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| Auction Name | Books, Maps and Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 27,073.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 28, 2026 - May 28, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 12,595.00 |
| Sale Number | #131 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,320.00 |
| Total Lots | 250 | ||
| Sold Lots | 93.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 56,340.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 37.20% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 66,535.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 157 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 40.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Baden-Powell Robert; Wilson Gordon | Letters from Col. Baden Powell and Gordon Wilson to Lady Sarah Wilson |
1899 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 3,450.00 |
| 10 | Stanford's Large Scale Map of Zulu Land |
1879 | Not Available | USD 3,018.75 | |
| 123 | Mandela Nelson | A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles |
N/A | USD 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,300.00 |
| 30 | Chaper Maurice | Note on the Diamond-Bearing Region of Southern Africa |
1880 | Not Available | USD 1,437.50 |
| 31 | De Launay Louis | The Diamonds of the Cape |
1897 | Not Available | USD 920.00 |
| 19 | Paterson William | A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffraria |
1789 | USD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 862.50 |
| 41 | Macfadyen W.A. | The Political Laws of the South African Republic |
1896 | Not Available | USD 690.00 |
| 18 | Lichtenstein Martin Hinrich Carl | Reizen in het Zuidelyk Gedeelte van Afrika, in de Jaren 1803, 1804, 1805 en 1806 |
1803-1806 | USD 650.00 - 750.00 | USD 603.75 |
| 47 | Cipolla Arnaldo | In the Land of Gold and Diamonds |
1930 | Not Available | USD 603.75 |
| 32 | Hatch Frederick Henry | Report on the Mines and Mineral Resources of Natal |
1910 | Not Available | USD 575.00 |
| 173 | Schreiner Olive | DREAMS |
1891 | Not Available | USD 575.00 |
| 203 | Jonker Ingrid | Kantelson |
1966 | USD 550.00 - 600.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 64 | Photo Album of Cape Town and Simon's Town |
N/A | Not Available | USD 483.00 | |
| 17 | Le Vaillant F | Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'interieur de l'Afrique |
1791; 1797 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 37 | Von Herausgegeben Uli; Bahmann Anka | Namibia - A Magical World of Precious Stones and Crystals |
2001 | Not Available | USD 460.00 |
| 86 | Goldblatt P.; Manning J. | Gladiolus in Southern Africa |
1989; 1993; 1996 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 204 | Brink Andre P. | Die Meul teen die Hang |
N/A | Not Available | USD 423.20 |
| 248 | Bosman Herman Charles | Jacaranda in the Night |
1947 | Not Available | USD 399.05 |
| 249 | Bosman Herman Charles | Cold Stone Jug |
1949 | Not Available | USD 399.05 |
| 246 | The Story of a Crime |
1924 | Not Available | USD 362.25 | |
| 56 | Nockels Colin; Willcox Alex R. | Great River - The Story of the Orange River |
1986 | Not Available | USD 345.00 |
| 125 | Williams Gardner F | The Diamond Mines of South Africa |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 94 | Van der Walt J.J.A.; Vorster P.J.; Ward-Hilhorst Ellaphie | Pelargoniums of Southern Africa |
N/A | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 341.55 |
| 21 | Derleth August | The Mask of Cthulhu |
N/A | USD 250.00 - 300.00 | USD 293.25 |
| 105 | Chapman Charles | A Voyage from Southampton to Cape Town |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 287.50 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
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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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000