Stephan Welz & Co.: New Year, New Treasures | Second Chance Quality Auction | January Hybrid-Online
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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 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> 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")
