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Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name French Literature and Illustrated Auction Total Sales (EUR) 9,690.10
Auction Date November 21, 2025 - November 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 10,400.00
Sale Number #112125a High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 13,050.00
Total Lots 26
Sold Lots 8.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 27,650.00
% of Lots Sold 30.77% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 33,450.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 28.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
98875137 Signe ; Leon Spilliaert

Plaisirs d'Hiver [1/100 sur Japon imperial signe par l'artiste]

1918 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 2,725.00
98856486 Signe; Lobel-Riche et Paul Reboux

La Maison de danses [avec 3 dessins originaux + envoi + suites ; Reliure Art Deco de Marguerite

1928 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,398.00
98805561 [sans reserve]

Collection complete des 65 albums La Pleiade + le disque

1960 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,466.05
98828540 [Revue] Zola, Maupassant, Courteline ... / Steinlen, Guillaume, Gerbault...

Gil Blas illustre [428 numeros]

1891/1899 EUR 950.00 - 1,050.00 EUR 926.50
98857821 Paul Massonnet / Bonnard, Deveria, Naudin, Carlegle, e.a.

Le Livre et ses Amis [18 numeros; ex. sur velin avec une gravure originale de Marie Laurencin]

1947/1945 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 654.00
98963962 Charles Baudelaire / Manuel Orazi

Les Fleurs du Mal

1934 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 603.86
98583503 [sans reserve] Voltaire

OEuvres completes en 53 vol.

1830 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 480.69
98858994 Joseph-Charles Mardrus / Joe Hamman ; Kieffer

Histoire du portefaix avec les jeunes filles. [reliure de M.T. Aigner ; 1/50 sur velin avec dessins

1920 EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 EUR 436.00
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
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