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Auction Name
The Cape Town Photography Festival Fundraising Auction
Auction Date
07/14/2025 - 07/14/2025
Sale Number
#71425
Total Lots
49
Sold Lots
23
Lots Sold
46.94%
Unsold Lots
26
Total Sales (ZAR)
302,800.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
332,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
468,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
618,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
873,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
34.68%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-)

Kampala Road, Kampala

2017 ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 ZAR 60,000.00
41 David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018)

Woman collecting shellfish. Port St Johns, Transkei. 1975 and Particulars (2014) by David Goldblatt

1975, printed 2003 ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 ZAR 44,000.00
2 Paul Weinberg (South Africa 1956-)

Waiting for the Bus During the Times of Apartheid, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu- Natal, June 19

1986 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 40,000.00
20 Daniel Naude (South Africa 1984-)

Group of Ankole Cattle, Kiruhura district, Western Region, Uganda, 2012

2012 ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 ZAR 22,000.00
48 Roger Ballen (United States Of America 1950-)

Die Antwoord

2008 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 18,000.00
31 Patrick de Mervelec (France 1945-)

Montage and Johannesburg Architecture and Heritage (2013) by Patrick de Mervelec

2013 ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 ZAR 18,000.00
12 Jan Hamman (South Africa 1947-2004)

24 June 1995. South African president Nelson Mandela, dressed in a No 6 Springbok jersey, congratulates the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar after South Africa beat the All Blacks ..

1995 printed 2025 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 16,000.00
27 Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920-1975)

Young Boy in a Food Store, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa

circa 1970 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 13,000.00
11 Dale Yudelman (South Africa 1958-)

Bus Stop 101 (from TREK series)

2022 ZAR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 ZAR 10,000.00
21 Pieter Badenhorst (South Africa 1969-)

Rugby field off N2, Peddie, 2005

2005 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 9,000.00
17 Sam Reinders (South Africa 1977-)

Nagi, 2016 (From And They Came Running series)

2016 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 7,500.00
47 Kyu Sang Lee (South Korea 1993-)

The Universe

2016 ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 7,000.00
35 Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-)

Untitled (Jump) (from a Place of Water series)

2014 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 6,000.00
34 Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-)

Untitled (Flying) (from a Place of Water series)

2018 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 5,000.00
38 Obie Oberholzer (South Africa 1947-)

Early Morning Fishermen. Bagamoyo. Tanzania

1994 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 4,600.00
28 Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920-1975)

Fruitsellers

circa 1970 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 4,000.00
25 Tiaan van Deventer (South Africa 1975-)

Skull and Bone, 2023

2023 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,800.00
18 Lindeka Qampi (South Africa 1969-)

Inyanda, North Carolina

2016 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
1 Omar Badsha (South Africa 1945-)

Induna Knonyana (from the Imijondolo series)

circa 1985 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
30 Josie Borain (1963-)

Self-portrait with Assistant, New York

1984 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00

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