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Auction Name Premium Auction - Books Total Sales (ZAR) 114,522.00
Auction Date August 01, 2022 - August 01, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 0.00
Sale Number #80122 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 0.00
Total Lots 26
Sold Lots 16 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 61.54% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 0.00
Unsold Lots 10 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
324 OMAR KHAYYAM Translated by Edward Fitzgerald; illustrated by Gilbert James

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM; THE ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA

 1904 Not Available ZAR 65,752.50
325 London: William Heinemann, 1921-1927

THE WORKS OF JOSEPH CONRAD (VOL. 1 SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED EDITION, 20 VOLS.)

 1921-1927 Not Available ZAR 11,070.00
316

A GENERAL COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY THE PORTUGUESE AND THE SPANIARDS DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES

 1789 Not Available ZAR 8,610.00
312 Andrew Forrester

REVELATIONS OF A PRIVATE DETECTIVE & SECRET SERVICE, OR RECOLLECTIONS OF A CITY DETECTIVE (2 VOLUMES)

 1863-1864 Not Available ZAR 7,995.00
335 John Mitchell Watt & Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk

MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA (2ND EDTION)

 1962 Not Available ZAR 4,305.00
327 Abraham Valentijn (Translator)

DE SCHIMPDIGTEN VAN D. JUNIUS JUVENALIS EN AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS (PUBLISHED 1682)

 Not Available ZAR 2,706.00
321 Harry Manners

KAMBAKU! (LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)

 1986 Not Available ZAR 2,460.00
330 WOPKO JENSMA

LOT OF 3 BOOKS BY WOPKO JENSMA

 1973-1977 Not Available ZAR 2,460.00
333 A. B. A. Brink

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2 VOLS. (LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR)

 1979 Not Available ZAR 1,968.00
336 C. G. C. Dickson & Dr. D. M. Kroon (Eds.)

PENNINGTON'S BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (LIMITED EDITION, SPECIAL BINDING)

 1978 Not Available ZAR 1,845.00
329 Gregory H. Hemingway

PAPA: A PERSONAL MEMOIR (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)

 1976 Not Available ZAR 1,230.00
314

THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD ON THE WITWATERSRAND (ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS)

 Not Available ZAR 1,045.50
311 MICHAEL BARAITSER & ANTON OBHOLZER

CAPE COUNTRY FURNITURE, MICHAEL BARAITSER & ANTON OBHOLZER, CAPE TOWN: A. A. BALKEMA, 1971

 Not Available ZAR 922.50
318 Anna H. Smith

CLAUDIUS WATER-COLOURS IN THE AFRICANA MUSEUM (LIMITED EDITION)

 1952 Not Available ZAR 799.50
313 Graham Knox

ESTATE WINES IN SOUTH AFRICA (LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR)

 1976 Not Available ZAR 738.00
315 Alexander Charles Ewald

THE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G., AND HIS TIME (2 VOLS.)

 1884 Not Available ZAR 615.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
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    Auction 151
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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