Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium April Auction, 42026, Constantia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 20, 2026 - April 23, 2026
Page Size: 71 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3

SKITTLES', a framed print

N/A ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 125.30
4 After Otto Landsberg (German 1869-1957)

VILLAGE SCENE

N/A ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 ZAR 150.36
5 Michael Lyne (British 1912 - 1989)

THE COTSWOLDS

N/A ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
6 Michael Lyne (British 1912 - 1989) 

HAYTHORPE HUNT

N/A ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
7 After Vincent R. Balfour-Browne (English 1880 - 1963)

THE BLINK

N/A ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 1,253.00
8 After Vincent R. Balfour-Browne (English 1880 - 1963) 

LAZY OLD BRUTE

N/A ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 1,253.00
9 After Vincent R. Balfour-Browne (English 1880 - 1963)

WE SHALL HAVE TO GO BACK AROUND

N/A ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 1,002.40
10 Gaetano Pedo & Giacomo Brogi

THE ROMAN FORUM, circa 1890, photograph

N/A ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,127.70
11 Leigh Voight (South African 20th Century)

A PAIR OF DASSIES

N/A ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
12 Jacques Nicolas Bellin,

LE PAYS DES HOTTENTOTS, 1748

N/A ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 3,759.00
13

TWO ANGLO-BOER WAR LITHOGRAPHS, THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER, NOVEMBER 28, 1899 AND THE BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE, OCTOBER 21, 1899, BACON'S SOUTH AFRICAN BATTLE PICTURES, LONDON

N/A ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
14 H. J. Greenhead

MISS CROKER

N/A ZAR 4,600.00 - 5,500.00 Not Sold
15

A MAP DETAILING SHIPPING CASUALTIES BETWEEN WORLD WAR I AND II,

CIRCA 1970 ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 2,506.00
16

MAP OF ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC, drawn and engraved by J Rapkin and H Winkles

1851 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,253.00
17

MAP OF BRITISH AMERICA, drawn and engraved by J Rapkin, H Warren, and R Wallis

851 ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 ZAR 1,253.00
104

SEVEN THE DOGS AND MONKS OF ST BERNARD LITHOGRAPHIC MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES,

LONDON 1893 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
105

SEVEN ALICE IN WONDERLAND HAND COLOURED MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, PRIMUS JUNIOR LECTURE SERIES,

LONDON, 1905-1908 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,506.00
133

AN ANGLO-BOER WAR BOARDGAME, 'BOER EN ROOINEKSPEL',

CIRCA 1901 ZAR 4,200.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 5,262.60
1001 Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982)

BOY WITH BIRD

N/A ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 15,036.00
1002 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 - 2008)

SE DIT MET BLOMME

1995 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 4,009.60
1003 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 - 2008)

MAMA NUDE

1997 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 3,759.00
1004 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931 - 2008)

OP DIE STOEP

1997 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 2,756.60
1005 Pieter van der Westhuizen (South African 1931-2008)

FAMILY MEAL

2007 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
1006 Willie Bester (South African 1956-)

MADONNA AND CHILD

1998 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,506.00
1008 Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes (South African 1926-2009)

RED MASK

1975 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.