Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium November Auction, 111725, Constantia

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 17, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 273 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
291 Francesco Nardelli and Mathew Hillier

THE RHINOCEROS: A MONOGRAPH (SPECIAL EDITION WITH ORIGINAL SKETCH)

London 1988 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
292 Edmund Caldwell Elephant

NATIONAL VELD TRUST PORTFOLIO

ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
293 Marguerite Poland, David Hammond-Tooke, Leigh Voigt

THE ABUNDANT HERDS: A CELEBRATION OF CATTLE OF THE ZULU PEOPLE (SIGNED, SPONSORS EDITION)

Cape Town 2003 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,936.00
294 Peter Mundy, Duncan Butchart, John Ledger and Steve Piper

A GROUP OF ORNITHOLOGY BOOKS 1.) Vultures of Africa

Johannesburg 1992 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
295 Tony Harris and Graeme Arnott

SHRIKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Cape Town 1988 ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 ZAR 738.00
296 Joseph Wolf

PHEASANT DRAWINGS (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED AND ORIGINAL PHEASANT FEATHER INCLUDED)

London: Kingston Upon Hull 1988 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,840.00
297 Thomas Baines & R. F. Kennedy

THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA PAINTED BY THOMAS BAINES (LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION)

Johannesburg 1975 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 1,599.00
298 J.A. Harrison (ed.)

THE ATLAS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BIRDS (2 VOLS)

Johannesburg 1997 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,353.00
299 P.A.R. Hockey, W.R.J. Dean and P.G. Ryan

ROBERTS BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (VII Edition)

ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,230.00
300 Various Authors

THE BIRDS OF AFRICA (6 VOLS)

London 1982 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 8,610.00
301 Dick Findlay

A PORTFOLIO OF SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS by Dick Findlay

ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 ZAR 1,045.50
302

MIMETES: AN ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF MIMETES SALISBURY AND OROTHAMNUS PAPPE (SIGNED)

ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,690.00
303 Niel du Plessis and Graham Duncan

BULBOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (COLLECTORS LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED)

Cape Town 1989 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 ZAR 1,476.00
304 John Walker

A GROUP LOT OF BOTANTICAL TITLES 1.) Wildflowers of KZN (limited edition; signed)

Pinetown 1996 ZAR 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
305 E.F. Franklin

A PORTFOLIO OF WILD FRUITS OF SOUTH AFRICA

ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 ZAR 516.60
306 David Anderson and Carrie Hampton

A GROUP LOT OF TITLES ON GAME LODGES IN AFRICA 1.) On Safari by David Anderson and Carrie Hampton

California 2005 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
307 L.S.B Leakey, Savage and Coryndon, editor

FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF AFRICA (3 VOLS)

London 1969 ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
308

A GROUP LOT OF SCIENCE TITLES 1.) South Africa and Science

1929 ZAR 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
309 Frederick Kaigh

A GROUP LOT ON WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC 1.) Witchcraft and Magic of Africa

London 1947 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
310 John Dronsfield

NON- EUROPEAN ONLY 36 DRAWINGS (SIGNED; LIMITED EDITION)

Cape Town 1942 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
311 Laurence Binyon

THE ART OF BOTTICELLI: AN ESSAY IN PICTORIAL CRITICISM (LIMITED EDITION)

London 1913 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
312

A GROUP LOT OF BOOKS ON SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS 1.) W.H COETZER 80: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF W.H COETZER (SIGNED BY THE ARTIST)

Roodepoort 1980 ZAR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
313 Ute Ben Yosef

THE GRAVEN IMAGE: THE LIFE AND WORK OF MOSES KOTTLER

Cape Town 1989 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
314

A GROUP LOT ON SOUTH AFRICAN ART 1.) Stephan Welz & Co: Art at Auction in South African

Johannesburg 1989 ZAR 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
315 Alice Mertens

KAVANGO (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Cape Town 1974 ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
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