Catawiki B. V.: Autographs & Manuscripts Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autographs & Manuscripts Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 13,676.23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 27, 2026 - May 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 21,915.00 |
| Sale Number | #52726b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 27,745.00 |
| Total Lots | 118 | ||
| Sold Lots | 107.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 25,655.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 32,095.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 42.61% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103715536 | Napoleon Ier | Napoleon Ier — Lettre signee au General Clarke, Duc de Feltre |
1810 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 3,379.00 |
| 103684381 | Ernesto Che Guevara | Authentic handwritten document signed by Ernesto Che Guevara |
1964 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 856.74 |
| 103707915 | Artisti vari | Album giapponese di pitture con Manoscritti |
1890/1910 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 708.50 |
| 103806712 | Maria Anna of Spain (1634–1696) Queenconsort of King Philip IV | Important royal court letter with two signatures to papal ambassador Carlo Bonelli (1612–1676) |
1657 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 490.50 |
| 100645877 | Sultan Mahmud II | Ottoman Firman (Income Charter) |
1830 | EUR 450.00 - 500.00 | EUR 436.00 |
| 103789238 | Charles Philippe de Bourbon (spater Konig Karl X.) | 1782 Versailles - Konigliche Militarurkunde signiert von Charles Philippe (spater Konig Karl X.) – |
1782 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 337.90 |
| 103795847 | hand signiert - Ciao America - Kunstdruck |
2007 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 288.85 | |
| 103829994 | Jean Cocteau | Lettre autographe signee |
1954 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 283.40 |
| 103625840 | George Sand | Lettre autographe signee pour son fils Maurice + important dossier de collectionneur sur la |
1867 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 103860685 | Beniamino Gigli - Riccardo Cordiferro - Salvatore Cardillo | Manoscritto Musicale Autografo Beniamino Gigli - "Core 'ngrato" - Con Correzioni e Monogramma |
1923 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 261.60 |
| 103822299 | Samuel Beckett | SUPERBE carte autographe signee au moment de son prix Nobel |
1969 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 226.72 |
| 103727786 | Fotografia original dedicada y firmada por Juan de Borbon y Battenberg, Conde de Barcelona (1958) |
1958 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 223.45 | |
| 103728140 | Fotografia original dedicada y firmada por Maria de las Mercedes de Borbon y Orleans, Condesa de |
1958 | EUR 275.00 - 325.00 | EUR 223.45 | |
| 103753023 | Photographie dedicacee du Pape |
N/A | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | EUR 223.45 | |
| 103831760 | Bible | Antique Manuscript Bible Fragment From Morocco Handwritten on Deer Parchment |
1700 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 218.00 |
| 103755670 | Firma Carlos III | Manuscrito |
1761 | EUR 170.00 - 200.00 | EUR 186.39 |
| 103886118 | Ferdowsi | Shahnameh - Ferdowsi |
1590 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 163.50 |
| 103757983 | Signed Sheets of Music: Instrumental Composer Spohr | Composed Music Masterpiece, Cornu Secondo, Violine-Andante maestoro, handmade Paper |
1813 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 158.05 |
| 103846503 | Guilleam | XL Manuscript Ieper Gent Hallebast Dikkebus |
1628 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 158.05 |
| 103757857 | Coran | 1 feuillet de Coran manuscrit persan, moghol, Safavide. |
1650/1600 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 155.87 |
| 103799686 | Maurice Maeterlinck (1862/1949) Prix Nobel de Litterature en 1911 | L.A.S Autorisant la reproduction de quelques unes de ses poesies dans "l'Anthologie des Poetes |
1912 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 152.60 |
| 103783280 | Manuscrito | Firma Rey Alfonso XII y firma de Francisco de Ceballos. Espana. Ano 1878. |
1878 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 150.42 |
| 103809832 | Y.Shigenobu, Masterpiece-Original Japanese Carving | Shunga, 2 hand-carved on a Cow Bone, Erotic Depiction of a Japanese Couple in Love |
1750/1780 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 141.70 |
| 103900639 | Gabriel PIERNE (1863-1937), French composer, conductor, pianist and organist | Autograph signed letter about Beethoven's 9th Symphony & Music Critics |
1920 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 141.70 |
| 103398366 | Louis XV [secretaire] | Lettre de cachet signee et contresignee par Phelypeaux |
1741 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 119.90 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000