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Catawiki B. V.: Literature & Illustrated Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature & Illustrated Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 7,260.49 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 10,970.00 |
| Sale Number | #50126a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 13,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 30 | ||
| Sold Lots | 12.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 30,620.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 40.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 35,705.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 18 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 20.34% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103105719 | Dante Alighieri | Imago Editore - Divina Commedia Additional (anno 1350): edizione facsimile - |
2022 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 | EUR 1,798.50 |
| 103139890 | Cervantes, Quevedo, Lope de Vega, Garcilaso, Gongora, etc. | Parnaso Espanol - Coleccion Completa (9 Tomos) |
1774/1768 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | EUR 1,309.09 |
| 102478575 | Dante Alighieri | La Divina Commedia |
1890 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,062.75 |
| 102109135 | Marcello jori | Genio d'Italia |
2008 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 730.30 |
| 102393706 | Alfred Tennyson | Poems |
1857 | EUR 800.00 - 950.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 102799426 | Marcus Annaeus Lucanus [Lucan] / Angelo Illycinus (editor) / [Eberhard Wachter (illustrations)] | M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia. Curante Angelo Illycino |
1811 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 451.26 |
| 102949949 | Else Lasker-Schuler / Franz Marc (illustrations) | Der Prinz von Theben |
1914 | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | EUR 392.40 |
| 103139289 | Thaddaus Rittner / Gustav Klimt (cover illustration) | Ich kenne sie. Novellen. |
1912 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 239.80 |
| 103066881 | Sir Walter Scott | Waverly Novels, Guy Mannering, Antiquary, Rob Roy, Tales of my Landlord, Old Mortality, The heart of |
1819 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 219.09 |
| 102936681 | Nikos Kazantzakis | Rare Literary Lot, First Edition Ταξιδεύοντας / Journeying, Serapeion Alexandria + Original Poem by |
1927 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 103011846 | Circolo degli Artisti di Torino | Nino e Ninetta |
1895 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 102928818 | T.S. Eliot; Ernesto Treccani | La terra desolata cofanetto con 6 acqueforti di Ernesto Treccani |
1972 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 141.70 |
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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 -
