Stephan Welz & Co.: July Promenade Auction | Timed Online , 71926, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 19, 2026 - July 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 778 | Bird Allan | Arabella Roupel: Pioneer Artist of Cape Flowers |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1975 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 779 | Wijnands D. O.; Wilson M. L.; Toussaint van Hove T. | Jan Commelin's Monograph on Cape Flora |
Cape Town | 1996 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 780 | Coats Alice M. | The Treasury of Flowers |
London; Cape Town | 1975 | ZAR 400.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 781 | Calmann Gerta | Ehret: Flower Painter Extraordinary |
London; Cape Town | 1977 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 782 | Gunn Mary; Du Plessis Enid | The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1978 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 783 | Beeton Isabella | Beeton's: All About Gardening |
London; Melbourne; Toronto; Cape Town | 1909 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 784 | von Rieffel Carlos; Mannering Eva | A Folio of Fruit |
London; Cape Town | 1957 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 785 | Fitzsimons Snakes of Southern Africa |
Johannesburg | 1990 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 786 | The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa |
Johannesburg | 1965 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 787 | Watt Ronnie; De Kock Servaas | Living Jewels: Koi Keeping in South Africa |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1996 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 788 | Roberts Austen | The Mammals of South Africa |
Cape Town | 1951 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 789 | Berger Joel; Boyd Lee; Houpt Katherine A. | Wild horses of the Great Basin; The Przewalski horse |
Johannesburg | N/A | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 790 | Herbert Harry John; Jungius Hartmut; Mohr Erna; Zaloumis E. A. | The population dynamics of the waterbuck; The biology and behaviour of the reedbuck; Der Blaubock; A field guide to the antelopes of Southern Africa |
Johannesburg | N/A | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 791 | Smith Anna H. | Claudius Water-colours in the African Museum |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1952 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 792 | Mallary Peter; Mallary Frances | A Redoute Treasury: 468 Watercolours from Les Liliacees |
London; Cape Town | 1986 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 793 | Thomas Alan G. | Great Books and Book Collectors |
London; Cape Town | 1975 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 794 | Ede Charles | The Art of the Book |
London; New York; Cape Town | 1951 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 795 | Rowse A. L. | The Annotated Shakespeare |
London; Cape Town | 1972 | ZAR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 796 | Unwin T. Fisher | The Worlds Best Fairy Stories |
London; Johannesburg | 1913 | ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 797 | Wells HG | You Can't Be Too Careful: A Sample of Life 1901 – 1951 |
London; Johannesburg | 1941 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
| 798 | Coetzee JM | Waiting for the Barbarians; Dusklands |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1981; 1982 | ZAR 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 799 | Coetzee JM | Disgrace |
London; Cape Town | 1999 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 800 | Coetzee JM | 3 Books, including: Waiting for the Barbarians |
Johannesburg; New York; London; Cape Town | 1981; 1983; 1999 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 801 | Coetzee JM | Waiting for the Barbarians; In the Heart of the Country |
New York; Cape Town | 1982 | ZAR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 802 | Mutwa Credo Vusamazulu | Indaba, My Children |
Johannesburg; Cape Town | 1964 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
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14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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