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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Autographs and Manuscripts	Total Sales (EUR)	19,688.67
Auction Date	February 17, 2026 - February 17, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	28,515.00
Sale Number	#21726a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	44,400.00
Total Lots	51
Sold Lots	51.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	28,515.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	44,400.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	44.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101110590	Signed ; Che Guevara	Unpublished 5 p. Diary - Journey Through Africa December 1964 to March 1965 - With LOA	1964	EUR 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 5,559.00
101024221	Sir Winston Churchill	Lettera firmata e busta di spedizione	1948	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 1,757.08
100676084	Signed Ernest Hemingway	Original photograph Signed Autograph Ernest Hemingway	1959	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 1,689.50
101160397	Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte	Fragment d'un document officiel de nomination juridique signe	1803	EUR 600.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 1,129.24
101069332	San Giovanni Paolo II	Autografo Papa, dono Cardinale	1979	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 963.56
100676202	Signed Ernesto Che Guevara	Original photograph Signed Autograph Ernesto Che Guevara	1962	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 910.15
100968647	San Paolo VI Papa	Autografo Papa, Firmato, Vaticano, Benedizione	1963	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 818.59
101025374	Ethiopian	Ethiopian Ge'ez Prayer and Protective Manuscript -- 19th Century	1900	EUR 450.00 - 550.00	EUR 709.59
100925088	Louis XIV - Lettre patente signe Louis - Contresigne Michel Le Tellier	Adressee au Duc de la Feuillade, pair de France	1682	EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00	EUR 545.00
101170132	Vari	Lot Manuscrits Francais XVII - XVIII siecle... calligraphy history Mystery box documents...	1600	EUR 325.00 - 400.00	EUR 458.89
101157688		hand signiert - Pearblossom Highway - Kunstpostkarte	2012	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 446.90
101157900		hand signiert - Lesende - Kunstpostkarte	2012	Not Available	EUR 405.48
101055120	Fidel Castro	Fidel Castro Premierminister Regierungsdekret Offiziell 2 Seiten 14. Juli 1959	1959	EUR 425.00 - 500.00	EUR 331.36
100877479		President Fidel Castro in military uniform -signed- black-and-white photo		EUR 225.00 - 275.00	EUR 294.30
101047888		antique Torah scroll, a handwritten on leather	1800	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 283.40
101033649	Le Baron Haussmann	Lettre autographe signee dans laquelle il cite le boulevard qui porte son nom	1860	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 192.93
100930388	Manuscrito	Ano 1656. Manuscrito. Sello segundo. Felipe IV. Precioso ejemplar.	1656	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 191.84
101225809	Record du Monde - Felix Baumgartner	Photo signed by Felix Baumgartner with Beckett COA	2012	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 178.76
100747747	Jean Cocteau	Poeme autographe - "La Tour et les comparaisons" issu du Prince frivole	1909	EUR 220.00 - 250.00	EUR 164.59
101158364		hand signiert - Orang-Utang - Kunstpostkarte	1994	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 164.59
100748012	Jean Cocteau	Poeme autographe - "Le bouquin de Taine" issu du Prince frivole	1909	EUR 220.00 - 250.00	EUR 153.69
101124779	1610-1617	Manuscrito Gallego: Sanxenxo y O Grove	1610	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 152.60
100923841	Jean Cocteau	Lettre autographe signee	1951	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 132.98
100772276	Amanuense Miniaturista Anonimo	Pergamena, Antifonario, Manoscritto, Vangelo, Corale, Cattedrale	1550	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 120.99
101158124		hand signiert - Blue Umbrella - Kunstpostkarte	2002	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 120.99

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.