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Stephan Welz & Co.: Premium April Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Premium April Auction | Total Sales (ZAR) | 2,921,770.46 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 20, 2026 - April 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 2,340,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #42026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 3,012,300.00 |
| Total Lots | 71 | ||
| Sold Lots | 36.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 2,794,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 50.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 3,658,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 35 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 79.87% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1164 | David Hockney (British 1937 -) | TYLER’S DINING ROOM, from Moving Focus |
1984 | ZAR 1,800,000.00 - 2,200,000.00 | ZAR 2,255,400.00 |
| 1161 | Damien Hirst (British 1965 -) | LARGE MICKEY |
N/A | ZAR 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | ZAR 413,490.00 |
| 1156 | Ken Kiff (British 1935-2001) | THE TIGRESS, MASTER OF ST. GILES and WALKING PAST ROCKS AND FLOWERS, three in the lot |
N/A | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 62,650.00 |
| 1159 | Joan Miro (Spanish 1893-1983) | L'ENFANCE D'UBU (From ENFANCE D'UBU series) |
N/A | ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 23,807.00 |
| 1143 | Henry Moore (British 1898 - 1986) | MOTHER AND CHILD XXIX |
N/A | ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | ZAR 21,301.00 |
| 1162 | Sunday B. Morning (After Andy Warhol) | GOLDEN MARILYN 11.43 |
N/A | ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 20,048.00 |
| 1144 | Henry Moore (British 1898 - 1986) | MOTHER AND CHILD |
N/A | ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | ZAR 18,795.00 |
| 1011 | Peter Clarke (South African 1929-2014) | TWENTY STEPS, RECTORY LANE SIMON'S TOWN |
1971 | ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | ZAR 16,289.00 |
| 1001 | Walter Whall Battiss (South African 1906 - 1982) | BOY WITH BIRD |
N/A | ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 15,036.00 |
| 1019 | Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian 1886-1980) | HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT II |
N/A | ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 10,024.00 |
| 1025 | Richard Scott (South African 1968-) | ARCH; two in the lot |
2015 | ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 7,518.00 |
| 1018 | Robert Gwelo Goodman (South African 1871-1939) | CAPE DUTCH HOUSES |
N/A | ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 5,638.50 |
| 133 | AN ANGLO-BOER WAR BOARDGAME, 'BOER EN ROOINEKSPEL', |
CIRCA 1901 | ZAR 4,200.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 5,262.60 | |
| 1391 | THREE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS, 19TH CENTURY |
19TH CENTURY | ZAR 3,200.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 4,761.40 | |
| 1026 | Itzchak Tarkay (Israeli 1935-2012) | PORTRAIT |
N/A | ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 4,385.50 |
| 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 |
| 12 | Jacques Nicolas Bellin, | LE PAYS DES HOTTENTOTS, 1748 |
N/A | ZAR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 3,759.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 105 | SEVEN ALICE IN WONDERLAND HAND COLOURED MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, PRIMUS JUNIOR LECTURE SERIES, |
1905-1908 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 2,506.00 | |
| 1006 | Willie Bester (South African 1956-) | MADONNA AND CHILD |
1998 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 2,506.00 |
| 1014 | Tinus De Jongh (South Africa 1885 - 1942) | MONT AUC SOURCES, NATAL |
N/A | ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 2,380.70 |
| 1013 | Mario Pedro Soares (Mozambican 1982 -) | JOHANNESBURG IN A PERSPECTIVE |
2017 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 1,378.30 |
| 7 | After Vincent R. Balfour-Browne (English 1880 - 1963) | THE BLINK |
N/A | ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 1,253.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
