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Catawiki B. V.: Literature & Illustrated Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Literature & Illustrated Books Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 8,013.68 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 31, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 14,225.00 |
| Sale Number | #53126b | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 17,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 36 | ||
| Sold Lots | 13.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 32,425.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 36.11% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 38,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 20.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103669662 | Joanne K. Rowling; Serena Riglietti | Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale |
1998 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,962.00 |
| 103846515 | Conan Doyle | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. FIRST EDITION. First issue. |
1892 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 1,090.00 |
| 103766158 | Stephen King | La chica que amaba a Tom Gordon (The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon) |
1999 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | EUR 846.93 |
| 103601036 | La Tauromaquia |
1970 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | EUR 725.94 | |
| 103520044 | William Shakespeare | Set with 8 Shakespeare's play |
1734/1735 | EUR 550.00 - 650.00 | EUR 655.09 |
| 103649179 | Benito Perez Galdos | La de los tres tristes destinos |
1907 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | EUR 599.50 |
| 103675156 | Wolfgang Schadewaldt, Marc Chagall | Homer - Die Odyssee. Von Vava Chagall autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe in 2 Banden mit 43 |
1989 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 471.97 |
| 103791554 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | West-ostlicher Divan |
1819 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 370.60 |
| 103696988 | Johann Caspar Lavater / Henry Hunter (translation) / Thomas Holloway (illustrations) / William Blake | Essays on Physiognomy: Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. 3 parts in 5 |
1789/1798 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 | EUR 337.90 |
| 103882177 | Cervantes | Vida y hechos del ingenioso Caballero don Quixote de la Mancha. Compuesta por Miguel de Cervantes |
1771 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 327.00 |
| 103479462 | RAR - EA - Charles Dickens; J. C. Leech | Der Weihnachtsabend |
1844 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 253.97 |
| 103662870 | Publius Vergilius Maro [Virgil] / Christian Gottlob Heyne (editor) / Johann Dominik Fiorillo | P. Virgilii Maronis Opera varietate lectionis et perpetua adnotatione illustrata a Chr. Gottl. Heyne |
1789/1787 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 240.89 |
| 102992435 | Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev | Die Erste Liebe by Iwan Turgenjew |
1923 | EUR 650.00 - 750.00 | EUR 131.89 |
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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