" |
1961 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 83.93 |
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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 -
