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Catawiki B. V.: Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Old & Rare Books Auction Pre-1700 | Total Sales (EUR) | 14,156.92 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 29, 2026 - March 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,910.00 |
| Sale Number | #40126a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 30,775.00 |
| Total Lots | 148 | ||
| Sold Lots | 130.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 27,745.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.84% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 35,475.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 39.91% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102246941 | Napoleon Ier | signature en tant que premier consul |
1804 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 937.40 |
| 96740305 | Marcel Pagnol | Lettre autographe signee au sujet du "Chateau de ma mere" |
1951 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 395.67 |
| 102298962 | Adolph von Menzel | Rare Portrait Photographique avec long Message Autographe Signe |
1867 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 393.49 |
| 102298032 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | Lettre autographe signee a Rene Arcos - Revue Poesia |
1906 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 376.05 |
| 102287400 | Benito Mussolini / Vittorio Emanuele III | Decreto militare autografo |
1929 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 355.34 |
| 102261098 | [England - King Edward V11 era] | Vellum Lease of a Messuage Leopold de Rothschild Signed |
1907 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 102342805 | Ronald Reagan, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein, and others |
1980 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 283.40 | |
| 102376667 | Lucienne Breval, Yvonne Brothier, Julia Bartet, Marthe Chenal, Jeanne Delvair, Maria Kousnietzoff, | Lot de 11 cartes photos d’artistes feminines [OPERA COMIQUE] |
1920 | Not Available | EUR 261.60 |
| 102264362 | Staat der Nederlanden | Wisselbrief Slavernij Suriname 1863 |
1863 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 245.25 |
| 102262828 | Jean Cocteau | Lettre autographe signee |
1952 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 228.90 |
| 102247037 | Louis XIV [secretaire] | passeport contresigne par Colbert de Torcy. |
1710 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 221.27 |
| 102287323 | Le Marechal Berthier [Premier Empire] | document signe avec tres belle vignette de l'Armee d'italie |
1798 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 102318291 | Famiglia Grillo | La famiglia genovese Grillo |
1693 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 102384313 | Muhammed inn Muhammad Hasan al-Tabrizi | Quran |
1559 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 214.73 |
| 102287945 | Francesco de Medicis | lettre signee adressee a la duchesse de Parme |
1633 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 212.55 |
| 102330638 | Moses Maimonides משה בן מימון Mosche ben Maimon | Sephardim, Mischne Tora מִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Cordoba |
1350/1380 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 212.55 |
| 102258708 | Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) | Lettre Autographe signee sur la Ballade de Cyrano de Bergerac |
1898 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 209.28 |
| 102268556 | Inconnu | Coran manuscrit - style calligraphique " Swahili " - Afrique de l'Est - Empire de Oman |
1850 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 203.83 |
| 102285176 | Unknown | Quran - India (Bihar) |
1425 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 197.29 |
| 102299226 | Anonymous | Usus, Seu Ritus Ecclesiae Graecanicae [Rito Greco-Ortodosso] |
1700 | EUR 210.00 - 240.00 | EUR 197.29 |
| 102284709 | Herat | Qur'an |
1590 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 187.48 |
| 102287678 | Guillaume Gonzague [duc de Mantoue] | lettre signee adressee au duc de Parme |
1581 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 185.30 |
| 102295168 | Grafin Katharina von Schwarzburg (Thuringen) - Grafin von Nassau-Dillenburg | Brief mit Unterschrift |
1608 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 175.49 |
| 102334041 | Papa Gregorio XVI | Autografo Papale su Supplica Diacono Pio Martinucci |
1835 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 175.49 |
| 102267776 | Marechal Philippe Petain | Carte autographe signee au General Bourgeois |
1922 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 174.40 |
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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 -
