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Sotheby's Auction
 Johannesburg 
 18,19 & 20 April 2005

by Andries Loots
STEPHAN WELZ & CO.
In Association With
SOTHEBY'S

The first Johannesburg Sotheby's Decorative and Fine Arts sale took place on the 18,19 & 20 April 2005 at their Gallery, 13 Biermann Avenue,  Rosebank.

The sale was well attended. Session one, Monday 18 April at 8pm - Lot 1 - 200 covered 24 lots of International works of art and  works by artists like Sekoto, Van Essche, Mohl,  Battiss, Boshoff, Naude and Pierneef. In the contemporary and modern art section there were no less than four works by artist William Kentridge. Robert Hodgins and Willie Bester were again represented. Prices for quality works were overall high.

 A few South African painting results :

Lot 48
Frans Oerder
estimate R 40 000-60 000
Hammer price R 68 000 		Lot 50
Jan Ernst Volschenk
estimate R 40 000-60 000
Hammer price R 42 000
   

Lot 53
J.H. Pierneef
estimate R 50 000-70 000
Hammer price R 110 000

Lot 61
Dorothy Kay
estimate R 40 000-60 000
Hammer price R 320 000
    
Lot 70
Maggie Laubser
estimate R 120 000-160 000
Hammer price R 400 000		 Lot 74
Gerard Sekoto
estimate R 100 000-150 000
Hammer price R 200 000
   
Lot 83
John Mohl
estimate R 60 000-90 000
Hammer price R 300 000		 Lot 91
Goerge Pemba
estimate R 100 000-150 000
Hammer price R 95 000
   
Lot 147
William Kentridge
estimate R 120 000-160 000
Hammer price R 160 000		 Lot 150
Robert Hodgins
estimate R 25 000-30 000
Hammer price R 38 000
   
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