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Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium April Auction

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Auction Name Premium April Auction Total Sales (ZAR) 421,053.60
Auction Date April 22, 2025 - April 24, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 283,700.00
Sale Number #42225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 427,200.00
Total Lots 115
Sold Lots 74.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 501,300.00
% of Lots Sold 64.35% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 755,400.00
Unsold Lots 41 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
218 Friedrich Heinrich Jeppe

JEPPE'S MAP OF THE TRANSVAAL OR S.A. REPUBLIC AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES

1899 ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 ZAR 36,900.00
388 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African 1886-1957)

AFRIKAANSE TAAL KULTUUR KONFERENSIE

 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 31,980.00
214 John Barrow

AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE YEARS 1797 AND 1798 (2 VOLUMES) (FIRST EDITION)

 ZAR 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 ZAR 23,370.00
371 Cecil Skotnes (South African 1926-2009)

BAUDELAIRE'S VOYAGE

 75 ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 ZAR 22,140.00
391 Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)

MICK JAGGER FSII 142, SIGNED PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD

 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 20,910.00
384

FROM THE CYCLOPEDIA OF DRAWING, 2004, WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, ANNANDALE GALLERIES, SYDNEY, SEPTEMBER 2004, EXHIBITION POSTER

 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 18,450.00
213 Francois Le Vaillant

NEW TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AFRICA (3 VOLUMES)

 1796 ZAR 11,000.00 - 13,000.00 ZAR 14,760.00
628 Andy Warhol (American 1928-1987)

TRUCK FSII.369, SIGNED PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD

 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 13,530.00
192 Geoffrey Grigson and Handasyde Buchanan

THORNTON'S TEMPLE OF FLORA (SIGNED; LIMITED EDITION)

 1951 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 12,300.00
212 C.P. Thunberg

TRAVELS IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA (4 VOLUMES)

 1795 ZAR 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 11,685.00
173 Sir Walter Scott

THE NOVELS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (25 VOL)

 1862-1867 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
363 Sam Nhlengethwa (South African 1955-)

TRIBUTE TO HELEN SIBIDI

 '11 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
364 Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)

UNTITLED (From the "From Colour to Form" series)

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
383 Dylan Lewis (South African 1964-)

TORSO III

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
618 Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)

SHAKESPEAR I, PLATE I

 1977 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
209 Henry M. Stanley

IN DARKEST AFRICA (2 VOLUMES)

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 9,225.00
361 Marino Marini (Italian 1901-1980)

SHEET NO. 2

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,225.00
233 Colin Coetzee

FORTS OF THE EASTERN CAPE: SECURING A FRONTIER, 1799-1878 (LIMITED EDITION)

 2015 ZAR 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 8,610.00
362 Sam Nhlengethwa (South African 1955-)

TRIBUTE TO ZWELETHU MTETHWA

 '11 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 8,610.00
251 Johann Matthias Haas -

AFRICA SECUNDUM LEGITIMAS PROJECTIONIS STEREOGRAPHICAE...

 circa 1737 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 7,380.00
210 Henry M Stanley

THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT (2 VOLUMES) (SECOND EDITION)

 ZAR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 5,535.00
181 Barbara Lindop

GERARD SEKOTO (FIRST EDITION)

 1988 ZAR 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
241 Anthony Hall-Martin

CATS OF AFRICA (SIGNED, COLLECTORS EDITION)

1997 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
595 Cecil Skotnes (South African 1926-2009)

ABSTRACT FIGURES IN PROFILE

 74 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
597 Cecil Skotnes (South African 1926-2009)

UNTITLED

 73 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,920.00
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.