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| Auction Name | Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/7 PREVIEW | Total Sales (USD) | 41,219.00 |
| Auction Date | June 14, 2018 - June 14, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 44,155.00 |
| Sale Number | #67 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 53,685.00 |
| Total Lots | 386 | ||
| Sold Lots | 153 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 146,925.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 39.64% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 184,160.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 233 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 22.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | Newspaper Reports | THE CRICKETING RECORD OF MAJOR WARTON'S TOUR 1888-89 |
1889 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 3,011.00 |
| 13 | Lloyds of London. | POLICY OF ASSURANCE REGISTER FOR TABLE BAY, CAPE TOWN |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,757.00 | |
| 2 | Skotnes, Cecil (Artist); Gray, Stephen (Poetry) + Preface by A.T. Max Meliss | Man's Gold (Limited Edition Art Portfolio) |
August 1975 to January 1979 | USD 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 217 | THE ARTIST’S WORKING COPY [Skotnes (Pippa) Editor] | SOUND FROM THE THINKING STRINGS (Signed by the artist and the contributors) |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,363.00 | |
| 265 | Anglo-Boer War Photograph Albums: | TWO ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY CAPT B.L. ANLEY, 2nd SUSSEX REGIMENT |
Circa 1902 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 282 | Speke (John Hanning) | MY SECOND EXPEDITION TO EASTERN INTERTROPICAL AFRICA (Pre-publication pamphlet) |
1860 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 340 | Butler (Guy) & Skotnes (Cecil) | PILGRIMAGE TO DIAS CROSS (Private edition signed by the poet and the artist) |
1987 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 17 | Bible | THE ENGLISH BIBLE - GENEVA VERSION 1585 |
1585 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 6 | J.P. Malherbe | IN TIME OF THE WAR - UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE BOER WAR |
1899 - 1925. | USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 945.00 |
| 234 | William Dampier | A New Voyage Round the World. |
1703 and 1700 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 247 | Dickens (Charles) | WORKS - ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION |
1874 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | USD 893.00 |
| 266 | David and Charles Livingstone | Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries |
1865 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 788.00 |
| 200 | Denis D. Lyell | THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT AND ITS HUNTERS |
1924 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 630.00 |
| 83 | Distant, William Lucas | Insecta Transvaaliensia - A Contribution to the Entomology of South Africa |
1924 (1900 to 1911) | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 550.00 |
| 130 | Hodson (Arnold W.) | TREKKING THE GREAT THIRST |
1912 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 550.00 |
| 78 | George McCall Theal | WILLIAM ADRIAN VAN DER STEL - AND OTHER HISTORICAL SKETCHES – THE AUTHOR’S ANNOTATED COPY WITH W.H.COETZER EX LIBRIS |
1913 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 525.00 |
| 215 | [Fitzgerald (Edward) Translator] | RUBÃIYÃT OF OMAR KHAYYÃM (Limited edition, war time printing, Cairo) |
1943 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 525.00 |
| 199 | Denis D. Lyell | WILD LIFE IN CENTRAL AFRICA |
1913 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 495.00 |
| 5 | Various | WURM MAGAZINE - FIVE ISSUES |
1966 - 1969 | USD 400.00 - 450.00 | USD 452.00 |
| 138 | Mafeking Mail (Edited by G.N.H. Whales) | SPECIAL SIEGE SLIPS |
1899 - 1900 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 360 | [William DIAPER, & John JONES]. – OPPIAN [i.e. OPPIANUS (b. 183 AD)] | [Fish and Angling -] Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients in V. Books. |
1722 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 363 | Ernest Charles COCKRILL | Manuscript Diary: The Boer War 1900-1901 Some of my Experiences in South Africa |
USD 650.00 - 650.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 81 | R.F. Wilson | CECIL JOHN RHODES AND HIS WORK - SCARCE FIRST WORK ABOUT RHODES |
nd (1899) | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 143 | Natal Mercury. | THE TRANSVAAL WAR 1881 |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 315 | Cecil John Rhodes | ORIGINAL SIGNED RHODES AUTOGRAPH LETTER |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 420.00 |
