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Stephan Welz & Co.: Collector's Choice Online Auction - bidstart 5/8

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Auction Name Collector's Choice Online Auction - bidstart 5/8 Total Sales (ZAR) 204,264.00
Auction Date May 19, 2020 - May 19, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 80,100.00
Sale Number #51920 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 116,250.00
Total Lots 79
Sold Lots 53 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 152,450.00
% of Lots Sold 67.09% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 223,350.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 91.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
150 Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain]

FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR: A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

MDCCCXCVII [1897] ZAR 450.00 - 600.00 ZAR 25,080.00
139 Charles J. Andersson

A JOURNEY TO LAKE \u2018NGAMI, AND AN ITINERARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ROUTES LEADING TO IT FROM THE WEST COAST

MDCCCLIV [1854] ZAR 3,800.00 - 4,600.00 ZAR 18,240.00
116 [Richard Cannon (Comp)]

HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY & HISTORY OF THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1837 & MDCCCXLII [1842] ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 14,820.00
438 Walter Whall Battiss

INNOCUOUS AND USELESS OBJECTS

ZAR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 ZAR 13,680.00
413 Bhekisani Manyoni

MOVING IN THE MORNING; MOVING THE HUT; VISITING HOME; OUR LIFE; COMPOSERS; THE SCHOLER (SIC), six in the lot

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 11,700.00
463 Walter Whall Battiss

BIRD FLIGHT and MR ICARUS, I PRESUME

ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 11,115.00
161 Edward Stanford

MAP OF THE EASTERN FRONTIER OF THE CAPE COLONY

1856 ZAR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 10,530.00
341 After Ephraim Ngatane

MUSICIANS

ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 5,616.00
111 Iain R. Smith (ed.)

BRENTHURST THIRD SERIES: THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING, 2 VOLS

2001 ZAR 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 4,680.00
119 W. T. Stead (ed.)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CECIL JOHN RHODES

ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,680.00
128 John Stanier Clarke

THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

MDCCCIII [1803] ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 ZAR 4,680.00
158 Brion de la Tour

AFRICA, SECUNDUM LEGITIMAS PROJECTIONIS

1791 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,446.00
379 Tinus de Jongh

BERG RIVER, SWELLENDAM

ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,095.00
380 Tinus de Jongh

COTTAGE KENILWORTH

ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 4,095.00
131 Capt. Benjamin Stout

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES

1820 ZAR 1,900.00 - 2,300.00 ZAR 3,510.00
134 Rev. John Philip

RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA

MDCCCXXVIII [1828] ZAR 2,300.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,510.00
149 Jules Verne

TWO JULES VERNE AFRICAN ADVENTURES

1875 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 3,510.00
135 Stephen Kay

TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN CAFFRARIA

1834 ZAR 550.00 - 850.00 ZAR 3,276.00
121 Capt. W. Cornwallis Harris

THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

MDCCCXXXIX [1839] ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 3,042.00
138 Harriet Ward

THE CAPE AND THE KAFFIRS; OR A DIARY OF FIVE YEARS\u2019 RESIDENCE IN KAFFIRLAND

1851 ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 ZAR 2,808.00
110 Lieut. E. W. B. Morrison

WITH THE GUNS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1901 ZAR 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 2,574.00
129 Hugh Murray

HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN AFRICA FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME

1818 ZAR 750.00 - 1,000.00 ZAR 2,574.00
137 Barnabas Shaw

MEMORIALS OF SOUTH AFRICA

1840 ZAR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 2,574.00
155 African Court Calendar

THE CAPE ALMANAC SERIES 1801 - 1802, 1804 - 1829, 28 VOLS

1970 \u2013 1987 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 2,340.00
350 Graciela Rodo Boulanger

GIRLS WITH SKIPPING ROPE

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,340.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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