Aspire Art Auctions: Modern and Contemporary Art - Day Sale, 112625, Illovo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025
Page Size: 25 items in 1 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 Senzeni Marasela (South Africa 1977-)

Negotiable 4

 1997 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
9 Senzeni Marasela (South Africa 1977-)

Negotiable 2

 1997 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
11 Jane Alexander (South Africa 1959-)

Harbinger in correctional uniform, lost marsh

 2007 ZAR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
12 Kendell Geers (South Africa 1968-)

FF. V. II.

 2013 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
13 Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-)

DRC: Protesters, Supporters of Etienne Tshisekedi, Calling for a Boycott of the Elections, Kinshasa

 2006 ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 ZAR 58,625.00
14 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

Six for Chicago

 1993 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
15 Mr Brainwash (France 1966-)

Miles Davis

 ZAR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
16 William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)

Acacia

 2018 ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 ZAR 78,050.00
17 David Hockney (United Kingdom 1937-)

French Shop

 1971 ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 ZAR 82,075.00
18 Richard Serra (United States Of America 1938-2024)

Untitled

 1996 ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
19 Henry Moore (United Kingdom 1898-1986)

Girl Seated at Desk II

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 8,208.00
21 Joan Miro (Spain 1893-1983)

Constellations

 1959 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 21,105.00
22 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)

Opalle III (from Vasarely Eleven Original Compositions)

 1970 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,460.00
23 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)

Laika (from Vasarely Eleven Original Compositions)

 1970 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,460.00
24 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)

Capella (from Constellations)

 1967 ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
25 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)

Antares (from Vasarely Eleven Original Compositions)

 1970 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
26 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian 1906-1997)

Reponses a Vasarely (Responses to Vasarely)

 ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
27 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907---1997)

Untitled (red, black and gold)

 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
28 Alexander Calder (United States of America 1898---1976)

Calder at 75 -- Works in Progress exhibition poster

 1973 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 892.00
29 James Rosenquist (United States Of America 1933-2017)

Moon Beam Mistaken for the News

 1971 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
30 Joan Hernandez Pijuan (Spain 1931-2005)

Iris Blau 3 and Iris Blau 5, two

 1994 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
31 Robert Motherwell (United States Of America 1915-1991)

Untitled (ref. 79) from the Basque Suite

 1970 ZAR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
32 Marino Marini (Italy 1901-1980)

Chevaux et Cavaliers III

 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 17,588.00
33 Henry Moore (United Kingdom 1898-1986)

Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs (portfolio of 18 lithographs)

 1973 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
34 Henry Moore (United Kingdom 1898-1986)

Auden Poems, 1973

 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
  • <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.
  • <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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