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| Auction Name | New Year, New Treasures | Second Chance Quality Auction | January Hybrid-Online | Total Sales (ZAR) | 72,385.81 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 18, 2026 - January 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 65,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #11826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 101,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 222 | ||
| Sold Lots | 73.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 184,550.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 32.88% | High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 289,500.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 149 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 25.00% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | Ludivico di Vathema | DE UYTNEMENDE EN SEER WONDERLIJCKE ZEE-EN-LANDT-REYSE VAN DE HEER LUDOVVYCK DI BARTHEMA, GEDAEN INDE MORGENLANDEN, SYRIEN, VRUCHTBAER EN WOEST ARABIEN, PERSSEN, INDIEN, EGYPTEN, ETHIOPIEN, EN ANDERE (Dutch translation) |
1655 | ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 11,277.00 |
| 1029 | Richard Scott (South African 1968- ) | MY TREES, six in the lot |
2023 | ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 7,518.00 |
| 27 | George Pemba, Milwa Mnyalaza, Hayden Proud, (Curated by ), Hayden Proud. | GEORGE MILWA MNYALUZA PEMBA: SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GALLERY, 27.4.1996-28.7.1996 (MAYIBUYE HISTORY AND LITERATURE SERIES) |
1996 | ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 2,506.00 |
| 1198 | A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF MILITARIA |
ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 1,879.50 | ||
| 132 | Gordon Lindsay Maclean illustrated by Kenneth Newman and Geoff Lockwood | ROBERTS' BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
1985 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,628.90 |
| 23 | Johannes Meintjes | MAGGIE LAUBSER |
1944 | ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,503.60 |
| 41 | Wilma Cruise and photographs by Doreen Hemp | CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICA (LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION SIGNED) |
1991 | ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,503.60 |
| 51 | A GROUP LOT OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS |
ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 1,503.60 | ||
| 908 | After Jurgen Schadeberg (Berlin 1931 - 2020) | MANDELA IN HIS LAW OFFICE, JOHANNESBURG 1952 |
ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 1,378.30 | |
| 107 | J.G. Millais | LIFE OF FREDERICK COURTENAY SELOUS (COLLECTOR'S EDITION). |
1975 | ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 |
| 133 | Robert Harborough Sherard (FIRST EDITION; PRIVATELY PRINTED) | OSCAR WILDE : THE STORY OF AN UNHAPPY FRIENDSHIP WITH PORTRAITS AND FACSIMILE LETTERS |
1902 | ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 |
| 139 | A.L Rowse | THE ANNOTATED SHAKESPEARE: THE COMEDIES, HISTORIES, SONNETS AND OTHER POEMS, TRAGEDIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (3 VOLUMES) |
1972 | ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 |
| 578 | After Georg Dionysius Ehret (German 1708-1770) | BOTANICAL PRINTS, two in the lot |
ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 | |
| 959 | Cecil Higgs (South African 1898-1986) | LANDSCAPE |
1938 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 |
| 1039 | Edmund Joseph Sullivan (British 1869-1933 ) | THE BRAZIER |
ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 | |
| 1041 | Claude Weisbuch (French 1927 - 2014 ) | JESTERS |
ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 | |
| 1053 | Amy Schoeman (Namibian 1942- ) | ABSTRACT |
ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 | |
| 119 | Arnold Benjamin, Clive Chipkin and Shirley Zar | PARKTOWN 1892 -- 1972: A SOCIAL AND PICTORIAL HISTORY (LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER) |
1972 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,127.70 |
| 4 | Marco Livingstone | HOCKNEY: ETCHINGS & LITHOGRAPHS 1961 - 1986 |
1988 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 |
| 54 | Natalie Knight | THE BIG PICTURE : AN ART-BIOGRAPHY (SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR) |
2017 | ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 |
| 55 | PIETER VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING BY ARTIST) |
1998 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 | |
| 88 | T. J. Lucas | CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA: EXPERIENCES OF K*** WARFARE WITH THE CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES (DELUXE EDITION ) |
1975 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 |
| 944 | Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931-2008) | TWO FIGURES |
90 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 |
| 1374 | A FRAMED JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT |
ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 | ||
| 580 | PHILIP BAWCOMBE | THREE PHILIP BAWCOMBE PHOTOLITHOGRAPHS |
ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | ZAR 939.75 |
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000. -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.