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Stephan Welz & Co.: May Promenade Auction

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Auction Name	May Promenade Auction	Total Sales (ZAR)	88,311.44
Auction Date	May 18, 2025 - May 20, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)	50,700.00
Sale Number	#51825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)	112,200.00
Total Lots	130
Sold Lots	52.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)	128,900.00
% of Lots Sold	40.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)	270,000.00
Unsold Lots	78	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	32.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1036	Tinus de Jongh (South African 1885-1942)	NEETHLINGS HOF STELLENBOSCH CAPE		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 9,397.50
1003	Richard Scott (South African 1968-)	OH CANDY CANDY	120 by 61cm; unframed	ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	ZAR 6,891.50
1037	Tinus de Jongh (South African 1885-1942)	GROOT CONSTANTIA CAPE		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 6,891.50
1060	Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish 1880-1969)	BATHHOUSE		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 5,638.50
966	Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African 1909-2005)	STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 4,385.50
955	Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African 1909-2005)	BO-KAAP		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 3,759.00
957	Richard Scott (South African 1968-)	YOU ARE MY LIGHTHOUSE		ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 3,759.00
967	Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African 1909-2005)	ARUM LILIES II	26 by 20cm; 43,5 by 36,5 by 1,5cm including frame	ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 3,508.40
1004	Richard Scott (South African 1968-)	CANDY JOYRIDE		ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 3,508.40
1059	Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish 1880-1969)	WOMAN BY FOUNTAIN		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 3,257.80
961	Dirk Meerkotter (South African 1922-2017)	UNTITLED ABSTRACT WHEELS		ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	ZAR 2,004.80
1061	Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish 1880-1969)	RECLINING NUDE		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 2,004.80
956	Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (South African 1909-2005)	CAPE CART IN DISTRICT 6		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 1,879.50
1057	Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish 1880-1969)	RECLINING WOMAN		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 1,503.60
1062	Sir William Russell Flint (Scottish 1880-1969)	THREE SEATED WOMEN		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 1,503.60
1111		DUMILE FENI: THE STORY OF A GREAT ARTISTS by Prince Mbusi Dube	2010	ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	ZAR 1,253.00
1144	Joseph Conrad	SHORT STORIES	1996	ZAR 1,500.00 - 3,500.00	ZAR 1,253.00
1159		THE FIRST WORLD WAR, THE WORLD IN CRISIS (SIX VOLUMES) by Winston S. Churchill	1991	ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 1,253.00
963	Cecil Skotnes (South African 1926-2009)	ABSTRACT		ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	ZAR 1,253.00
1038	Glyn Uzzell (British 1930-2014)	PASRORALE	43 by 52cm; 59 by 67 by 1cm including frame	ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	ZAR 1,253.00
1103	Glyn Uzzell (British 1930-2014)	QUARTET I	23,5 by 62cm; 50 by 85,5 by 1cm including frame	ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	ZAR 1,253.00
1164	Helen Robinson	CONSTANTIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURS	2014	ZAR 500.00 - 1,500.00	ZAR 1,190.35
1139	Jocelyn Boyley, Joanna Batchelder, Robin Kirkpatrick, (Ed)	ERROL BOYLEY: A BIOGRAPHY - CELEBRATION OF A LIFE (LIMITED EDITION)	2005	ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	ZAR 1,127.70
1163	Helen Robinson	WYNBERG: A SPECIAL PLACE (INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR)	2001	ZAR 500.00 - 1,500.00	ZAR 1,127.70
1131	Dominic Van Den Boogerd	MARLENE DUMAS	2009	ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	ZAR 1,002.40

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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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.