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 391 - Heenk, Liesbeth. Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Prints
Sold for R469
Lot 392 - Packer, William. Henry Moore: An Illustrated Biography
Sold for R586
Lot 393 - John, Russell. Ben Nicholson: drawings paintings and reliefs 1911-1968
Sold for R469
Lot 396 - Dumas, Ann. The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters
Sold for R938
Lot 397 - Walther, Ingo and Metzger, Rainder. Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings
Sold for R704
Lot 399 - Rubin, William (ed). Primitivism in 20th Century Art
Sold for R586
Lot 401 - Ramond, Sylvie (curator). 20th Century Masters - The Human Figure
Estimated at R300 - R400
Lot 407 - Athol, Fugard. People Are Living There: A Play in Two Acts
Sold for R117
Lot 411 - Courtney-Clarke, Margaret. African Canvas: The Art of West African Women
Sold for R176
Lot 432 - Muybridge, Eadweard. Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion I, II & III
Sold for R1,290