Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 82425a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 24, 2025 - August 24, 2025
Page Size: 48 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97003232 Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) [French Sculptor]

Rodin thanking a colleague for a bronze cast

1907 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 579.88
97004526 John Ruskin (1819-1900) [Writer and Critic]

Ruskin recommends a sculptor for a Shakespeare memorial in Melbourne

1860 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
97004635 John Ruskin (1819-1900) [Writer and Critic]

Ruskin gives detailed advice on education for boys

1860 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
97004915 George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [Dramatist & Critic]

Shaw recommends a friend with the highest praise

1939 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
97004993 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) [Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Author of Gulliver's Travels]

Autograph receipt signed twice by Jonathan Swift

1734 EUR 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 Not Sold
97005091 H. G. Wells (1866-1946) [Novelist]

H. G. Wells likes the word entrophy

1942 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
97005545 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) [Novelist, Critic & Essayist]

Virginia Woolf autograph signed letter on Mrs Dalloway

1930 EUR 5,900.00 - 6,500.00 Not Sold
97021684 Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) [The Divine Sarah]

Unsigned cabinet photo by Nadar showing Sarah Bernhardt playing La Tosca by Victorien Sardou in 1887

1887 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 107.91
97021767 Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Winston Churchill at the signing of the Russo-Polish agreement

1945 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 103.55
97021903 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) [Prime Minister]

Winston Churchill leaving London for the USA on his sixth peacetime visit

1949 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 59.95
97022245 Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897)

Autograph letter signed and subscribed to 'Dear Monsieur and Friend',

1895 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 141.70
97022316 Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) [French Composer]

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Madame'

1888 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 218.00
97022379 Charles Gounod (1818-1893) [French Composer]

Autograph Letter Signed to his father

1880 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 170.04
97022456 Charles Gounod (1818-1893) [French Composer]

Fine Unsigned Russian carte de visite Portrait Photograph, by Wesenberg & Co.

1870 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 59.95
97022568 Charles Gounod (1818-1893) [French Composer]

Original Photo signed in London in 1872

1872 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 143.88
97022645 Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

Fine Unsigned cabinet photo by Chalot & Co

1875 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 87.20
97022860 Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

Unsigned carte de visite photo by J. M. Lopez

1880 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 79.57
97024142 Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

Unsigned carte de visite photo by Pierre Petit --- First VH photo ever with a beard

1874 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 87.20
97024774 Mark Twain / Sarah Bernhardt / Pietro Mascagni / Gerhart Hauptmann / Ernest van Dyck etc.

Fan signed by Mark Twain and many other important artists and musicians

1893 EUR 3,300.00 - 3,700.00 Not Sold
97024888 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) [Italian Composer) / Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905) [Italian Operatic]

Fine unsigned sepia photo by Pietro Tempestrini

1900 EUR 525.00 - 600.00 EUR 501.40
97024990 Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) [Italian Composer]

Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to his colleague and friend Teofilo De Angelis, in Italian, with

1920 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
97025082 Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) [German Operatic Composer]

Handsome Autograph Letter Signed to Franz Tesca

1840 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
97025321 Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) [Italian Composer of 'Tosca' and 'Boheme']

Puccini refers to his work on 'Turandot' - "La Infame Principessa"

1922 EUR 1,050.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,002.80
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.