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Auction Name: X PLP African Photography
Auction Date: 07/27/2021 - 07/27/2021
Sale Number: #72721
Total Lots: 127
Sold Lots: 44
Lots Sold: 34.65%
Unsold Lots: 83

Total Sales (ZAR): 661,050.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR): 479,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR): 662,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR): 2,564,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR): 3,484,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 18.97%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
25	Kongo Astronauts	Kongo Astronauts (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1984—; France 1966 —), Untitled [Facing the Past] (from the After Schengen series)	2019	ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	ZAR 70,200.00
112	Alf Kumalo	Alf Kumalo (South Africa 1930-2012), Dancing Ladies – Dance is music in motion (phata-phata!)	1960	ZAR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	ZAR 53,820.00
62	Tamary Kudita	Tamary Kudita (Zimbabwe 1994-), African Victorian VII	2019	ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	ZAR 49,140.00
113	Alf Kumalo	Alf Kumalo (South Africa 1930-2012), Miriam Makeba Performing in Lesotho	1981	ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	ZAR 46,800.00
63	Tamary Kudita	Tamary Kudita (Zimbabwe 1994-), African Victorian II	2019	ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	ZAR 35,100.00
64	Tamary Kudita	Tamary Kudita (Zimbabwe 1994-), Gladys	2021	ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	ZAR 35,100.00
59	Lee-Ann Olwage	Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa 1986-), Belinda (from the #BlackDragMagic series)	2019	ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	ZAR 25,740.00
61	Lee-Ann Olwage	Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa 1986-), Thuli (from the #BlackDragMagic series)	2019	ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	ZAR 25,740.00
81		Unknown Photographer © BAHA, Ballet Dance	1960s	ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 25,740.00
2	Etinosa Yvonne	Etinosa Yvonne (Nigeria 1989-), Like We Own It (from the Colours of the North series)	2019	ZAR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	ZAR 21,060.00
123	Jesse Navarre Vos	Jesse Navarre Vos (South Africa), Oath on Love	2020	ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00	ZAR 21,060.00
98	Paul-Marie M'Bo	Paul-Marie M'Bo (Cote d’Ivoire 1993-), Philautia 1	2019	ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	ZAR 18,720.00
111	Ralph Ndawo	Ralph Ndawo (South African 1932-1980), Steve Biko funeral, King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1977.	1977	ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	ZAR 18,720.00
60	Lee-Ann Olwage	Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa 1986-), Liyana (from the #BlackDragMagic series)	2019	ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	ZAR 17,550.00
97	Margaret Ngigi	Margaret Ngigi (Kenya 1996-), Untitled (from the Bride Avenue series)	2020	ZAR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00	ZAR 17,550.00
102	Stephanie Blomkamp	Stephanie Blomkamp (South Africa 1987-), Unseen	2019	ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	ZAR 15,210.00
1	Etinosa Yvonne	Etinosa Yvonne (Nigeria 1989-), This Bond Between Us (from the Colours of the North series)	2019	ZAR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	ZAR 14,040.00
33	Ronald Ngilima	Ronald Ngilima (South Africa 1914-1960), Portrait of a woman in front of her home, Wattville.	1950s	ZAR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	ZAR 14,040.00
53	Graeme Williams	Graeme Williams (South Africa 1961-), Thabong township, Welkom, 2005 (from The Edge of Town series)	2005	ZAR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	ZAR 14,040.00
4	Raïssa Karama Rwizibuka	Raïssa Karama Rwizibuka (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997-), From the series Our Hair is Beautiful (2)	2020	ZAR 9,000.00 - 10,000.00	ZAR 9,945.00

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ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. FROG TEACHER LEADING ELF PUPILS ... Watercolour, c.1920.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: SATO, Gyro. [GENDAI RYOKI SENTAN ZUKAN]. Tokyo : Shinchosa, 1931.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: CARROLL, Lewis. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London : Macmillan and Co., 1868.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: FLEMING, Ian and MILLER, Albert. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. New York : Random House, 1968.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: PHOENIX. Adelaide : Adelaide University Union, 1939.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: BOWEN, Emmanuel. A complete map of the Southern Continent. London : 1744.

ANZAAB Highlights Catalogue: NORTHFIELD, James. AUSTRALIA. Melbourne : Northfield Studios and J.E. Hackett, c.1935
Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Charles Loupot, Les Cigarettes Mekka, 1919. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Plinio Codognato, Cicli Fiat, circa 1910. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: L.N. Britton, Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences, c. 1917. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Leonardo Bistolfi, Première Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes, 1902. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Leonetto Cappiello, Paquet Pernot / Biscuits Pernot, 1910. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jul 15: Jessie Tarbox Beals, archive of signed photographs, 15 silver prints, c. 1930. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Francesco Nonni, Font Meo / Acqua Minerale Naturale, 1924. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell, American Crescent Cycles, 1899. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Be a Tight Wad! Own Something! designer unknown, 1925. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: Candido Aragonese de Faria, Chamonix–Mont–Blanc, c. 1910. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Aug 5: W.E.J., Irishmen Avenge the Lusitania, c. 1915. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>Sotheby’s Your Own Sylvia: Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes and other items, Property of Frieda Hughes 9 to 21 July 2021

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Family photograph album ("The Hughes family Album"), 1957-1962. £30,000 to £50,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Typed letter signed, to Ted Hughes, on "my own private doctrine", with a poem, 5 October 1956. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath. Pen and ink portrait of Ted Hughes, [1956]. £10,000 to £15,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Your Own Sylvia: Sylvia Plath’s letters to Ted Hughes and other items, Property of Frieda Hughes 9 to 21 July 2021

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Joint autograph letter signed, to William and Edith Hughes, March 1960. £8,000 to £12,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Photographic portrait by David Bailey, inscribed by Plath, 1961, and another press photo. £800 to £1,200.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Tarot de Marseille. Deck of cards owned by Sylvia Plath. £4,000 to £6,000.

Sotheby’s, 9 – 21 July: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Pair of gold wedding rings. £6,000 to £8,000.
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Trillium, July 31: Peron - Platypus. $300 to $600.

Trillium, July 31: Loon & Pitt - Map of the World published 1680 - Orbis Terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula. $5,000 to $8,000.

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