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Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700)

Auction Reports

Auction Name Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700) Total Sales (EUR) 3,054.18
Auction Date November 26, 2024 - November 26, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,170.00
Sale Number #112624 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 2,900.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 33 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,340.00
% of Lots Sold 97.06% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 3,100.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 98.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90541615

20 engravings from Tooneel des Oorlogs (Theatre of War)

1675 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 512.30
90686357 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 400.00 - 750.00 EUR 404.39
90687147 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 215.82
90606211 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

'Poliopus' & 'Glottis', ornithology, folio with hand coloured woodcut

1669 Not Available EUR 164.59
90688221 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 164.59
90607355 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Mythological Creatures, Monsters, Satyr, folio with hand coloured woodcut

1669 Not Available EUR 161.32
90597079 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Mallard & Muscovy Duck, ornithology, folio with 2 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 141.70
90700483

Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) - Hand-coloured Woodcut - House Sparrow - Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis

1617 Not Available EUR 141.70
90688639 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.80
90744449 Hartmann Schedel / Michael Wolgemut/ Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 95.92
90788843

Jan Luyken (1649-1712) - Collapsed Gallery During a Catholic Service in the House of the Spanish

1698 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 85.02
90596927 Giorgio Liberale; W. Meyerpeck

Folio, large woodcut, Botany: Hollyhocks [Alcea]

1565 Not Available EUR 76.30
90600431 Leonhard Fuchs / Albrecht Meyer / Heinrich Fullmaurer

Large folio with large woodcuts of a Speedwell [ Veronica ]

1543 Not Available EUR 76.30
90599761 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Common Blackbirds, ornithology, folio with 3 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 70.85
90608225 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Murex & Purpur shells, folio with hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 70.85
90599523 Conrad Gesner [1516-1565], Konrad Gessner

Diver Duck & Emus, ornithology, folio with 2 hand coloured woodcuts

1669 Not Available EUR 59.95
90609709 Master of Gruninger Workshop

Armoured troops arrive at Rome - 1517

1517 Not Available EUR 56.68
90700983

Adriaan van den Spiegel & Giulio Casseri - De humani corporis fabrica libri decem - Back Muscles

1632 Not Available EUR 54.50
90178249

Lot of 5 folios on pumps, raising machines, technology

1662 Not Available EUR 44.69
90608973 Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560-1618)

Lot of 4 engravings of Torture, Execution, Martyrdom - Trivmphvs Iesv Christi crvcifixi

1608 Not Available EUR 43.60
90648047

Leonhart Fuchs. Das new Kreuterbuch. Abbildung 21 & 22

1543 Not Available EUR 42.51
90132763

Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731--1800) - Femelle du Fesan - Female Pheasant

1765/1783 Not Available EUR 38.15
90133111

Johann Conrad Susemihl (1767--1847) - Strix brachyotis - Short-eared Owl - Large Engraving

1809 Not Available EUR 38.15
90701171

Adriaan van den Spiegel & Giulio Casseri - De humani corporis fabrica libri decem - Human Nerves

1632 Not Available EUR 32.70
90725187 Strassburg, J. Schott, 1522. J. Geiler von Kaisersberg u. Postill, Teutsch Ewangeli und Epistel.

3 Grosse Holzschnitte der Postinkunabelzeit von Wechtlin und des Meisters "IS" mit der Schaufel.

1522/1516 EUR 170.00 - 200.00 EUR 32.70
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD