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| Auction Name | Rare Books - Online bidstart 10/22 | Total Sales (USD) | 50,993.00 |
| Auction Date | October 29, 2020 - October 29, 2020 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 53,135.00 |
| Sale Number | #SA86 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 63,815.00 |
| Total Lots | 600 | ||
| Sold Lots | 247 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 150,860.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 41.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 179,035.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 353 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 28.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | William J. Burchell | Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. |
1822, 1824 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 5 | Jacob Van Reenen | A JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE UNDERTAKEN IN 1790 AND 1791 |
1792 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,675.00 |
| 566 | Sylvia Plath | Lot of First US and UK Editions of 'The Bell Jar' |
1963-1971 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,898.00 |
| 15 | Malthus (Thomas Robert) | PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY CONSIDERED |
1820 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,838.00 |
| 135 | Edgar Leopold Layard & R. Bowdler Sharpe | LAYARD AND SHARPE’S “THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA” |
1875 - 1884 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,628.00 |
| 6 | Herman Charles Bosman | MAFEKING ROAD - INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER |
1947 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 169 | Fitzpatrick ( Sir Percy) | JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD (Signed by the author) |
1913 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 20 | Edgar M. Hyman – Photographer | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH 124 FINE BOER WAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY EDGAR M. HYMAN |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 945.00 | |
| 3 | Macgregor Laird , R. A. K. Oldfield | RIVER NIGER TRAVEL AFRICA - Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa |
1837 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 850.00 |
| 14 | Rookmaker (L.C.) Mundy (P.) Glenn (I.) & Spary (E.) | FRANÇOIS LE VAILLANT AND THE BIRDS OF AFRICA (Limited edition) |
2004 | USD 450.00 - 500.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 231 | Barrow (John) | TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
1806 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 12 | DIARIES OF THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING |
1899 –1900 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 800.00 | |
| 512 | Nelson Mandela | Long Walk to Freedom - Signed |
1994 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 609.00 |
| 176 | Austen-Holcroft (William Francis Lucius) | DIARIES |
USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 600.00 | |
| 223 | Oates (Frank) | MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS |
1889 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 8 | Olive Grey | THE SILVER GREY-HOUND and BOER BLOOD-HOUNDS of the RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY – INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY TO REDVERS BULLER |
1901 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 578.00 |
| 130 | Jan K. Coetzee & Geoffrey T. Wood | SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS: 27 - 28 APRIL 1994 |
1994 | USD 350.00 - 350.00 | USD 552.00 |
| 7 | J.Percy Fitzpatrick | THROUGH MASHONALAND WITH PICK AND PEN – INSCRIBED COPY |
1892 | USD 650.00 - 800.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 25 | Ledwich, Edward | Antiquities of Ireland (1804) |
1804 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 174 | McClean (William N) LETTERS WRITTEN DURING THE WAR |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 500.00 | ||
| 439 | J.D. Salinger | THE CATCHER IN THE RYE |
1951 | USD 750.00 - 900.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 233 | A. J. LUTHULI, RUEBEN CALUZA AND THE ADAMS COLLEGE SHOOTING STARS FOOTBALL CLUB, 1932 |
1932 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 473.00 | |
| 357 | VIEWS OF CAPE TOWN AND SUBURBS |
1890s | USD 40.00 - 50.00 | USD 447.00 | |
| 64 | Baines, Thomas | THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA PAINTED BY THOMAS BAINES: |
1975 | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 561 | Sol Plaatje | Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion (First Edition) |
Undated | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 400.00 |
