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Auction Name Antiquarian Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 38,048.90
Auction Date November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 40,415.00
Sale Number #127 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 47,280.00
Total Lots 301
Sold Lots 103.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 107,055.00
% of Lots Sold 34.22% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,855.00
Unsold Lots 198 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Leo Africanus (Johannes)

A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORIE OF AFRICA

1600 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,500.00
138 Burchell (William J.)

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

1822-1824 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,875.00
16 Paterson (Lieutenant William)

A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIA

1789 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,052.75
20 Paton (Alan)

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (1948) - SIGNED

1948 USD 650.00 - 650.00 USD 1,872.20
3 Crawford, A.B. (editor and publisher)

THE TRISTAN TIMES

1943 USD 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 1,725.00
7 [BRINK, Carl Frederick]

NIEUWSTE EN BEKNOPTE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DER GOEDE-HOPE;

1778 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,725.00
5 [Colenso (Bishop John William ) Translator:]

IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI ABANGCWELE [1858] - an original printing from Ekukhanyeni Mission Station, Natal

[1858] USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,207.50
137 Beeckman (Captain Daniel)

A VOYAGE TO AND FROM THE ISLAND OF BORNEO, IN THE EAST INDIES

1718 USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 1,207.50
28 His Majesty's Stationery Office

A MANUAL OF PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA (1920)

1920 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 575.00
134 Bowler (Thomas W.)

PICTORIAL ALBUM OF CAPE TOWN

1866 USD 650.00 - 750.00 USD 575.00
136 Herbert (Thomas)

SOME YEARS TRAVELS INTO DIVERS PARTS OF AFRICA AND ASIA THE GREAT

1677 USD 650.00 - 750.00 USD 575.00
159 Harris (W. Cornwallis)

THE WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

1841 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 460.00
30 Schatz (Ilse)

TSUMEB IN OTAVI MINING & RAILWAY COMPANY'S TIME (1997)

1997 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 402.50
38 His Majesty's Stationery Office

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE GOLD STANDARD (1932)

1932 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 402.50
40 Reichskolonialamt:

THE TREATMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN THE COLONIAL POSSESIONS OF GERMANY AND ENGLAND (1919)

1919 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 402.50
17 Leyland (J.)

ADVENTURES IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA

1866 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 399.05
170 Horsbrugh (Maj. B.) & Davies (Sgt. C.G.)

THE GAME-BIRDS & WATER-FOWL OF SOUTH AFRICA

1912 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 345.00
208 McGill, (D.C.)

A HISTORY OF KOFFIEFONTEIN MINE AND TOWN 1870 - 1902 and 1902 - 1980

1991 USD 325.00 - 325.00 USD 345.00
77 [Crook (Lionel) & Bester (Ron) Editors:]

ARTILLERY OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899 - 1902

2006 USD 240.00 - 240.00 USD 289.80
127 Delagorgue (L.A.J.)

VOYAGE DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE

No Date (circa 1847) USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 287.50
139 [Barrington (George)]

A VOYAGE TO BOTANY BAY

1795 and 1801 USD 300.00 - 350.00 USD 287.50
172 Stanley (H.M.)

THE CONGO AND THE FOUNDING OF ITS FREE STATE:

1885 USD 300.00 - 350.00 USD 287.50
41 Santos (Thomas dos) (Nuno Beja Valdez)

THE UNKNOWN NIASSA (1964)

1964 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 272.55
43 Bell, (R.L.P.)

DIARY OF A SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNEY (1930) (Signed copy)

1930 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 258.75
45 Busschau (W. J.)

THE THEORY OF GOLD SUPPLY. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1939)

1936 USD 250.00 - 300.00 USD 258.75
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
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  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000