The much anticipated sale of the slain Brett Kebble’s art collection went on auction at Summer place Johannesburg last night. The turn out was impressive and whilst some prominent pieces did not make there reserve some others found record amounts. The unofficial tally for the sale is just under the R50 million mark with interest expressed in some of the unsold lots. This is a South African record for a single auction. The results make for interesting reading please have a look below. For all these results and another 25000 past South African auction results register here
Lot | Artist | Title | Estimate | Price |
1 | Bowler, Thomas William | Kalk Bay Evening | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 6,500.00 |
2 | Bowler, Thomas William | Botanical Gardens, Cape Town | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 4,500.00 |
3 | Bowler, Thomas William | From Wynberg Hill, False Bay in the Distance | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 3,500.00 |
4 | Bowler, Thomas William | Castle, Cape Town from S.E Angle of the Parade | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 6,500.00 |
5 | Bowler, Thomas William | The Government House | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 5,500.00 |
6 | Bowler, Thomas William | The Entrance to the Castle | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 8,000.00 |
7 | Bowler, Thomas William | Scottish Church, Cape Town | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 6,000.00 |
8 | Bowler, Thomas William | The Presbyterian Church, St. Andrews Square | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 5,500.00 |
9 | Bowler, Thomas William | Admiralty House, Entrance to Simon’s Town | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 6,500.00 |
10 | Bowler, Thomas William | Royal Observatory, Looking Westward | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 9,000.00 |
11 | Bowler, Thomas William | Great Constantia | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 10,000.00 |
12 | Stern, Irma | Two Ladies Sewing | R 25,000 – 35,000 | R 80,000.00 |
13 | Stern, Irma | Two Ladies | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 60,000.00 |
14 | Stern, Irma | Woman with Headscarf | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 120,000.00 |
15 | Preller, Alexis | Preliminary Sketch for Wounded Sculpture | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 45,000.00 |
16 | Stern, Irma | Two Women with a Man | R 25,000 – 35,000 | R 100,000.00 |
17 | Mayer, (Ernst Karl) Erich | South African Village | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 40,000.00 |
18 | Mayer, (Ernst Karl) Erich | Herdsman with Cattle | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 40,000.00 |
19 | Wiles, Walter Gilbert | Landscape | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 30,000.00 |
20 | Belloro, Giuseppe | Landscape with Farm Workers | R 10,000 – 15,000 | R 16,000.00 |
21 | Bowler, Thomas William | Green Point Lighthouse | R 150,000 – 200,000 | R 150,000.00 |
22 | Volschenk, Jan Ernst Abraham | The Valley of the Kaffirkuils near Riversdale | R 500,000 – 800,000 | R 600,000.00 |
23 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | The Malay Quarter | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 60,000.00 |
24 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Portrait of Smiling Face in Orange Headdress | R 100,000 – 150,000 | Unsold |
25 | Goodman, Robert Gwelo | Treed Avenue to Cape Dutch Homestead | R 70,000 – 90,000 | R 60,000.00 |
26 | Pierneef, Jacob Hendrik | Landscape near Hartebeespoort | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 240,000.00 |
27 | Carter, Sydney | Evening in the Valley | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 35,000.00 |
28 | Spilhaus, Pauline Augusta Wilhelmina (Nita) | View From Signal Hill | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 150,000.00 |
29 | Naudé , Pieter Hugo | A Street in Old Cape Town | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 300,000.00 |
30 | Hillhouse, Mary Ellen (May) | Roses in a Vase | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 120,000.00 |
31 | Esmonde-White, Eleanor Frances | Two Women on the Beach with a Parasol | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 320,000.00 |
32 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Woman with Kopdoek | R 900,000 – 1,200,000 | R 600,000.00 |
33 | Stern, Irma | Young Girl with Plait | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 250,000.00 |
34 | Everard-Haden, Ruth | Nude | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 180,000.00 |
35 | Goodman, Robert Gwelo | Garden near Crown Mines | R 120,000 – 160,000 | Unsold |
36 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Malay Quarter, Cape Town | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 480,000.00 |
37 | Stern, Irma | Woman Sewing Karos | R 5,000,000 – 7,000,000 | R 4,500,000.00 |
38 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Woman with Head Scarf – Ninna | R 600,000 – 800,000 | R 850,000.00 |
39 | Sumner, Maud Eyston | Saint Agnes | R 400,000 – 600,000 | R 320,000.00 |
40 | Naudé , Pieter Hugo | A Farm Kitchen | R 500,000 – 800,000 | R 440,000.00 |
41 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Still Life with Bottle, Vase and Blooms | R 500,000 – 800,000 | R 800,000.00 |
42 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | Reflections in a River | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 400,000.00 |
43 | Lock, Freida | Still Life of Sunflowers and Teapot | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 600,000.00 |
44 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Landscape with Homestead | R 500,000 – 800,000 | R 600,000.00 |
45 | Preller, Alexis | Girl with Bangles | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 250,000.00 |
46 | Lock, Freida | Samson & Wilson in the Kitchen, Klein Neklar, Hout Bay | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 320,000.00 |
47 | Niemann, Hennie | Boy with Fish | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 38,000.00 |
48 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Karoo by Moonlight | R 120,000 – 160,000 | R 200,000.00 |
49 | Tretchikoff, Vladimir Griegorovich | Lost Orchid | R 900,000 – 1,200,000 | R 2 900,000.00 |
50 | Preller, Alexis | Still lIfe with Flowers and a Shell | R 150,000 – 200,000 | R 150,000.00 |
51 | Esmonde- White, Eleanor Frances | Group of Women Dancing | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 500,000.00 |
52 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Pastoral Scene with Woman, Infant and Lambs | R 600,000 – 800,000 | R 600,000.00 |
53 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Lakeside, Towards Muizenberg | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 450,000.00 |
54 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | Gift of Honey | R 150,000 – 200,000 | R 280,000.00 |
55 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Malay Quarter | R 500,000 – 700,000 | Unsold |
56 | Stern, Irma | Mixed Flowers in a Vase | R 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | R 1,600,000.00 |
57 | Preller, Alexis | Mapoggo Wall | R 300,000 – 400,000 | R 250,000.00 |
58 | Sumner, Maud Eyston | Still Life with Anthuriums and Tiger Lillies | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 400,000.00 |
59 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Karoo my Country | R 120,000 – 160,000 | R 120,000.00 |
60 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Riverbank, Newlands | R 900,000 – 1,200,000 | R 800,000.00 |
61 | Pierneef, Jacob Hendrik | A Farmhouse in an Extensive Landscape (Villeria) | R 900,000 – 1,200,000 | R 1,000,000.00 |
62 | Stern, Irma | Flight | R 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | Unsold |
63 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | Graffiti Street Scene | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 420,000.00 |
64 | Hendrikz, Willem de Sanderes | Marega | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 450,000.00 |
65 | Edelstein, Lorraine | Seated figure | R 50,000 – 70,000 | R 90,000.00 |
66 | Preller, Alexis | The Bird | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 300,000.00 |
67 | Sumner, Maud Eyston | Yachts Moored in Dry Basin | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 80,000.00 |
68 | Stern, Irma | Four Spanish Woman wearing Mantilla | R 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 | Unsold |
69 | van Essche, Maurice Louis | A Couple (Fishermen) | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 350,000.00 |
70 | Wenning, Pieter Frederik Willem | Blue Vase with Marigolds | R 600,000 – 800,000 | R 550,000.00 |
71 | Sumner, Maud Eyston | Red Desert, Sahara | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 450,000.00 |
72 | Preller, Alexis | Sanctuary | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 1,200,000.00 |
73 | Hillhouse, Mary Ellen (May) | The Walf | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 600,000.00 |
74 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Rider in the Karoo | R 120,000 – 160,000 | R 220,000.00 |
75 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Flowers in a Vase | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 200,000.00 |
76 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Woman | R 900,000 – 1,200,000 | R 550,000.00 |
77 | Esmonde- White, Eleanor Frances | Two Seated Figures | R 400,000 – 600,000 | R 650,000.00 |
78 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of an Old Woman with Head Scarf: Landscape in Background | R 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | R 1,400,000.00 |
79 | Stern, Irma | Mother and Child | R 4,000,000 – 6,000,000 | Unsold |
80 | Preller, Alexis | Christ Head | R 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | R 3,500,000.00 |
81 | Tretchikoff, Vladimir Griegorovich | Portrait of a Zulu Warrior | R 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | R 1,300,000.00 |
82 | Preller, Alexis | Guna | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 450,000.00 |
83 | Higgs, Cecil | Mother and Child | R 60,000 – 80,000 | R 50,000.00 |
84 | Esmonde- White, Eleanor Frances | Two Women, A Brief Exchange | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 400,000.00 |
85 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Young Boy | R 500,000 – 700,000 | R 450,000.00 |
86 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Man | R 400,000 – 600,000 | Unsold |
87 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Flight to Egypt | R 120,000 – 160,000 | R 120,000.00 |
88 | Preller, Alexis | Agamemnon | R 150,000 – 200,000 | R 320,000.00 |
89 | Hillhouse, Mary Ellen (May) | Group of Women | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 200,000.00 |
90 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | An African Scene | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 450,000.00 |
91 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Landscape with Mountain and Small Cottage | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 180,000.00 |
92 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Headscarf | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 350,000.00 |
93 | Preller, Alexis | The Prophet II | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 400,000.00 |
94 | Pemba, George Mnyalaza Milwa | Village Scene with Elders | R 250,000 – 350,000 | R 450,000.00 |
95 | Sumner, Maud Eyston | Thames, Evening Barges | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 320,000.00 |
96 | Portway, Douglas Owen | Nude | R 50,000 – 80,000 | Unsold |
97 | Pinker, Stanley | Trapeze in the Sky | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 450,000.00 |
98 | Portway, Douglas Owen | Abstract Landscape | R 300,000 – 500,000 | R 380,000.00 |
99 | Catherine, Norman Clive | Dreamwalker | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 300,000.00 |
100 | Burwitz, Nils | Crown Mines | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 45,000.00 |
101 | Kentridge, William Joseph | Four Instruments | R 25,000 – 35,000 | R 70,000.00 |
102 | Kentridge, William Joseph | Pacing Panther | R 25,000 – 35,000 | R 50,000.00 |
103 | Domsaitis, Pranas | Figures on the Beach | R 60,000 – 80,000 | R 60,000.00 |
104 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Portrait of a Young Woman | R 700,000 – 800,000 | R 750,000.00 |
105 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Washerwomen on Farm on Oortmanspost | R 700,000 – 800,000 | R 850,000.00 |
106 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | A Band in Blue | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 280,000.00 |
107 | Laubser, Maria Magdalena (Maggie) | Figure in a Landscape: Woman Carrying Baby on her Back | R 800,000 – 1,000,000 | R 800,000.00 |
108 | Stern, Irma | Still life with Dahlias in a Vase with Fruit in a Dish | R 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 | R 3,200,000.00 |
109 | Tretchikoff, Vladimir Griegorovich | Portrait of a Zulu Maiden | R 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | R 1,200,000.00 |
110 | Battiss, Walter Whall (F.R.S.A F.I.A.L) | The Drought Breaks, The People of Zookfontein | R 200,000 – 300,000 | R 420,000.00 |
111 | Pemba, George Mnyalaza Milwa | Dancing and Singing Figures / Xhosa Tradition | R 250,000 – 350,000 | R 280,000.00 |
112 | Lewis, Dylan | Cheetah | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 200,000.00 |
113 | Cianfanelli, Marco Sante | Timeline (D10) (2004) | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 100,000.00 |
114 | Jaroszynska, Karin | Billiard Room | R 50,000 – 70,000 | R 110,000.00 |
115 | Unknown | Roses in a Vase | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 35,000.00 |
116 | Unknown | Corridor of Light | R 2,000 – 3,000 | R 11,000.00 |
117 | de Martino, Edoardo Federico | Beach Fishing Trawlers | R 9,000 – 12,000 | R 12,000.00 |
118 | Selmyhr, Conrad-Hans | Steamship and Sailing Ship off a Rocky Coastline | R 70,000 – 90,000 | Unsold |
119 | Wesson, Edward | Coastal Scene with a Sailing Boat | R 10,000 – 15,000 | R 8,000.00 |
120 | Purser, Keith | Harbour 1 | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 35,000.00 |
121 | Scouller, Glen | Late Afternoon Church Haven | R 50,000 – 70,000 | R 55,000.00 |
122 | Morrocco, Leon | Beach Boats towards Stromboli | R 60,000 – 80,000 | R 110,000.00 |
123 | Coates, Tom | Having a Break Working- Charlie and Lizzie | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 45,000.00 |
124 | de Gallard, Michel | Still Life with Flowers in a Vase | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 60,000.00 |
125 | Boyd, John G. | Man with a Cart | R 100,000 – 150,000 | R 101,000.00 |
126 | Devlin, George | Alderburgh Beach | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 70,000.00 |
127 | Devlin, George | The Beach, Langebaan | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 70,000.00 |
128 | Devlin, George | Spring at Masson | R 50,000 – 70,000 | R 75,000.00 |
129 | Howard, Ken | Newlyn | R 90,000 – 120,000 | R 60,000.00 |
130 | Taylor, Julian | Fruits et Legumes | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 40,000.00 |
131 | Purser, Keith | Harbour 2 | R 20,000 – 30,000 | R 25,000.00 |
132 | Edgar, Norman B | Beach at Arran | R 40,000 – 60,000 | R 60,000.00 |
133 | Jacobson, Naomi Deborah | Nelson Mandela Bronze Bust | R 30,000 – 50,000 | R 90,000.00 |