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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
Sotheby’s
New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD -
Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.Finarte
Books, Autographs & Prints
June 24 & 25, 2025Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000. -
Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
Aspire Art Auctions: Autumn '25 Collection: Beyond Boundaries, 43025, Illovo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 30, 2025 - April 30, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Alexander (South Africa 1959-) | Faith (from the Working Proof portfolio) |
2003 | ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | ZAR 30,485.00 | |
| 6 | Jake Aikman (South Africa 1978-) | The Crossing |
ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 35,175.00 | ||
| 8 | Lisa Brice (South Africa 1968-) | Untitled |
2008 | ZAR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | ZAR 105,525.00 | |
| 9 | Claudette Schreuders (South Africa 1973-) | Close, Close |
ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 21,105.00 | ||
| 11 | Michael Meyersfeld (South Africa 1940-) | Mondi o morte |
2001 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 2,110.00 | |
| 42 | Durant Sihlali (South Africa 1935-2004) | Rainy Day; After a Hard Day's Work; After the Rain Storm; Zola by Night, four |
ZAR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 3,518.00 | ||
| 44 | Gerald Machona (Zimbabwe 1986-) | Cross Border Trader Performance |
2010 | ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 45 | Gary Hirson (South Africa 1966-) | Longing (from the Grain Silos to Art Museum series) |
2001 | ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | Jurgen Schadeberg (Germany 1931-2020) | Sophiatown 1959 |
1959 | ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 17,588.00 | |
| 49 | Usha Seejarim (South Africa 1974-) | Untitled (from the Going Tokyo Missing Home series) |
2004 | ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Bridget Baker (South Africa 1971-) | The Blue Collar Girl (Cape Town), 2004 |
2004 | ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 51 | Lionel Smit (South Africa 1982-) | Portrait of a woman |
2015 | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | Graeme Williams (South Africa 1961-) | Nude |
1989 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 5,159.00 | |
| 63 | Irma Stern (South Africa 1894-1966) | Woman with flowers |
1999 | ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | ZAR 105,525.00 | |
| 64 | Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) | Rock Artist |
ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | ZAR 4,924.00 | ||
| 65 | Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) | Friends-Vriende |
1979 | ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | ZAR 5,862.00 | |
| 66 | Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) | Marathon 36 |
1968 | ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 12,898.00 | |
| 67 | Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) | Mother and Child Surrounded by Acrobatic Figures |
ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | ZAR 7,621.00 | ||
| 68 | Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010) | Figures in profile |
1976 | ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 3,986.00 | |
| 69 | Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010) | Figures with birds |
1977 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 3,518.00 | |
| 70 | Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982) | Neo-Marabaraba |
ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 9,380.00 | ||
| 71 | Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997) | Fuz (from Reponses a Vasarely) |
1974 | ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | ZAR 5,862.00 | |
| 72 | +- Henry Moore (United Kingdom 1898-1986) | Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs |
1973 | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 53,935.00 | |
| 73 | Richard Smith (United Kingdom 1931-2016) | Nosegay |
1975 | ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | ZAR 7,035.00 | |
| 74 | Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) | Miss Priss |
2009 | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 30,485.00 |
