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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs & Manuscripts Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 25,873.33 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 29, 2026 - March 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,150.00 |
| Sale Number | #32926b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 27,625.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 22.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 48,045.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 55,575.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 46.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102231819 | Signe ; Napoleon Bonaparte [de sa main] | Exceptionnelle lettre manuscrite signee au General Rapp |
1806 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,995.00 |
| 102288560 | John D. Rockefeller | VERY RARE – Original notarised Standard Oil Company contract signed by John D. Rockefeller |
1899 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,400.00 | EUR 4,905.00 |
| 102380580 | Howard Carter (1874-1939) [Archaeologist] | Fine long Autograph Letter signed of the archaeologist as philosopher to the mysterious Miss Ionides |
1933 | EUR 3,600.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 3,760.50 |
| 102340875 | Andre MALRAUX | Exceptionnelle maquette originale de travail de La Metamorphose des dieux |
1956 | EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 | EUR 2,289.00 |
| 102171439 | Alexandre Dumas pere - Revolution Politique 1789 et 1848 | Important manuscrit autographe complet et signe de 8 pages - Inedit - Grand Format |
1848 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,144.50 |
| 102154823 | Marcello Mastroiani / Delia Scala / Walter Chiari / e.a. | Manoscritto con autografi Ristorante Sampieri, Bologna 1955 |
1955/1968 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,035.50 |
| 102059845 | Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle | Hand written and signed letter by Rouget de Lisle |
1826 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 872.00 |
| 102300968 | Henri IV | Rare Lettre Patente signee par le Roi – Fontainebleau - Contexte Ligue & Guerres de Religion |
1595 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | EUR 763.00 |
| 102135926 | ANON | MANUSCRIPT: Medicinae rationalis practica |
1709 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | EUR 724.85 |
| 102340457 | Louis-Ferdinand CELINE | Lettre autographe signee |
1948 | EUR 850.00 - 950.00 | EUR 545.00 |
| 102354132 | Benedetto XV | Autografo Papa, Firmato, Vaticano, Benedizione, Sigillo Ufficiale |
1921 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 492.68 |
| 102233881 | General Charles de Gaulle | Lettre autographe signee a Lucien de Gracia, Maire d'Arcachon - Debut du RPF |
1947 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 449.08 |
| 102311728 | Albert SCHWEITZER (Prix Nobel de la Paix) | Lettre Autographe Signee (L.A.S.) + Enveloppe – Depart pour l'Afrique & Condoleances |
1933 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 102424634 | Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) [Italian Composer] | Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to his colleague and friend Teofilo De Angelis, in Italian, with |
1920 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 102234696 | Jacques Mesrine - Contestation, Manuscrit et Humour Noir "tu ferais une tres belle veuve" | Lettre autographe signee "El Viejo" a Jeanne Schneider, pendant son incarceration |
1977 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 349.89 |
| 102237123 | Victor Hugo - Inondations de Toulouse Solidarite et Censure sous l'Etat de Siege | Note autographe signee sur une L.A.S. d'Horace Ayraud-Degeorge |
1875 | EUR 350.00 - 400.00 | EUR 348.80 |
| 102395627 | Jean Jaures | Manuscrit autographe signe sur l Histoire sociale de l'Angleterre |
1 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 102305400 | Hortense de Beauharnais - [ Reine Hortense ] | Lettre autographe signee a un ami ou amant |
1829 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 305.20 |
| 102424561 | Leo Delibes, (1836-1891) | Tres belle lettre autographe signee de 4 pages |
1870 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 277.95 |
| 102385250 | Lazare Carnot | Lettre imperiale exceptionnelle – Lazare Carnot, ministre de l’Interieur – Paris, 13 avril 1815 |
1815 | EUR 500.00 - 550.00 | EUR 168.95 |
| 102213255 | Anonimo | Documento Historico [fechado en 1399, pero copia posterior] |
1700/1399 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 102118273 | Jacqueline Picasso | carte autographe evoquant la villa "La Californie" |
1961 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 83.93 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950