Aspire Art Auctions: Spring '25 Collection: In Bloom, 101425, Illovo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 14, 2025 - October 14, 2025
Page Size: 32 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
14 Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-)

Catnet

 1996 ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
15 Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-)

Hodge Podge

 2014 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
17 Deborah Bell, Robert Hodgins & William Kentridge (South Africa 1957--; 1920--2010; 1955--)

Easing the Passing of the Hours

 1993 ZAR 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 ZAR 93,800.00
18 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

Collage Kid

 1988 ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
20 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

Police Station

 1994/95 ZAR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 Not Sold
21 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

Miss Priss

 2009 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 21,105.00
22 Claudette Schreuders (South Africa 1973-)

The Three Sisters III

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
23 Blessing Ngobeni (South Africa 1985-)

SUBMISSION II (from Study Song of Chicotte series)

 2019 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
24 Blessing Ngobeni (South Africa 1985-)

Tax payer

 2019 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 17,588.00
25 Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010)

Woman

 1984 ZAR 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 1,172.00
26 Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009)

Abstract figures, two

 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 1,759.00
27 Fred Schimmel (South Africa 1928-2009)

Abstract composition II

 1993 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,345.00
28 Joachim Schonfeldt (South Africa 1958-)

The Tree Feller

 2011 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
29 William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)

Remembering the Treason Trial

 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 28,140.00
30 William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)

Seated man under umbrella + companion (from the Domestic Scenes series)

 ZAR 30,000.00 - 48,000.00 Not Sold
31 Diane Victor (South Africa 1964-)

I See You

 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,221.00
37 Michael Selekane (South Africa 1986-)

Let's Challenge Them I

 2015 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,580.00
40 Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-)

The One is But the Shadow of the Other

 1991 ZAR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
46 Bonolo Kavula (South Africa 1992-)

Lesedi

 2021 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
61 William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)

Bath Tub and Shower

 1993 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 37,520.00
62 Dorothee Kreutzfeldt (South Africa 1970-)

Let Me

 2004 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,048.00
64 Cleon Peterson (America 1973-)

Pissers (red)

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
67 Malcolm Payne (South Africa 1946-)

Venus (from the Illuminated Manuscript series)

 2003 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
78 Andrew Davidhazy (Hungary 1941-)

Untitled (Phoenix Nude)

 c. 1980, printed 2025 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
79 Andrew Davidhazy (Hungary 1941-)

Peter Vogelaar

 c.1968-1969, printed 2025 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.