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Lot 39 · The South African Sale

'Nelson Mandela in his Law Office'

Jürgen Schadeberg

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Estimate
£2,500–£3,500 hammer ≈ $3,663–$5,128
Result
Performance
Sale
Bonhams — The South African Sale, London, New Bond Street · 18 March 2015
Record ID
TB-2026-1860653
Record
first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jürgen Schadeberg, 'Nelson Mandela in his Law Office'. Bonhams, 18 Mar 2015, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1860653.

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From the same sale The South African Sale · Mar 2015

LotArtistEstimateResult
A Worcester Street Pieter Hugo Naudé £6,000–£9,000
Still life with bottle Harry Stratford Caldecott £8,000–£12,000
Homestead Jacob Hendrik Pierneef £20,000–£30,000
Still life on a dressing table Maud Frances Eyston Sumner £8,000–£12,000
Nude wearing a straw hat Maud Frances Eyston Sumner £8,000–£12,000
Aloe in bloom Adolph Stephan Friedrich Jentsch £15,000–£20,000

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Jürgen Schadeberg Mandela in his Law Office, 1952 $6,336 Strauss & Co, Nov 2018
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Jürgen Schadeberg 'nelson mandela in his cell on robben island (revisit)', 199 Sotheby's, May 2014
Jürgen Schadeberg Nelson Mandela in his Law Office Bonhams, Apr 2022
Jürgen Schadeberg Mandela at the Treason Trial Strauss & Co, Nov 2015
Jürgen Schadeberg Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island (Revisit) Bonhams, Apr 2022
Jürgen Schadeberg Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island (revisit), 1994 Sotheby's, Nov 2011
Jürgen Schadeberg Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island, 1994 Strauss & Co, Nov 2018

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