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Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 9,490.63 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 15, 2026 - April 15, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,915.00 |
| Sale Number | #41526a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 20,735.00 |
| Total Lots | 117 | ||
| Sold Lots | 98.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 19,230.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 83.76% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 24,930.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 19 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 38.07% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102607282 | [Napoleon Bonaparte] | Passeport sous l'Empire |
1810 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 926.50 |
| 102747000 | Anonimo (Veneto) | Eccezionale manoscritto di Matematica e Fortificazione, inizi ‘700 |
1700 | USD 275.00 - 325.00 | USD 599.50 |
| 102766219 | Rechter en schepenen | Bilzen Manuscript Vellum met 3 waszegels |
1519 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 462.16 |
| 102616353 | Che Guevara | Havana January 19 intervention at the Workes Palace received by Workers |
1959 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 327.00 |
| 102628283 | Ignoto | Manoscritto Sciamano + bacchetta intagliata |
1900 | USD 275.00 - 325.00 | USD 294.30 |
| 102721817 | ALEXANDRE VIII | Acte pontifical manuscrit sur parchemin |
1690 | USD 275.00 - 325.00 | USD 294.30 |
| 102317524 | Marc-Guillaume-Alexis VADIER - Pdt du Comite de Surete Generale | [Revolution francaise] Arrestation du Citoyen Carlier suspect |
1794 | USD 170.00 - 200.00 | USD 272.50 |
| 102713673 | JFK / Ruth Paine | Ruth Paine Autograph, Photo with Beckett COA |
1963 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 239.80 |
| 102607799 | Samuel BECKETT | Remercie pour une "bonne bouteille" |
1970 | USD 200.00 - 220.00 | USD 212.55 |
| 101820298 | Coran | 1 feuillet de Coran manuscrit persan, moghol, Safavide. |
1650/1600 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 207.10 |
| 100995284 | Anoniem | Original Manuscript from a Latin Bible - [France - ca. 13th century] |
1250 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 199.47 |
| 102760115 | Judaica; Manuscript | Ludwig & Rosettchen. Eine Wundersame Historie. Gedruckt in dies Jahr |
1895 | USD 170.00 - 200.00 | USD 185.30 |
| 101971348 | Coran | 1 feuillet de Coran manuscrit persan, moghol, Safavide. |
1650/1600 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 176.58 |
| 102614145 | Louis Visconti - Architecte du Louvre et de l'Empereur | Lettre autographe signee - Chantier du Tombeau de Napoleon Ier aux Invalides |
1849 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 174.40 |
| 102659860 | Colette | Lettre manuscrite et dessin a Philippe HERIAT sur l'epingle de cravate de BALZAC |
1930 | USD 325.00 - 400.00 | USD 174.40 |
| 102628215 | Georges Simenon (1903-1989) | Lettre Dactylographiee signee concernant son ouvrage " La Maison du Canal" |
1969 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 163.50 |
| 102734632 | Chidusche Torat Mosche חידושי תורת משה | Mount Sinai & Victim laws, Torah & Antique Bible Manuscript with many crowns, Deer Parchment |
1350/1380 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 163.50 |
| 102733995 | Caliph al-Walid I الوليد بن عبد الملك | Almohaden الموحدون, Quran Manuscript Al-Maʾida, Sevilla, al-Andalus Spain |
1750/1780 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 161.32 |
| 100116514 | Anoniem | [Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century |
1380 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 142.79 |
| 102712921 | Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines | Artist manuscrit and 4 draws of Paris, bois de Boulogne, champs de Mars and saint cloud fair |
1810/1805 | USD 275.00 - 350.00 | USD 142.79 |
| 102667636 | Ensemble de documents concernant la region de Figeac | Occitanie (Region Quercy) concernant l'annee 1803 (An 10 de la Republique) |
1803 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 134.07 |
| 102392618 | Armand de Caulaincourt - Grand Ecuyer | Lettre autographe signee au Marechal Berthier - Recommandation Militaire - Calvados |
1807 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.80 |
| 102653973 | Ferdinando II | Pergamena del 1839 Ferdinando II |
1839 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.80 |
| 102679236 | Colette | Lettre autographe signee |
1930 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.80 |
| 102707722 | nvt | Akte van schenking voor een graf in de Buurkerk te Utrecht |
1740 | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 130.80 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.