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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Books and Photographs
- Auction Date
- 01/22/2026 - 01/22/2026
- Sale Number
- #128
- Total Lots
- 267
- Sold Lots
- 99.0
- Lots Sold
- 37.08%
- Unsold Lots
- 168
- Total Sales (USD)
- 37,333.60
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 31,360.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 36,280.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 70,340.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 84,015.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 44.44%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris (William Cornwallis) | PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
1840 | USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 |
| 16 | Smith (George) | DEFENCE OF RORKE'S DRIFT. January 22, 1879. (1879) |
1879 | USD 250.00 - 250.00 | USD 4,226.25 |
| 2 | Verhoeff (Pieter Willemszoon) | INDIAE ORIENTALIS PARS IX. HISTORICAM DESCRIPTIONEM |
1612 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,300.00 |
| 11 | Tagore (Rabindranath) | STRAY BIRDS (1917) - FORMER COPY OF J. H. PIERNEEF |
1917 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,630.70 |
| 18 | Reitz (Deneys) | COMMANDO (1929) - INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION |
1929 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,250.00 | USD 1,328.25 |
| 125 | Livingstone (David) | MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA. (1857 'true 1st edition' - Scarce 'Bradlow Variant No. 2.') |
1857 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 1,155.75 |
| 14 | Paterson (Lieutenant William) | A NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRARIA |
1789 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,141.95 |
| 176 | Leo Africanus (Johannes) | DE TOTIUS AFRICAE DESCRIPTIONE LIBRI IX (1559) |
1559 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,086.75 |
| 66 | Telfer (A.) | SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHBOOK OF A. TELFER DATING FROM 1894 |
1894 | USD 650.00 - 650.00 | USD 1,086.75 |
| 172 | Latrobe (Rev. Christian Ignatius) | JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, IN 1815 and 1816 (Presentation copy) |
1818 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 852.15 |
| 118 | Maurice (Major General Sir Frederick) & Grant (Captain Maurice Harold) | HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 |
1906 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | USD 845.25 |
| 10 | Kruger (Paul) | THE MEMOIRS OF PAUL KRUGER (Limited Edition) |
1902 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 724.50 |
| 77 | Cumming (Roualeyn Gordon) | FIVE YEARS OF A HUNTER'S LIFE IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA |
1850 | USD 130.00 - 160.00 | USD 603.75 |
| 73 | Butler (Capt. H.) | SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCHES |
1841 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 573.85 |
| 181 | Heylyn (Peter) | COSMOGRAPHIE, IN FOUR BOOKS. CONTAINING THE CHOROGRAPHIE AND HISTORIE OF THE WHOLE WORLD |
1666 | USD 350.00 - 400.00 | USD 573.85 |
| 5 | Walker (Mary Adelaide) | THROUGH MACEDONIA TO THE ALBANIAN LAKES |
1864 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 529.00 |
| 21 | Von Herausgegeben (Uli); Bahmann (Anka) | NAMIBIA - A MAGICAL WORLD OF PRECIOUS STONES AND CRYSTALS (2001) |
2001 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 25 | Treue (Wilhelm) | THE HISTORY OF THE OTAVI MINING LTD. (1900--2000) |
2000 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 169 | Andersson (Charles John) | LAKE NGAMI |
1857 | USD 125.00 - 150.00 | USD 423.20 |
| 104 | Silberbauer (G.B.) | REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BECHUANALAND ON THE BUSHMAN SURVEY |
1965 | USD 60.00 - 70.00 | USD 417.45 |
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