AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Books - bidstart 3/2
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| Auction Name | Antiquarian Books - bidstart 3/2 | Total Sales (USD) | 22,195.00 |
| Auction Date | March 09, 2023 - March 09, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 21,760.00 |
| Sale Number | #105 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 25,205.00 |
| Total Lots | 466 | ||
| Sold Lots | 87.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 97,810.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 18.67% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 113,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 379 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 19.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sir J Percy FitzPatrick | Jock of the Bushveld (SIGNED 1907 first printing) |
1907 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,277.50 |
| 4 | Mandela (Nelson) | LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (De luxe edition signed by Mandela) |
1994 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,875.00 |
| 8 | T.W. Bowler & W.R. Thomson | THE KAFIR WARS AND THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA |
1865 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,268.45 |
| 9 | Pippa Skotnes (ed), Stephen Watson, John Parkington and Nigel Penn | SOUND FROM THE THINKING STRINGS |
1991 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | USD 977.50 |
| 12 | Bolus (Harry) | ICONES ORCHIDEARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM EXTRA-TROPICARUM; |
1896 -1913 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 966.00 |
| 24 | Anglo Boer War. | DIARY OF PRIVATE W. J. D. MORAN C.I.V. |
1900 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 616.40 |
| 15 | Read (Lieut. R.P.) Comp. | THE GEOGRAPHICAL PLAN OF THE ISLANDS AND FORTS OF ST. HELENA |
USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 575.00 | |
| 101 | Moorcraft (Paul) | CONTACT 11 (Limited edition signed by the author) |
1981 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 18 | Captain Allen F. Gardiner | Narrative of a Journey to the Zoolu Country in South Africa (1836) - inscribed by author |
1836 | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 543.95 |
| 206 | Mandela, (Nelson) [Signed] | LONG WALK TO FREEDOM: |
1995 | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 483.00 |
| 369 | Baines T; Diemont M,&J | The Brenthurst Baines (Signed by Harry Oppenheimer) |
1975 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 483.00 |
| 232 | Captain William Urquhart | THE OUTBREAK ON THE WITWATERSRAND MARCH 1922 |
1922 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 423.20 |
| 139 | Watson (Rupert) | THE AFRICAN BAOBAB |
2007 | USD 80.00 - 80.00 | USD 386.40 |
| 117 | Hamilton (Charles) | SKETCHES OF LIFE AND SPORT IN SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA |
1870 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 362.25 |
| 235 | Smith (A.E.) | THE "SHAMER OF MINES" |
1922 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 350.75 |
| 106 | Park (Mungo) | TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA |
1807 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 320.85 |
| 150 | Lady Bellairs | THE TRANSVAAL WAR 1880-81 |
1885 | USD 130.00 - 130.00 | USD 313.95 |
| 153 | Max Osborn | Irma Stern (first monograph) |
1927 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 155 | Ex Libris | Album of Ex Libris (128 various South African artists writers and intellectuals) |
USD 100.00 - 100.00 | USD 267.95 | |
| 28 | Anglo Boer War Memorabilia | CHOCOLATE TIN |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 241.50 | |
| 197 | R.M. Ballantyne | The Gorilla Hunters |
1868 | USD 250.00 - 400.00 | USD 224.25 |
| 208 | Van Jaarsveld, E & Pond U | UNCROWNED MONARCH OF THE NAMIB |
2013 | USD 170.00 - 170.00 | USD 217.35 |
| 44 | Guest (Herbert Melville) | KLERKSDORP AND DISTRICT, |
1901 | USD 90.00 - 100.00 | USD 211.60 |
| 149 | Major Arthur Glyn Leonard | How We Made Rhodesia (1896) |
1896 | USD 260.00 - 260.00 | USD 207.00 |
| 316 | J. R. | Thrilling Experiences of the First British Woman Relieved by Lord Roberts (1900) |
1900 | USD 85.00 - 85.00 | USD 201.25 |
