Stephan Welz & Co.: October Promenade Auction - Day 2, 102025, Constantia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025
Page Size: 154 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
747

TWO TITLES ON HENRI MATISSE

ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 ZAR 626.50
748

JACKSON POLLOCK by Kirk Varnedoe

New York 1998 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 601.44
749

MARC CHAGALL: THE LIGHT OF ORIGINS by Marc and Helen Smuts

Helene Smuts Arts Education Consultants 2000 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
750

RENOIR by William Gaunt

Oxford 1962 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
751

ARCHIPENKO: VISIONNAIRE INTERNATIONAL by Donald H. Karshan (ed.)

Washington 1969 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
752

BONNARD by Nel Erasmus (curator)

Johannesburg 1971 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 250.60
753

TWO TITLES ON PABLO PICASSO

ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
754

TWO TITLES ON CLAUDE MONET

ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
755

A GROUP LOT ON ART COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 ZAR 689.15
756

REMEMBERING IRMA: IRMA STERN A MEMOIR WITH LETTERS by Mona Berman

Cape Town 2003 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
757

TWO TITLES ON JEWISH ART HISTORY

ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
758

FERNAND LEGER: SELECTED WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Israel 1994 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 250.60
759

DUFY: 16 BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOUR PRINTS

New York 1954 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 ZAR 563.85
760

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI: EDIZIONI DEL MILIONE (ITALIAN)

Italy 1947 ZAR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
761

THE PAINTINGS OF RAPHEAL

London ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
762

A GROUP LOT OF ART TITLES

ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
763

LENG DIXON: MALAY AND CAPE SKETCHES

Cape Town 1952 ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
764 Lewis Soden

BOTH SIDES OF THE MASK: THE WORLD OF MURIEL ALEXANDER (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Cape Town 1964 ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
765

THE MASTER OF MARY OF BURGUNDY: A BOOK OF HOURS

Oxford 1970 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 ZAR 1,065.05
766

THE IMPRESSIONIST REVEALED by Susanna de Vries-Evans & HIDDEN TREASURES REVEALED by Albert Kostenevich; two in a lot

London 1992 ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
767 Norbert Schneider

THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT - MASTERPIECES OF EUROPEAN PORTRAIT-PAINTING (1420 - 1670)

Germany 1994 ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
768 William J. Burchell (CHECK ESTIMATE)

WOODCUT VIGNETTES FROM "TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" (FIRST EDITION)

Cape Town 1968 ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 ZAR 250.60
769 Norah G Henshilwood & Cecil Higgs

KELP COAST (LIMITED EDITION)

David Philip 1976 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
770 Mitch and Margot Reardon

ETOSHA: LIFE AND DEATH ON AN AFRICAN PLAIN

Cape Town 1981 ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
771 Ryk Hattingh and Conrad Botes

DIE FOSTER BENDE

Stellenbosch 2000 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.