Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 41526a, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 15, 2026 - April 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102685558 | Unknown | Quran - India |
1830 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 21.80 | |
| 102686004 | Unknown | Qur'an - Ottoman |
1700 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 77.39 | |
| 102687989 | Alexandre Vinet - Theologien | Lettre autographe signee a Monsieur le ministre Colomb - Le Chatelard - Vevey |
1840 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102691776 | Pouyfou(rc)at / Pouyfoucat avoue a Saint-Gaudens, Baudounet avoue pres la cour d’appel de Toulouse | France – Ensemble d’archives judiciaires et notariales avec timbres fiscaux – XIXe siecle – dossier |
1860/1897 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 2.18 | |
| 102692669 | Carlo Ippoliti notary | Manuscript, Contract on the construction of the new cemetery in Pescia |
1781 | USD 170.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102701095 | Various Authors (Handwritten Calligraphy) | Collection of 30 Antique Japanese Manuscripts & Hand-stitched Books (Wazuji) |
1830/1940 | USD 325.00 - 400.00 | USD 45.78 | |
| 102705793 | Hugues Le Roux | Emouvante lettre autographe signee a la famille Ibels - Mort du poete Robert Ibels - Guerre 14-18 |
1917 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102707722 | nvt | Akte van schenking voor een graf in de Buurkerk te Utrecht |
1740 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.80 | |
| 102711707 | We Can Do It | Dorothy Trate Autograph, Photo with Beckett COA |
1943 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 30.52 | |
| 102712295 | Prix Nobel - Charles M. Rice | Prix Nobel - Charles M. Rice Autograph, Photo with Beckett COA |
2020 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 1.09 | |
| 102712748 | der Notar / Schreiber (officier public) sowie Schuldner "Marie Parnot" und Glaubiger | Historischer Notariatsakt (Rentenvertrag / „rente constituee“) – Frankreich oder Westschweiz, ca. |
1750/1650 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 44.69 | |
| 102712921 | Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines | Artist manuscrit and 4 draws of Paris, bois de Boulogne, champs de Mars and saint cloud fair |
1810/1805 | USD 275.00 - 350.00 | USD 142.79 | |
| 102713673 | JFK / Ruth Paine | Ruth Paine Autograph, Photo with Beckett COA |
1963 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 239.80 | |
| 102717335 | Various authors, Baudounet, Pouyfoucat | Important dossier judiciaire complet XIXe siecle (France) – 65 pages – timbres fiscaux Sage – |
1895/1880 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 2.18 | |
| 102720855 | Alexandre Millerand | Ensemble de deux lettres autographes signees - Politique & Correspondance |
1907 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 64.31 | |
| 102720872 | Emmanuel-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc d'Aiguillon | Lettre autographe signee |
1769 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 3.27 | |
| 102721817 | ALEXANDRE VIII | Acte pontifical manuscrit sur parchemin |
1690 | USD 275.00 - 325.00 | USD 294.30 | |
| 102722824 | Gaston Doumergue (1863-1937) | Lettre Manuscrite signee adresse a la Maison d'edition Larousse |
1933 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 45.78 | |
| 102723211 | Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) | Lettre Manuscrite signee adresse a la Maison d'edition Larousse pour son roman "La Robe Pretexte" |
1921 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.21 | |
| 102724433 | Famiglia Carlo Filangieri di Satriano | Archivio nobiliare siciliano (1840–1853) – Censi Baronia Nissoria – Filangieri / Paterno / Alliata |
1840/1853 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102733588 | Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首 | 100 people - 1 poem 小倉 Okinawa, 10 hand-signed & hand-colored Japanese Playing Cards |
1550/1580 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102733670 | Fukuda Chiyo-ni 福田 千代尼 Kaga no Chiyo 加賀 千代女 | "The Dawn", Daimyo, Signatures and Seals, Haiku Poetry with Haiga Verses |
1750/1730 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 80.66 | |
| 102733816 | Huang Di-The Yellow Emperor 黃帝 / 黄帝 | Astrology Manuscript, Comets, Moon & Planets, Star Map and Zodiac Signs, Tibet |
1680/1650 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 39.24 | |
| 102733925 | Matsuo Basho 松尾 芭蕉, hand-carved Wooden-Seal | Signature, Haiku Poetry with Haiga Verses, Tokaido, 奥の細道, "The narrow Road to the Deep North" |
1690/1670 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 109.00 | |
| 102733995 | Caliph al-Walid I الوليد بن عبد الملك | Almohaden الموحدون, Quran Manuscript Al-Maʾida, Sevilla, al-Andalus Spain |
1750/1780 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 161.32 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.