Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction, 42526e, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 25, 2026 - April 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102328102 | Anonymous | Book of Hours - Manuscript cfr. Holy gospel sequences |
1410 | EUR 300.00 - 375.00 | EUR 141.70 | |
| 102550504 | Atelier Grusch | Pagina Bibbia |
1250 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 182.03 | |
| 102696290 | French scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. beautiful filigree initials in red and blue |
1400/1350 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 103.55 | |
| 102696345 | Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy 3 big initials in red and blue colours |
1450/1480 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 86.11 | |
| 102821113 | Breviarium Romanum | 53 illuminated leaves |
1480 | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102915121 | Anonyme | Feuillet manuscrit enlumine sur parchemin, Livre d’heures, Pays-Bas, vers 1435-1440 |
1436/1435 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102924166 | Scriptorium des Mittelalters/Umkreis des Maitre francoise | Original leaf on parchment manuscript richly decoration from a medieval Book of Hours, Paris/France |
1465 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 261.60 | |
| 102924374 | Scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Early richly illuminated parchment medieval manuscript of a Cistercian Breviary, animal-headed |
1300/1280 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 610.40 | |
| 102924527 | Petrus Lombardus / Medieval scriptorium | Very big and original and early Latin parchment manuscript medieval Bible-commentary, Paris / France |
1210/1220 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | EUR 414.20 | |
| 102924599 | Scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Parchment medieval manuscript Brevary, Mantua / Italy |
1450/1480 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 49.05 | |
| 102941322 | Anoniem | 2 Manuscript sheets from a Book of Hours - 15th century |
1490 | EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102941564 | Manuscript | Miniature leaf from a latin Book of Hours ca. 15th century |
1450 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 1,471.50 | |
| 102941924 | Anoniem | [Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 15th century |
1450 | EUR 200.00 - 220.00 | EUR 202.74 | |
| 102942021 | Anoniem | [Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 15th century |
1450 | EUR 250.00 - 280.00 | EUR 367.33 | |
| 102942285 | Manuscript | Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century |
1450 | EUR 250.00 - 280.00 | EUR 239.80 | |
| 102942333 | Manuscript | Manuscript from a French Book of Hours - ca. 15th century |
1450 | EUR 220.00 - 250.00 | EUR 239.80 | |
| 103007994 | Amanuense Italiano | Lotto di quattro pagine di antico antifonario pergamenaceo del XVI secolo |
1500 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 272.50 | |
| 103021965 | Aaron ben Mosche ben Ascher | Masoretische Bibel-Handschrift |
1250 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 143.88 | |
| 103031428 | Rare original medieval charter on parchment from 1245 — Latin, Iberian Peninsula |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 450.00 | EUR 380.41 | ||
| 103093918 | French scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum France 14th Cent. beautiful filigree initials in red and blue |
1350/1400 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 109.00 | |
| 103094042 | Italian scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Breviary illuminated leaf on vellum Italy Very big initial with burnished gold and colours |
1450/1480 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 109.00 | |
| 103102110 | Office of saint Augustine | Medieval Chant Fragment on Parchment (c. 1465-1510) - Gregorian Notation from the Office of Saint |
1465/1510 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 87.20 | |
| 103103009 | Moses Maimonides משה בן מימון Mosche ben Maimon | Sephardim, Mischne Tora מִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Cordoba |
1350/1380 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 179.85 | |
| 103160865 | Spanish Scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Big illuminated parchment medieval manuscript of a Spanish Missal |
1340/1360 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 112.27 | |
| 103161028 | Spanish Scriptorium of the Middle Ages | Big illuminated parchment medieval manuscript of a Noted Spanish Missal |
1360/1340 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 149.33 |
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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.