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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated

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Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Total Sales (EUR) 24,545.71
Auction Date December 15, 2024 - December 15, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 23,300.00
Sale Number #121524e High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 26,900.00
Total Lots 45
Sold Lots 21 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 57,475.00
% of Lots Sold 46.67% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 65,425.00
Unsold Lots 24 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
91419901 Charles Baudelaire

Nouvelles fleurs du mal [tire a part de la 5e livraison du Parnasse ; poesies inedites]

1866 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,523.50
91016931 Prosper Merimee

Colomba

1913 EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 3,161.00
91164291 Paul Iribe [illustrateur]

Les robes de Paul Poiret racontees par Paul Iribe [signe par Paul Poiret]

1908 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 1,962.00
91226507 Nicolas Chorier

Le Meursius francois

1782 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 1,744.00
91339995 Anatole France / Alfons Mucha

Clio. Illustrations de Mucha [Reliure en maroquin aux fleurs rouges]

1900 EUR 500.00 - 550.00 EUR 1,635.00
91537227 Honore Daumier

Les cent et un Robert-Macaire

1839 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,526.00
91127333 Antoine-Jean Casse de Saint-Prosper

Berryana, ou recueil des traits de bonte les plus remarquables de S. A. R. feu Mgr le Duc de Berry

1820 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,308.00
91169441 Romain Gary

Frere Ocean / Pour Sganarelle. Recherche d'un personnage et d'un roman / La Danse de Gengis

1968/1965 EUR 1,700.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 1,209.90
91133117 Arnaud Berquin

Idylles

1775 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 981.00
91417559 Dom Louis Le Pelletier

Dictionnaire de la Langue Bretonne. ou l'on voit son antiquite, son affinite avec les anciennes

1752 EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 872.00
91609877 Nadar; Philipon; Gustave Dore; Grevin; Marcellin; Robida e.a.

Le Petit Journal pour rire du ndeg1 au ndeg671 [premiere serie complete]

1856/1868 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 EUR 844.75
89932213 Mr. De Voltaire

Elemens de philosophie de Neuton

1738 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 751.01
91240381

Paul Iribe - Le Temoin

1935/1933 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 EUR 708.50
91405453 Voltaire

OEuvres completes de Voltaire

1823/1825 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 664.90
91334701 Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine

Les amours du grand Alcandre

1786 EUR 750.00 - 850.00 EUR 555.90
91357227 Maurice Sand

Masques et Bouffons

1862 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 534.10
91395751 Jean de La Fontaine

Fables choisies

1776 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 522.11
91450567 Flaubert / Rochegrosse

Salammbo [reliure signee Champs-Stroobants]

1900 EUR 450.00 - 500.00 EUR 386.95
91380799 Paul Verlaine

Fetes galantes

1913 EUR 550.00 - 650.00 EUR 294.30
91107647 M. Le Vicomte Chateaubriand

OEuvres completes de M. Le Vicomte Chateaubriand

1833/1834 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 186.39
90815577 M. Alphonse De Lamartine

Meditations poetiques / Nouvelles meditaions poetiques [lettre manuscrite de l'auteur]

1821/1823 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 174.40
  • 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”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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 .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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