AntiquarianAuctions.com: Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/19
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| Auction Name | Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/19 | Total Sales (USD) | 45,169.00 |
| Auction Date | April 26, 2018 - April 26, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 49,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #66 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 63,615.00 |
| Total Lots | 316 | ||
| Sold Lots | 165 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 109,740.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 52.22% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 139,860.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 151 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.30% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South African Police | The Nongqai 1907-1913 (Five volume set) |
1907-1913 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,526.00 |
| 221 | Larry Niven | RINGWORLD - SUPERB COPY |
1972 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,838.00 |
| 183 | Roosevelt (Theodore) | BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES AND ON THE GREAT PLAINS (Limited edition signed by Roosevelt) |
1899 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,481.00 |
| 7 | VOC. Council of Policy. | LETTER OF BURGHERSHIP (VRYBRIEF) DATED 10 NOVEMBER 1739 (Signed by Hendrik Swellengrebel) |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,313.00 | |
| 88 | South African National Parks | A CELEBRATION (Special edition signed by Nelson Mandela and others) |
2003 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,274.00 |
| 165 | "Bob" | REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING |
1899 - 1900 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 45 | Mungo PARK | Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: |
1815-1816 | USD 650.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,100.00 |
| 93 | Oates (Frank) | MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS (Presentation copy) |
USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 132 | GIUSEPPE FORNI | VIAGGIO NELL'EGITTO E NELL'ALTA NUBIA |
1859 | USD 490.00 - 490.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 315 | Bernard MONTGOMERY, Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976) | El Alamein to the River Sangro. Normandy to the Baltic. |
1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 811.00 |
| 167 | Thomas Francois Burgers (and others) | THOMAS FRANCOIS BURGERS - AUTOGRAPH ARCHIVE OF LOVE LETTERS TO HIS FUTURE WIFE MARY |
1856 - 1857 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 99 | Faulkner (Henry) | ELEPHANT HAUNTS |
1868 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 735.00 |
| 217 | Frank W. Sykes | With Plumer in Matabeleland |
1897 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 651.00 |
| 41 | Captain William Cornwallis HARRIS | Wild Sports of Southern Africa. |
1852 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 641.00 |
| 5 | Budge (Ernest Alfred Wallis) | THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Presentation copy) |
1894 - 5 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 638.00 |
| 155 | Cullinan, Patrick | Robert Jacob Gordon 1743-1795 - The Man and his Travels at the Cape |
1992 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 630.00 |
| 279 | Louis Stanislas Delarochette | Cape District |
1825 | USD 675.00 - 725.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 158 | Henderson, Lieutenant W. | The New South Wales Contingents to South Africa, From October, 1899, to March, 1900 |
1900 | USD 180.00 - 180.00 | USD 579.00 |
| 56 | Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy) | JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD |
1907 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 552.00 |
| 14 | Hermann Von Wissmann | My Second Journey Through Equatorial Africa |
1891 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 489.00 |
| 42 | David LIVINGSTONE LL.D, D.C.L. | Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; |
1857 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 473.00 |
| 112 | Hodson (Arnold Wienholt) | SEVEN YEARS IN ABYSSINIA |
1927 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 473.00 |
| 139 | J.C. Smuts | FINE SMUTS AUTOGRAPH LETTER RE HIS APPOINTMENT AS FIELD MARSHALL |
1941 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 473.00 |
| 186 | Reitz (Deneys) | COMMANDO (Signed by the author) |
1929 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 453.00 |
| 63 | Wallace (Edgar) | THE MISSION THAT FAILED |
1898 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 452.00 |
