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Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000. -
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000. -
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
Stephan Welz & Co.: October Promenade Auction - Day 2, 102025, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 747 | TWO TITLES ON HENRI MATISSE |
ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | ZAR 626.50 | |||
| 748 | JACKSON POLLOCK by Kirk Varnedoe |
New York | 1998 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 601.44 | |
| 749 | MARC CHAGALL: THE LIGHT OF ORIGINS by Marc and Helen Smuts |
Helene Smuts Arts Education Consultants | 2000 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 750 | RENOIR by William Gaunt |
Oxford | 1962 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 751 | ARCHIPENKO: VISIONNAIRE INTERNATIONAL by Donald H. Karshan (ed.) |
Washington | 1969 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 752 | BONNARD by Nel Erasmus (curator) |
Johannesburg | 1971 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 250.60 | |
| 753 | TWO TITLES ON PABLO PICASSO |
ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 754 | TWO TITLES ON CLAUDE MONET |
ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 755 | A GROUP LOT ON ART COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD |
ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 689.15 | |||
| 756 | REMEMBERING IRMA: IRMA STERN A MEMOIR WITH LETTERS by Mona Berman |
Cape Town | 2003 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 757 | TWO TITLES ON JEWISH ART HISTORY |
ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 758 | FERNAND LEGER: SELECTED WORKS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION |
Israel | 1994 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 250.60 | |
| 759 | DUFY: 16 BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOUR PRINTS |
New York | 1954 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | ZAR 563.85 | |
| 760 | AMEDEO MODIGLIANI: EDIZIONI DEL MILIONE (ITALIAN) |
Italy | 1947 | ZAR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 761 | THE PAINTINGS OF RAPHEAL |
London | ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 762 | A GROUP LOT OF ART TITLES |
ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 763 | LENG DIXON: MALAY AND CAPE SKETCHES |
Cape Town | 1952 | ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 764 | Lewis Soden | BOTH SIDES OF THE MASK: THE WORLD OF MURIEL ALEXANDER (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR) |
Cape Town | 1964 | ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 765 | THE MASTER OF MARY OF BURGUNDY: A BOOK OF HOURS |
Oxford | 1970 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | ZAR 1,065.05 | |
| 766 | THE IMPRESSIONIST REVEALED by Susanna de Vries-Evans & HIDDEN TREASURES REVEALED by Albert Kostenevich; two in a lot |
London | 1992 | ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 767 | Norbert Schneider | THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT - MASTERPIECES OF EUROPEAN PORTRAIT-PAINTING (1420 - 1670) |
Germany | 1994 | ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 768 | William J. Burchell (CHECK ESTIMATE) | WOODCUT VIGNETTES FROM "TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" (FIRST EDITION) |
Cape Town | 1968 | ZAR 200.00 - 400.00 | ZAR 250.60 |
| 769 | Norah G Henshilwood & Cecil Higgs | KELP COAST (LIMITED EDITION) |
David Philip | 1976 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 770 | Mitch and Margot Reardon | ETOSHA: LIFE AND DEATH ON AN AFRICAN PLAIN |
Cape Town | 1981 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 771 | Ryk Hattingh and Conrad Botes | DIE FOSTER BENDE |
Stellenbosch | 2000 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
