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Potomack Company: Important 20th and 21st Century African Art from the Collection of Janet Stanley
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Important 20th and 21st Century African Art from the Collection of Janet Stanley | Total Sales (USD) | 74,587.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 03, 2026 - February 03, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 17,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #20326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 28,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 47 | ||
| Sold Lots | 47.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 17,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 28,950.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 257.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1083 | Gerard Sekoto | SECOND CONFERENCE OF NEGRO WRITERS AND ARTISTS BY THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN CULTURE, ROME, 1959 |
1959 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,050.00 |
| 1058 | Susanne Wenger | IWIN SERIES, NO. 3, 1960 |
1960 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 7,150.00 |
| 1074 | William Joseph Kentridge | MEDUSA, 2001 |
2001 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,175.00 |
| 1054 | Obiora Udechukwu | CHAMELEON, 1985 |
1985 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,525.00 |
| 1055 | Obiora Udechukwu | AKPA UCHE (BAG OF WISDOM), 1996 |
1996 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 5,525.00 |
| 1057 | Solomon Irein Wangboje | THE MUSIC MAKER - MOOD VII |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 1068 | GIF 3, 2015; BOUND BOOK WITH WORKS BY 28 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS INCLUDING KAGISCO PATRICK MAUTLOA, CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS, HANNEKE BENADE, WILLIAM KENTRIDGE AND COLBERT MASHILE |
2015 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,925.00 | |
| 1025 | Chike Cyril Aniakor | DAWN OF CREATION, 1990 |
1990 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 2,470.00 |
| 1049 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | ADUMADAN II, 1980 |
1980 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,470.00 |
| 1007 | Wosene Worke Kosrof | FACES, 1987 |
1987 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,340.00 |
| 1056 | Solomon Irein Wangboje | MAN, MASK AND MYTH, 1971 |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,210.00 |
| 1047 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | ABANANYA A4 (SMALL) and ABANANYA D7 (SMALL) |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,950.00 | |
| 1043 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | GALA DAY UNDER THE RIVER (SERIES 11), 2006 |
2006 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,430.00 |
| 1044 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | EMEDJO ESAN SIX MASQUERADES, 1988 |
1988 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,430.00 |
| 1045 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | A GROUP OF SEVEN CARDS: ORHALE ORISE, 1987; EKUOREGBE from SAHELIAN MASQUERADES SERIES, 1988; UNTITLED; IMAGES II, 1993; ORE RI CANAAN, 1982 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,430.00 | |
| 1069 | MICHAELIS SCHOOL OF FINE ART | MICHAELIS SCHOOL OF FINE ART , SOUTH AFRICAN , WORKING PROOF: A PORTFOLIO OF 10 LITHOGRAPHS BY JANE ALEXANDER, KATHERINE BULL, STEPHEN INGGS, FRITHA LANGERMAN, MALCOLM PAYNE, RODERICK SAULS, PIPPA SKOTNES, DOMINIC THORBU |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,430.00 | |
| 1092 | Rashid M. Diab | UNTITLED |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,235.00 | |
| 1046 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | DADA RED LOCKS 1994 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,170.00 | |
| 1050 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | EKUOREGBE - TOGETHERNESS,1988 |
1988 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,105.00 |
| 1042 | Bruce Onobrakpeya | WENVWE BAROVWE - MAY HUNGER KEEP FAR FROM ME, 1988 |
1988 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 910.00 |
| 1038 | Uche Okeke | NZA THE SMART from A TRIAL OF STRENGTH, 1958 and ADAZE UND ULULOBIA |
1958 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 845.00 |
| 1080 | Sam Nhlengethwa | PLEASE LEAD OUR SHIFT |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 845.00 | |
| 1072 | Gavin Jantjes | NEST, 1980 |
1980 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 1012 | TESFAYE TESSEMA | AXUM, 1991 |
1991 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 715.00 |
| 1030 | Victor Ekpuk | THE KINGS HORSEMAN, 2002 |
2002 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 650.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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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.