Aspire Art Auctions: Modern and Contemporary Art, 91725, Illovo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Page Size: 11 items in 1 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	William Joseph Kentridge	Universal Archive (Ref. 59)		ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	ZAR 64,488.00
14	Zanele Muholi	Isililo XX	2014	ZAR 180,000.00 - 220,000.00	Not Sold
16	William Joseph Kentridge	12 Domestic Scenes		ZAR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00	Not Sold
20	David Goldblatt	Picnic at Hartebeespoort Dam on New Year's Day, Transvaal (North-West Province), 1965	1965, printed 2007	ZAR 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	Not Sold
21	David Goldblatt	Nadine Gordimer, at her home in Parktown, Johannesburg. South Africa, 1983	1983	ZAR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	Not Sold
28	Pieter Hugo	John Kwesi, Techiman District, Ghana 2005 (From The Wild Honey Collectors series)	2005	ZAR 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	Not Sold
48		He Who is As if Death Were Not	2016	ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	ZAR 89,200.00
55	William Joseph Kentridge	Dutch Iris	1993	ZAR 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00	ZAR 1,155,250.00
56	William Joseph Kentridge	Dancer Twice		ZAR 400,000.00 - 600,000.00	Not Sold
57	Deborah Bell	Red Lion II		ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	ZAR 73,590.00
65	Guy Tillim	Etienne Tshisekedi Supporters Dispersed By Police: Kinshasa elections 2006	2006	ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.