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| Auction Name | Antiquarian Books | Total Sales (USD) | 15,787.20 |
| Auction Date | January 23, 2025 - January 23, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 14,775.00 |
| Sale Number | #120 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 16,350.00 |
| Total Lots | 230 | ||
| Sold Lots | 85 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 49,145.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 36.96% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 54,155.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 145 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.15% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Boswell (James) | THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. |
1791 | USD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 1,569.75 |
| 14 | Reunert (Theodore) | DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893) |
1893 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,026.95 |
| 11 | Cycad Society of South Africa | JOURNAL OF THE CYCAD SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA / ENCEPHALARTOS |
USD 950.00 - 950.00 | USD 960.25 | |
| 48 | Atthill (Captain A .W.M.) | FROM NORWICH TO LICHTENBURG VIA PRETORIA- Signed and inscribed copy September 1911 |
1909 | USD 800.00 - 1,100.00 | USD 805.00 |
| 4 | Olivieri, Schoeman, Van Wyk, Sartori, Baistrocchi & others... | NAMIBIA |
USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 690.00 | |
| 5 | Abbe Henri Breuil | ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY ABBE BREUIL USED AS FRONTISPIECE FOR HIS BOOK "THE TSISAB RAVINE AND OTHER BRANDBERG SITES" |
1959 | USD 550.00 - 550.00 | USD 603.75 |
| 20 | [Cole (Alfred) & Noble (Roderick) Editors:] | THE CAPE MONTHLY MAGAZINE (1857-1861) - 6 VOLUMES OF EARLY ISSUES IN ORIGINAL CAPE BINDINGS |
1859-1861 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 603.75 |
| 99 | [Flack (Peter) Editor]: | HUNTING THE SPIRAL HORNS - KUDU |
2012 | USD 70.00 - 90.00 | USD 546.25 |
| 42 | Ballen (Roger) | PLATTELAND : Images from Rural South Africa (1994) |
1994 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 89 | Mosse (Captain Arthur Henry Eyre) | MY SOMALI BOOK |
1913 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 362.25 |
| 81 | Andersson (Charles John) | THE OKAVANGO RIVER: |
1861 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 318.55 |
| 9 | Canon Law: | CORPUS JURIS CANONICI Gregorii XIII Pont. Max. |
1705 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 68 | Holub (E.) & Von Pelzeln (A.) | BEITRAGE ZUR ORNITHOLOGIE ZUDAFRIKAS |
1882 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 80 | Andersson (Charles John) | NOTES OF TRAVEL IN SOUTH AFRICA |
1875 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 77 | Mollien (G.) | TRAVELS IN AFRICA, TO THE SOURCES OF THE SENEGAL AND GAMBIA, IN 1818 |
1825 | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 272.55 |
| 37 | Her Majesty's Stationery Office | BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA Co. Papers relating to the British South Africa Company (1899) |
1899 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 253.00 |
| 21 | Sheffield (Thomas) | THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT. GRAHAMSTOWN AS IT WAS, AND GRAHAMSTOWN AS IT IS. (1882) |
1882 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 149 | Liltved (William) & Johnsson (S.D.) | THE CAPE ORCHIDS ( Volumes 1 & 2) |
2012 | USD 320.00 - 320.00 | USD 212.75 |
| 119 | Sanchez-Arino (Tony) | AFRICA'S GREATEST TUSKERS: STORIES, HISTORY, AND LORE ON THE LARGEST TUSKERS EVER TO COME FROM THE DARK CONTINENT |
2016 | USD 60.00 - 70.00 | USD 189.75 |
| 23 | A Colonial Officer (Harry Vernon Woon) | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AFRICA - A Personal Narrative by a Colonial Officer (1909) |
1909 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 175.95 |
| 17 | [Cape Almanac] | THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ALMANAC AND ANNUAL REGISTER FOR 1842 |
[1841] | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 200 | Arbuthnot (Thomas S.) | AFRICAN HUNT |
1954 | USD 250.00 - 80.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 209 | Holt (H.P.) | THE MOUNTED POLICE OF NATAL |
1913 | USD 250.00 - 80.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 228 | Morley (S. A.) Et Al. | THE SOUTH AFRICAN ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING ART (1947) |
1947 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 103 | [Flack (Peter) Editor]: | HUNTING THE SPIRAL HORNS - BONGO & NYALA |
2016 | USD 70.00 - 90.00 | USD 151.80 |