The Book, Art and Collectables sale offered art books at highly competitive reserves, as well as fine art and objets d’art.
This special sale was focused on art books and books about art. With over 500 lots on offer, covering everything from rare and collectible ephemera to reference works and artist’s monographs. The book sale was remarkably successful, achieving an 86% sell through rate, well above industry averages.
Lot 439 - Turok, Karina. Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Moved South Africa
Estimated at R400 - R600
Lot 444 - Simon, Barney. Familiarity is the Kingdom of the Lost
Sold for R469
Lot 446 - Stiles, Kristine. Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979
Estimated at R300 - R500
Lot 447 - Subiros, Pep (curator). Apartheid: The South African Mirror
Sold for R821
Lot 449 - Edoardo Villa, South African 1915–2011, Villa at 90
Sold for R29,312
Lot 452 - Alf Kumalo, South African 1930-2012, Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali
Sold for R8,794
Lot 453 - Robert Hodgins, South African 1920–2010, The Dreyfus Affair – 1896...
Estimated at R10,000 - R15,000
Lot 454 - Antoni Clavé, Spanish 1913-2005, L'homme au masque (Man in the mask)
Sold for R4,924
Lot 455 - Judith Mason, South African 1938–2016, Monkey Shrine
Sold for R2,580
Lot 456 - Judith Mason, South African 1938–2016, Spilt Potion
Sold for R1,759
Lot 457 - Diane Victor, b.1964 South Africa, Sara Finn Dressing
Sold for R2,110
Lot 458 - Bevan de Wet, b.1985 South Africa, Hybrid Identities – Rhodesian Woman
Estimated at R20,000 - R30,000
Lot 460 - Barend de Wet, b.1956 South Africa, Half White
Sold for R4,690
Lot 461 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African 1886–1957, Trees
Sold for R32,830
Lot 462 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African 1886–1957, Tulbagh KP.
Sold for R21,105
Lot 463 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African 1886–1957, Doringboom, TVL.
Sold for R37,520
Lot 464 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African 1886–1957, Plaashuis
Sold for R9,966
Lot 465 - Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African 1886–1957, Doringbome, TVL.
Sold for R22,278
Lot 467 - Azaria Mbatha, b.1941 South Africa, Watching TV
Sold for R2,228
Lot 468 - John Muafangejo, Namibian 1943–1987, The Love is Approaching...
Sold for R14,070
Lot 469 - John Muafangejo, Namibian 1943–1987, Bishop R.H. Mize
Sold for R3,752
Lot 470 - Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi, b.1943 South Africa, It's Far In Between
Sold for R1,642
Lot 472 - Vuminkosi Zulu, South African 1948-1996, The Leader is Intensely Excited
Sold for R1,055
Lot 479 - Bhekisani Manyoni, b.1945 South Africa, Eyes of God on the World
Sold for R528
Lot 480 - , , Paton, David (curator). Booknesses: Artists' Books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection
Estimated at R400 - R600
Lot 485 - Beezy Bailey, b.1962 South Africa, Sun & Moon Twist
Sold for R633
Lot 486 - Peter Clarke, South African 1929–2014, Girl With Flowers
Sold for R5,628