Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction, 62626c, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 26, 2026 - June 26, 2026
Page Size: 59 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
104275751 Festival de Bayreuth

album avec nombreuses photographies dedicacees dont Pierre Boulez

1975 EUR 325.00 - 400.00 EUR 152.60
104293571 Marie (Maria) Cinti-Damoreau (1834–1906) Soprano and daughter of Laure Cinti-Damoreau

Autograph signed letter blind-embossed monogram M C D to an artist or mentor

1855/1875 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 11.99
104294103 Hector Berlioz

Lettre autographe signee a son « .. cher Engels » [David Hermann Engel]

1864 EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 981.00
104294543 Clemence de Grandval

Portee autographe signee a la Marquise de Saint Paul

1891 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 239.80
104294701 Emile Prudent (1817–1863) celebrated French romantic pianist and composer

Autograph signed letter to his close friend/patron Monsieur Aubert in Vincennes

1847 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 25.07
104294864 Charles Gounod

Lettre autographe signee a son editeur Georges Hartmann [Valse chantee]

1888 EUR 500.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
104295458 Jean-Jacques Masset (1811–1903) Belgian-French tenor, violinist, and composer

Autograph signed letter mentioning the famous composer Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782–1871)

1865/1854 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 18.53
104295470 Pablo Casals

Lettre autographe signee au violoniste francais, Joseph Calvet

1950 EUR 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
104295715 General Cesar Cui (1835–1918) celebrated Russian composer and music critic

Autograph Postcard Signed (APCS) to the legendary harpsichordist Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)

1907 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 469.79
104296111 Camille Saint-Saens (1835–1921) legendary French composer

Autograph signed exclusive carte de visite originale

1907 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 288.85
104296291 Andre Messager (1853–1929), celebrated French composers and conductor of the Belle Epoque

Autograph signed letter mentioned Ernest Van Dyck (1861–1923) the reigning superstar of Wagnerian

1896 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 137.34
104296388 Felix Mottl (1856–1911) celebrated conductor, Wagnerian maestro at Bayreuth, Music Director Munich

Autograph Postcard Signed (APCS) to the legendary harpsichordist Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)

1907 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 110.09
104296491 Wanda Landowska (1879–1959) famous Polish and French harpsichordist and pianist

Autograph signed letter about coordination her autumn itinerary and meeting with Mr. Olivier

1926/1920 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 240.89
104298953 Theodore Dubois

Portee autographe signee a la Marquise de Saint Paul [ sa melodie - Dormir et Rever ]

1894 EUR 250.00 - 280.00 EUR 207.10
104299576 Camille Saint Saens

Carte autographe signee

1911 EUR 275.00 - 325.00 Not Sold
104343646 Jenő Hubay (1858–1937) Hungarian violin virtuoso and composer

Autograph signed letter regarding the world premiere of his opera "The Violin Maker of Cremona" in

1893 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 218.00
104343764 Alfred Cortot (1877–1962) legendary Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor

Autograph signed letter thanking a critic for a review in "Le Temps"

1921 Not Available EUR 170.04
104343863 Loie Fuller (1862–1928) legendary American dancer, choreographer, and stage pioneer

Autograph signed letter on personal stationery regarding the creation of her Paris Opera ballet "Le

1921/1923 Not Available EUR 104.64
104343967 Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin (1821–1910) celebrated French composer, folklorist, and musicologist

Autograph signed postcard to music critic Robert Brussel (1874-1940) regarding an examination

1904 Not Available EUR 17.44
104344064 Xavier Leroux (1863–1919) celebrated French opera composer and professor at the Paris Conservatoire

Autograph Note Signed on his personal visiting card regarding publisher negotiations with

1901/1907 Not Available EUR 16.35
104344184 Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934) influential French composer and collaborator of writer Emile Zola

Autograph signed letter to Gustav Mahler (?) (1860-1911) about visiting Vienna

1899 Not Available EUR 52.32
104344314 Edouard Risler (1873–1929) legendary French pianist

Autograph signed letter to the critic Pierre Lalo & Original signed Concert Program

1921/1900 Not Available EUR 109.00
104368594 Lisa della Casa (1919–2012) famous Swiss operatic soprano

Two Hand-Signed Portrait Photographs (Electrola & Decca)

1970 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.60
104370022 Grace Bumbry (1937–2023) celebrated American opera singer

Two Hand-Signed Portrait Photographs (Studio Fayer, Wien)

1968 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 5.45
104370200 Ingrid Bjoner (1927–2006) globally recognized dramatic soprano, (Wagner and Strauss)

Hand-Signed Portrait Photograph with a dedication

1968 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 3.27
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000