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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€ -
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & ExplorationDominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000 -
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
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Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium February Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Premium February Auction | Total Sales (ZAR) | 478,740.60 |
| Auction Date | February 18, 2025 - February 19, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 395,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #21825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 560,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 162 | ||
| Sold Lots | 84 | Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 847,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 51.85% | High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 1,223,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 78 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 39.13% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 757 | Jim (James) Lewis Dine (American 1935 - ) | CHELSEA IN THE EIGHTIES |
2013 | ZAR 90,000.00 - 120,000.00 | ZAR 92,250.00 |
| 741 | William Kentridge (South African 1955 - ) and Rosenclaire (South African 20th Century) | LESHEBA |
ZAR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | ZAR 73,800.00 | |
| 746 | Pierre Bonnard (French 1867 - 1947) | LE BAIN |
ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 36,900.00 | |
| 756 | Jim (James) Lewis Dine (American 1935 - ) | BIRD OF PARADISE |
1999 | ZAR 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | ZAR 36,900.00 |
| 753 | Salvador Dali (Spanish 1904 - 1989) | LE CHEVALIER MOYENAGEUX (THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT) (From "The Dalinian Horses" series) |
ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 34,440.00 | |
| 734 | Andy Warhol (American 1928 -- 1987) | MICK JAGGER FSII 146, SIGNED ANNOUNCEMENT INVITATION |
ZAR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | ZAR 27,060.00 | |
| 752 | Sam Nhlengethwa (South African 1955 - ) | TRIBUTE TO CECIL SKOTNES |
ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 9,840.00 | |
| 754 | Marino Marini (Italian 1901 - 1980) | FROM COLOUR TO FORM V (From the "From Colour to Form" series) |
ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 9,225.00 | |
| 25 | L. S. Amery, Sampson low (ed.) | THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1900 (7 VOLUMES) |
1900 | ZAR 7,500.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 8,610.00 |
| 41 | Stevenson, Michael | ART AND ASPIRATIONS, THE RAND LORDS OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THEIR COLLECTIONS (SPONSORS EDITION, LIMITED EDITION) |
2002 | ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 7,995.00 |
| 20 | WILD FLOWERS OF NORTHEN SOUTH AFRICA, (COLLECTOR'S EDITION, NUMBERED AND SIGNED) |
1997 | ZAR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 7,380.00 | |
| 40 | Hudleston, Sarah | GEORGE PEMBA, AGAINST ALL ODDS (DELUX EDITION, NUMBERED and SIGNED) |
1996 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 6,765.00 |
| 54 | Collectif | FURNITURE COLLECTIONS IN THE LOUVRE (2 VOLUMES) |
1998 | ZAR 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | ZAR 6,765.00 |
| 625 | Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982) | TWO HEADS |
ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | ZAR 6,765.00 | |
| 17 | Cowling, Richard; Pierce, Shirley; Paterson-Jones, Colin (Photographer) | NAMAQUALAND: A SUCCULENT DESERT (LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED AND SIGNED) |
2001 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 5,166.00 |
| 626 | Claudette Schreuders (South African 1973 - ) | THE MISSING PERSON |
ZAR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 5,166.00 | |
| 16 | Goldblatt, Peter; Manning, John | GLADIOLUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (COLLECTOR"S EDITION, NUMBERED AND SIGNED) |
1998 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 4,920.00 |
| 18 | Thomas Baines | THE VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESI RIVER: SKETCHED ON THE SPOT |
1952 | ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 4,920.00 |
| 106 | GUINEA PROPRIA, NEC NON NIGRITIAE VEL TERRAE NIGRORUM, AETHORUM, AETHIOPIA INFERIOR VEL EXTERIOR |
1743 | ZAR 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 3,936.00 | |
| 627 | Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 -- 2008) | MANY FACES |
ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 3,936.00 | |
| 12 | Carruthers, Jane; Arnold, Marion | THE LIFE AND WORK OF THOMAS BAINES (SPONSORS EDITION, NUMBERED AND SIGNED) |
1997 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 3,690.00 |
| 126 | Gerard Mercator | PERSICI VEL SOPHORUM REGNITYPUS |
1633 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 3,690.00 |
| 97 | Steel, Flora Annie | ENGLISH FAIRY TALES RETOLD (COLLECTORS EDITION) |
1996 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 3,075.00 |
| 66 | THE HOLY BIBLE |
1826 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 2,706.00 | |
| 101 | AFRIQUE. PARLE ST SAMSON DI ABBERVILLE, GENGRUPHE DU RAY. AUEC PRIUILEGE POUR VINTANS. A PARIS CHEZ L'AUTEUR 1656 |
ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 2,706.00 |
