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Stephan Welz & Co.

Auction Info

Auction Name
Premium February Auction
Auction Date
02/16/2026 - 02/19/2026
Sale Number
#21626
Total Lots
48
Sold Lots
28.0
Lots Sold
58.33%
Unsold Lots
20
Total Sales (ZAR)
125,175.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
78,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
130,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
175,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
269,700.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
46.41%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1265 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (South African 1918 - 2013) & Grant Warren (20th Century Artist)

TOWER (3 in the lot; from the Robben Island Series II)

 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 25,060.00
1252 Blessing Ngobeni (South African 1985 -)

SUBMISSION I

 2019 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 12,530.00
1229 Jack Vettriano (Scottish 1951 - 2025)

AN IMPERFECT PAST

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 10,650.50
1228 Jack Vettriano (Scottish 1951 - 2025)

THE LETTER

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 9,773.40
1165 Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982)

TEN PEOPLE IN A MPIPI TREE

 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 7,518.00
1223 Judith Mason (South African 1938 - 2016)

GOYA'S HAT

 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 7,518.00
1 MARC CHAGALL

A MARC CHAGALL PRINT

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 4,761.40
182 Tho Brown

A FRAMED MAP OF AFRICA

ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 4,385.50
5 After Claudine Bouzonnet Stella (French 1636-1697)

LE COLIN MAILLARD; LE VOLANT; LES BOUTEILLES DE SAVON and L'ESCARPOLETE, four in the lot

 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 4,385.50
1160 Richard Scott (South African 1968 -)

MY COLOURFUL CATS; six in the lot

 2010 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,009.60
2 SALVADOR DALI

A SALVADOR DALI PRINT

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,759.00
1163 Lionel Abrams (South African 1931 - 1997)

YELLOW ABSTRACT

 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,508.40
1168 Jean Jansem (French 1920 - 2013)

GIRL WITH PIERROT DOLL

 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 3,257.80
1167 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 - 2008)

THREE MEN IN A ROW and LIFE, LOVE AND LANDSCAPES by Pieter van der Westhuizen

 1987 ZAR 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 3,257.80
1156 Breyten Breytenbach (South African 1939 - 2024)

ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURES WITH HEADS

 1968 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,756.60
1227 Alain Bonnefoit (French 1937 -)

RECLINING NUDE

 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,506.00
181

A FRAMED MAP OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

 1630 ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 ZAR 2,130.10
1166 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931-2008)

MAROLIEN

 1985 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,004.80
3 After Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1631-1737)

TWO PRINTS; LA SULTANE ASSEKI AND LA GRAND SEIGNEUR

 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 1,879.50
1161 Richard Scott (South African 1968 -)

MY ORANGE UMA (From "My Girls" series)

 2020 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 1,378.30
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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000