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Quagga Rare Books and Art: Rare Books and Prints of South African interest - Internet bidstart 2/28

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Auction Name Rare Books and Prints of South African interest - Internet bidstart 2/28 Total Sales (USD) 4,302.00
Auction Date March 07, 2017 - March 07, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,630.00
Sale Number #30717 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 5,900.00
Total Lots 48
Sold Lots 23 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,735.00
% of Lots Sold 47.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,205.00
Unsold Lots 25 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 35.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Irma Stern / Hans Christian Andersen

BILDERBUCH OHNE BILDER WITH ORIGINAL HANDPAINTED BOOKPLATE BY IRMA STERN

1852 / c.1917 USD 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 USD 1,700.00
37 various

AN ALBUM CONTAINING OVER 400 MARITIME POSTCARDS

1910 - 1980 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 510.00
40 Albert F. Calvert

40 SOUTH WEST AFRICA DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION (1884-1914)

1915 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 320.00
25 : D.F Bleek et. al. Edited by J.D.

BUSHMEN OF THE SOUTHERN KALAHARI

1937 USD 350.00 - 400.00 USD 290.00
11 Andrew B. Smith & Roy H. Pheiffer (trans.)

THE KHOIKHOI AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE – DELUXE EDITION

1993 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 223.00
9 Gregoire Boonzaaier

GREGOIRE BOONZAIER COLOURED LINOCUT – TREES

1979 USD 250.00 - 320.00 USD 180.00
8 Gregoire Boonzaaier

GREGOIRE BOONZAIER LINOCUT – BARREN OAK TREE

1979 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 170.00
31 David Bailey

NUDES 1981 – 1984 SIGNED.

1984 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 125.00
32

BEATLES FAN CLUB CARD – SIGNED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY

1963 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
35 Oscar Norwich

MAPS OF AFRICA; AN ILLUSTRATED AND ANNOTATED CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY

1983 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 110.00
14 W.H.I. Bleek (trans)

REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA OR, HOTTENTOT FABLES AND TALES

1864 USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 90.00
24 I. Schapera

THE KHOISAN PEOPLES OF SOUTH AFRICA; BUSHMEN AND HOTTENTOTS – SIGNED

1930 USD 100.00 - 140.00 USD 90.00
36 Henry Berthoud

MAP OF ZOUTPANSBERG, NORTH TRANSVAAL

1903 USD 100.00 - 140.00 USD 75.00
28 Rykie van Reenen

DIE WÊRELD VAN JANSJE WISSEMA

1976 USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 70.00
12 E.J. Dunn

THE BUSHMAN

1931 USD 60.00 - 70.00 USD 55.00
47 Mary Matham Kidd

WILD FLOWERS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA

1950 USD 35.00 - 40.00 USD 27.00
29 Jeanne Wright and Cecil Kerbel

FREDERICK HUTCHINSON PAGE. RINGMASTER OF THE IMAGINATION

2011 USD 30.00 - 40.00 USD 25.00
38

A MARITIME PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM

c. 1910 USD 25.00 - 35.00 USD 22.00
16 William H. I. Bleek et al. Edited by D.F. Bleek

BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE |XAM BUSHMEN. PART IV: OMENS, WIND-MAKING, CLOUDS

c.1933 USD 30.00 - 35.00 USD 20.00
17 William H. I. Bleek et al. Edited by D.F. Bleek

BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE |XAM BUSHMEN. PART V: RAIN

c.1933 USD 30.00 - 35.00 USD 20.00
18 William H. I. Bleek et al. Edited by D.F. Bleek

BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE |XAM BUSHMEN. PART VI: RAINMAKING

c.1933 USD 30.00 - 35.00 USD 20.00
19 C.F. Macdonald

DIE LEWE VAN DIE BOESMANS

c.1940 USD 30.00 - 35.00 USD 20.00
20 Janette Deacon

ARROWS AS AGENTS OF BELIEF AMONGST THE /XAM BUSHMEN

1992 USD 30.00 - 35.00 USD 20.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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