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Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Literature and Illustrated Books Auction Total Sales (EUR) 6,832.12
Auction Date December 12, 2025 - December 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 12,505.00
Sale Number #121225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 15,370.00
Total Lots 26
Sold Lots 19.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 20,005.00
% of Lots Sold 73.08% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 24,620.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 27.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
99623149 Franz Kafka

Der Prozess. Roman.

1925 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 1,335.25
99576579 James Joyce

Ulysses (8th. printing)

1926 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 817.50
99576046 Ernest Hemingway

Across The River And Into The Trees (First Ed.)

1950 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 801.15
99409002 John Milton

The Poetical Works of John Milton in Vellucent Binding

1897 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,900.00 EUR 763.00
99507203 Signed, Sir Rabindranath Tagore

The Gardener - Translated from The Original Bengali - Bernhard Tauchnitz

1921 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 524.29
99478581 Ian Fleming

Moonraker: First edition, first impression

1955 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 EUR 392.40
99474671 Karin Blixen.

Out of Africa

1937 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 305.20
99467861 Charles Dickens, Talwin Morris [design]

Charles Dickens Thirty volume set with Talwin Morris designs

1901 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 283.40
99577708 Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov / Ivan Aleksandrovitch Gontcharov

Oblomov / Oblomov

1862 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 243.07
99556436 Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover

Victorian Detective Fiction (Signed Limited Ed.)

1966 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 240.89
99461726 Robert Musil

Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. Band I und II. FIRST EDITION

1930/1933 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 EUR 239.80
99576900 Friedrich von Schiller / Bruno Goldschmitt (illustrations)

Wilhelm Tell. Ein Schauspiel in funf Aufzugen von Friedrich von Schiller.

1922 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 163.50
99484674 A. Poenaru

Inconfidarea Roselei sau Nenoricirea si Constinta

1852 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 EUR 152.60
99511834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge/Willy Pogany

The Rime of an Ancient Mariner

1910 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 147.15
99575593 W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson (Editors) / William Hole

The Poetry of Robert Burns (in 4 Vol.)

1897 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 125.35
99398749 Signed, Pierre Boulle

The Good Leviathan, 1st US Edition, HC & DJ,

1978 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 109.00
99527257 Eduard Norden / Walter Tiemann (illustrations)

Amor und Psyche. Marchen von Apulejus. Ubertragen von Eduard Norden

1902 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 83.93
99488345 Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott's "Graphic" Pictures Limited Numbered Edition

1891 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 82.84
99579342 Mr.Limon & Fr. Joaquim De S.Ta Anna

Portugiesische Werke,Dissertacao Critica,Historica, E Liturgica Sobre A Nota Do Prelado Ao Antigo

1769/1801 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 EUR 21.80
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    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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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    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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