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Stephan Welz & Co.: Johannesburg Premium Auction

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Auction Name Johannesburg Premium Auction Total Sales (ZAR) 1,379,457.30
Auction Date November 21, 2022 - November 24, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 1,051,000.00
Sale Number #112122 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 1,603,400.00
Total Lots 102
Sold Lots 59 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 1,410,800.00
% of Lots Sold 57.84% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 2,122,000.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.01%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
904 William Joseph Kentridge (South African 1955 - )

BLACK IRIS

ZAR 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 ZAR 1,082,400.00
905 Jim Dine (American 1935 - ) 

DESIRE IN PRIMARY COLORS, triptych

1982 ZAR 60,000.00 - 120,000.00 ZAR 67,650.00
896 John Koenakeefe Mohl (South African 1903 - 1985)

CYCLISTS IN SINGLE FILE

ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 24,600.00
870 Robert Hodgins (South African 1920 - 2010)

GOLDEN GIRL

1905 ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 ZAR 17,220.00
916 Norman Clive Catherine (South African 1949 - ) 

DS 5 SERIES, six in the lot

ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 16,605.00
864 After Pablo Picasso: 

COUPLE REGARDANT UNE TOILE OÙ FIGURENT LES TROIS GRÂCES

ZAR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 ZAR 14,760.00
821 Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982)

FIGURES AND SYMBOLS

ZAR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 12,300.00
863 Henry Moore (British 1898 - 1986)

MOTHER AND CHILD XIV

ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 11,070.00
35 the illustrator Arthur Rackham)translated  Mrs. Edgar Lucas

THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM (Limited Edition, signed

1909 ZAR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 8,610.00
873 Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian 1906 - 1997)

PLANETA

ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 8,610.00
823 Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982)

ORGY

1973 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 6,765.00
13  Captain William Cornwallis-Harris

PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint)

1976 ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 5,904.00
14 Eve Palmer) Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman

TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 3 Vols. (Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed

1972 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 5,904.00
673 Marie Laurencin (French 1883 - 1956)

LA GLOIRE DES BRONTË

ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 5,535.00
679 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 - 2008)

MAN WITH WOMAN IN RED DRESS

1988 ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 5,535.00
711 John Ndevasia Muafangejo (Namibian 1943 - 1987)

ANGOLA OR KUNENE REPUBLIC

1976 ZAR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
687 Lucky Madlo Sibiya (South African 1942 - 1999)

DEATH OF KAMANDONSELA

1975 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 4,674.00
12  Samuel Daniell

AFRICAN SCENERY AND ANIMALS (Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint)

1976 ZAR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 4,305.00
680 Pieter van der Westhuizen (SOUTH AFRICAN 1931 - 2008)

SERIOUS FANS

2 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 3,690.00
704 Caitlin Truman Baker (South African 1973 - )

RELEASING THE QUEEN

ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 3,690.00
661 Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African 1909 - 2005)

DISTRICT 6

ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 3,444.00
8 Authors and Illustrator) Peter Mundy, Duncan Butchart, et al.

THE VULTURES OF AFRICA (Limited Deluxe Edition, Signed

1992 ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 3,198.00
37  Ian Fleming & Kingsley Amis

LOT OF 5 JAMES BOND NOVELS

ZAR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 3,198.00
688 Lucky Madlo Sibiya (South African 1942 - 1999)

IN THE BOMA

1975 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,198.00
41

TRETCHIKOFF (Signed by Artist)

C. 1969 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,075.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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