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| Auction Name | Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/8 | Total Sales (USD) | 49,653.00 |
| Auction Date | March 15, 2018 - March 15, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 49,270.00 |
| Sale Number | #65 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 63,222.00 |
| Total Lots | 295 | ||
| Sold Lots | 128 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 94,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 43.39% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 120,632.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 167 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 41.16% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | BoÌgaert (Abraham) | A. BÓGAERT'S HISTORISCHE REIZEN DOOR D'OOSTERSCHE DEELEN VAN ASIA: |
1711 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,625.00 |
| 152 | Stern (Irma) | ZANZIBAR (Number 2 of 150 signed copies) |
1948 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 40 | Kolb (Peter) | THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: |
1731 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,205.00 |
| 257 | John X. Merriman | HIGHLY IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JOHN X. MERRIMAN AND SAMUEL EVANS |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,205.00 | |
| 229 | Flowering Plants | THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Volumes 1-24) continued as THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF AFRICA, (VOLUMES 25-56) |
1920 -1999 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 4 | Valentyn (François) | OUD EN NIEUW OOST-INDIEN. BESCHRYVING VAN'T NEDERLANDSH COMPTOIR OP DE KUST VAN MALABAR |
1726 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,890.00 |
| 10 | Albert Luthuli | ALBERT LUTHULI - ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH |
1961 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,785.00 |
| 100 | Mandela (Nelson) | LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (Signed by Nelson Mandela) |
1994 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,650.00 |
| 246 | Louis Botha | SIGNED AUTOGRAPH TESTIMONIAL BY LOUIS BOTHA RE MARSHALL CAMPBELL |
1913 | USD 150.00 - 180.00 | USD 1,575.00 |
| 28 | Hinrich LICHTENSTEIN | REISEN IM SÃœDLICHEN AFRICA IN DEN JAHREN 1803, 1804,1805 UND 1806 (LICHTENSTEIN'S TRAVELS) - 1ST. EDITION |
1811 & 1812 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 15 | M’Diarmid H. / MacDiarmid H. (C.N.Grieve) | A drunk man looks at the thistle (Inscribed) |
1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 998.00 |
| 39 | Kerr (Walter Montagu) | THE FAR INTERIOR: |
1886 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 945.00 |
| 241 | Colonel Robert Baden-Powell | EXCEPTIONAL BADEN-POWELL AUTOGRAPH LETTER RE THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING |
1902 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 945.00 |
| 175 | [Col. Colin MACKENZIE and the Deccan / Mysore Surveys] – Michael TAYLOR. | Tables of logarithms of all numbers ... With a preface and precepts for the explanation and use of the same, by Nevil Maskelyne |
1792 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 74 | Symson ( Capt.William) | A NEW VOYAGE TO THE EAST INDIES: |
1715 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 788.00 |
| 75 | Terry (Edward) | A VOYAGE TO EAST-INDIA |
1655 | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 788.00 |
| 214 | FLY-FISHING. – ASPREY & Co. Ltd. | A hallmarked silver circular pocket fly box, gilded interior divided into six compartments, with air-holes to flush hinged lid. |
1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 80 | Edward P. Mathers, F.R.G.S. | THE GOLD FIELDS REVISITED |
1887 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 735.00 |
| 37 | Holub (Emil) | SEVEN YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA |
1881 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 696.00 |
| 82 | Edgar Wallace | TWO EDGAR WALLACE SOUTH AFRICAN PERIOD AUTOGRAPH LETTERS |
1900 & 1901 | USD 100.00 - 120.00 | USD 683.00 |
| 25 | Captain James Augustus Grant | A Walk Across Africa |
1864 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 636.00 |
| 26 | David Livingstone | Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; |
1857 | USD 650.00 - 850.00 | USD 630.00 |
| 179 | Sam Alexander | PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
1880 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 630.00 |
| 159 | John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-1893). | Arcana Entomologica; or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects. |
1841-1845 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 9 | Professor Adalbert SEITZ (1860-1938, editor) | The Macrolepidoptera of the World … Division II: ... Vol.9 … The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera with 177 plates. Text [… Plates]. |
1927 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 540.00 |
