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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Antiquarian Book Auction
- Auction Date
- 05/22/2025 - 05/22/2025
- Sale Number
- #123
- Total Lots
- 218
- Sold Lots
- 90
- Lots Sold
- 41.28%
- Unsold Lots
- 128
- Total Sales (USD)
- 40,797.40
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 43,545.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 51,940.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 83,995.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 97,745.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 41.74%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanuto (Livio) | GEOGRAFIA DI M. LIVIO SANVTO DISTINTA IN XII LIBRI |
1588 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 17,250.00 |
| 2 | Goldmann (C.S.) | ATLAS OF THE WITWATERSRAND AND OTHER GOLDFIELDS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Monumental atlas of the gold mines of the Rand) |
1899 | USD 4,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,600.00 |
| 5 | Dapper (Olfert) | DESCRIPTION DE L'AFRIQUE |
1686 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,250.00 | USD 2,012.50 |
| 13 | du Toit (The Rev. S. J.) | DI KONINGIN FAN SKEBA (1898) - first edition of the FIRST Afrikaans novel |
1898 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,250.00 | USD 1,630.70 |
| 8 | Nieuhoff (John) | VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, INTO BRASIL, AND THE EAST-INDIES: |
1703 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 966.00 |
| 4 | Boteler (Capt. Thomas R.N.) | NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO AFRICA AND ARABIA |
1835 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 862.50 |
| 6 | Tachard (Guy) | VOYAGE DE SIAM, DES PERES JESUITES, ENVOYEZ PAR LE ROY AUX INDES & A LA CHINE |
1686 | USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 | USD 862.50 |
| 19 | [Moodie (D.C.F.) Editor] | JOHN DUNN, CETEWAYO, AND THE THREE GENERALS |
1886 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 12 | Sawyer (Arthur Robert) | THE GOLDFIELDS OF MASHONALAND (1894) |
1894 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 104 | Serpa Pinto (Major A. A.) | HOW I CROSSED AFRICA |
1881 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 514.05 |
| 17 | Livingstone (David) | MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA (First issue) |
1857 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 36 | Stephenson (J. E. "Chirupula") | CHIRUPULA'S TALE (1937) |
1937 | USD 450.00 - 450.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 95 | Andersson (Charles John) | LAKE NGAMI |
1856 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 103 | Sandeman (E.F.) | EIGHT MONTHS IN AN OX-WAGGON |
1880 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 393.30 |
| 124 | Twisleton (Corporal F.) | WITH THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE FRONT |
(Circa 1900) | USD 110.00 - 130.00 | USD 364.55 |
| 22 | Gebhard (Georg) | TSUMEB - A Unique Mineral Locality |
1999 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 362.25 |
| 169 | Nathan (Manfred) | THE FINANCE AND REVENUE LAWS OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (SIGNED) |
1936 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 302.45 |
| 18 | [Amery (L.S.) Editor] | THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 |
1900-1909 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 24 | Cairncross (Bruce) | THE DESMOND SACCO COLLECTION |
2000 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 21 | Laband (John) & Knight (Ian) | ARCHIVES OF ZULULAND : THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR 1879 |
1999 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 287.50 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
