AntiquarianAuctions.com: Rare Books - Online bidstart 11/11
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| Auction Name | Rare Books - Online bidstart 11/11 | Total Sales (USD) | 44,962.00 |
| Auction Date | November 18, 2021 - November 18, 2021 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 41,220.00 |
| Sale Number | #95 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 49,025.00 |
| Total Lots | 478 | ||
| Sold Lots | 168 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 131,073.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 35.15% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 156,912.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 310 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 28.65% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | TREASON TRIAL APPEAL LETTER (Signed by many of the trialists) |
USD 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 9,312.00 | ||
| 5 | Sharpe (Richard Bowdler) and Wyatt (Claude W.) | A MONOGRAPH OF THE HIRUNDINIDÆ |
1885-1894 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 85 | Home (Lieut William) | WITH THE BORDER VOLUNTEERS TO PRETORIA |
1901 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,365.00 |
| 13 | Herman Charles Bosman | THE ROOINEK - ONE OF 75 COPIES WITH 15 ORIGINAL SIGNED SKOTNES GRAPHICS |
1981 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,323.00 |
| 9 | Marais (Dalene) Comp. | MAGGIE LAUBSER |
1994 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 10 | [Skotnes (Pippa) Editor] | SOUND FROM THE THINKING STRINGS (Artist’s proof No. I) |
1991 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 88 | [Neligan (T.)] | BOER WAR 1899 – 1902 FROM LANCASHIRE TO LADYSMITH |
1900 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,050.00 |
| 11 | Lieut. George R. Witton | SCAPEGOATS OF THE EMPIRE - The Story of the Bushveldt Carbineers (1907) |
1907 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 16 | Shakespeare (William) | TWELFTH NIGHT |
1932 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 17 | Weddell (James) | A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE |
1827 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 79 | Crispin (Lieutenant - Colonel Hugh Trevor) | “ IKONA SKETCHES” |
1915 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 893.00 |
| 229 | LOOKING BACK |
1961-2010 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 893.00 | |
| 21 | Franklin(Captain John) | NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA |
1823 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 69 | L. De Launay | Les Mines d'Or du Transvaal (1896) |
1896 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 683.00 |
| 24 | Mandela, Nelson | LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (SIGNED & INSCRIBED) |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 168 | Anglo-Boer War | Vrede van Vereeniging 31 Mei 1902 |
USD 75.00 - 75.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 368 | Jan K Coetzee | Dominium and Control |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 650.00 | |
| 27 | Rev. E. J. Mqoboli | I Ntyila-zwi Ngemibuzo Ne Mpendulo. (1906) - Inscribed by author who was the first senior chaplain of the ANC. |
[1906] | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 70 | Francis Bishop (compiled and registered by) | THE GOLD LAW of the SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1896) - very early Johannesburg publication |
1896 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 525.00 |
| 30 | Sir Samuel White Baker | Ismailïa (2-volume First Edition) |
1874 | USD 550.00 - 750.00 | USD 475.00 |
| 402 | Jan K Coetzee | Failing to learn, Doomed to Repeat |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 357 | Nadine Gordimer and David Goldblatt | LIFETIMES: UNDER APARTHEID. SCARCE FIRST (UK) EDITION SIGNED BY GOLDBLATT |
1986 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 251 | RHODESIANA REPRINT LIBRARY (Gold series full set Vols 1-36) |
1968-1974 | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 385.00 | |
| 390 | Lawrence Durrel | The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. (Limited Edition, Signed by Author) |
1962 | USD 200.00 - 230.00 | USD 357.00 |
| 144 | Nel (P.G.) | J.H. PIERNEEF (De luxe edition) |
1990 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 353.00 |
