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Catawiki B. V.: Literature & Illustrated Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature & Illustrated Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 5,888.18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 03, 2026 - April 03, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 6,975.00 |
| Sale Number | #40326b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 8,325.00 |
| Total Lots | 18 | ||
| Sold Lots | 10.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 18,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.56% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 21,675.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 8 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 27.17% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102197157 | Dante / Salvador Dali | La Divina Commedia |
1964/1963 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,270.00 |
| 102241594 | Ernest Hemingway | Complete works – Easton Press Collector’s Edition |
1990 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 102408272 | Mariano Jose de Larra | El doncel de Don Enrique el Doliente: historia caballeresca del siglo XV - Primera edicion muy rara |
1834 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | EUR 381.50 |
| 102173273 | Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener / Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (illustrations) | Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabeners Satiren- 8 volumes complete |
1765/1766 | EUR 600.00 - 750.00 | EUR 301.93 |
| 102290352 | Dante Alighieri / A. Razzolini | La Divina Commedia |
1902 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 102024220 | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Silmarillion. First Edition, First Impression. |
1977 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 277.95 |
| 102358212 | Daniel Defoe | The Whole Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner … |
1785 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 253.97 |
| 102238426 | JRR Tolkien | The Return of the King: RARE First US Edition/First Impression |
1956 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 203.83 |
| 102237416 | Jacobus Masenius [Jakob Masen] | Ars Nova Argutiarum Eruditae & Honestae Recreationis: In duas partes divisa, Prima Est Epigrammatum, |
1711 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 109.00 |
| 102275855 | Karl Reinhardt | Der Bar und der Mond (satire op de Krimoorlog) |
1855 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 98.10 |
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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 -
