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Stephan Welz & Co.: CAPE TOWN | FINE & DECORATIVE ART, BOOKS & MAPS, CARPETS, FURNITURE, SILVERWARE, JEWELLERY, WATCHES & VINTAGE FASHION

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Auction Name CAPE TOWN | FINE & DECORATIVE ART, BOOKS & MAPS, CARPETS, FURNITURE, SILVERWARE, JEWELLERY, WATCHES & VINTAGE FASHION Total Sales (ZAR) 469,350.00
Auction Date February 23, 2021 - February 25, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 313,400.00
Sale Number #22321 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 442,900.00
Total Lots 75
Sold Lots 43 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 617,600.00
% of Lots Sold 57.33% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 895,200.00
Unsold Lots 32 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
354 Marlene Dumas

THE SUPERMODEL

1995 ZAR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 ZAR 152,100.00
353 William Joseph Kentridge

FOUR INSTRUMENTS

ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 ZAR 70,200.00
128 Sebastian Münster

TOTIUS AFRICAE TABULA

(1540) [1552] ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 35,100.00
132 Adam Smith

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, 3 VOLS

[1789] ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 29,250.00
352 John Ndevasia Muafangejo (1943-1987)

ANGLICAN SEMINARY BLOWN UP

1981 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 28,080.00
405 Anton Smit

RUN FROM YOURSELF lll

2014 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 23,400.00
104 Samuel Boulton

AFRICA WITH ALL ITS STATES, KINGDOMS, REPUBLICS, REGIONS, ISLANDS ETC., TWO WALL MAPS

(1787) 1787 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 17,550.00
368 George Hallett

BO . KAAP WELCOME

1994 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 17,550.00
188 Jeremy Wafer

PARADISE

ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,000.00
94 After W J Huggins & T Sutherland

TABLE BAY. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 6,600.00
114 George Mathaus Seutter

AFRICA JUXTA NAVIGATIONES ET OBSERVATIONES

(1728) [c1740] ZAR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 6,000.00
121 Giovanni de Rossi

L'AFRICA

(1677) 1677 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 6,000.00
116 Francois Valentyn

NIEUWE KAART VAN CAAP DER GOEDE HOOP

[1724-26] ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 5,040.00
93 Thomas William Bowler

VIEW OF CAPE TOWN, FROM TABLE BAY

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 4,800.00
129 J French (ed)

TOOLEY’S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, 4 VOLS

1999 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,800.00
131

SCRIPTA AFRICANA, 10 VOLS

1985-1989 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 ZAR 4,560.00
125 Sebastian Münster

AFRICAE TABULA NOVA

(1588) [1614] ZAR 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 ZAR 4,200.00
202 Hilda Mary Pemberton

TABLE MOUNTAIN; MILNERTON, two

ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,840.00
105 Joseph Huddart

SEAMON'S BAY IN THE BAY OF FALSE

(1780) [1794] ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,600.00
118 Johann Baptist Homann

TOTIUS AFRICAE NOVA REPRAESENTATIO

(1715) [1715] ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,600.00
205 Tinus de Jongh

MITCHELL'S PASS, CERES; NEWCASTLE WATERFALL, NATAL, two

ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,600.00
233 Stanley William Hayter

FIGURES IN SPACE

57 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,600.00
110 Giles & Didier Robert de Vaugondy

L'AFRIQUE DRESSÉE

(1756) 1756 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 ZAR 3,120.00
92 Gustav de Lode after Kolbe

SIX PRINTS OF VILLAGE LIFE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 18TH CENTURY

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,400.00
127 Sebastian Münster

[AETHIOPIA INTERIOR, AFRICA EXTERIOR]

(1572) [1572] ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,400.00
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