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Aspire Art Auctions: The Cape Town Photography Festival Fundraising Auction

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Auction Name The Cape Town Photography Festival Fundraising Auction Total Sales (ZAR) 302,800.00
Auction Date July 14, 2025 - July 14, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 332,000.00
Sale Number #71425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 468,000.00
Total Lots 49
Sold Lots 23.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 618,000.00
% of Lots Sold 46.94% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 873,000.00
Unsold Lots 26 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 34.69%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-)

Kampala Road, Kampala

 2017 ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 ZAR 60,000.00
41 David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018)

Woman collecting shellfish. Port St Johns, Transkei. 1975 and Particulars (2014) by David Goldblatt

 1975, printed 2003 ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 ZAR 44,000.00
2 Paul Weinberg (South Africa 1956-)

Waiting for the Bus During the Times of Apartheid, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu- Natal, June 19

 1986 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 40,000.00
20 Daniel Naude (South Africa 1984-)

Group of Ankole Cattle, Kiruhura district, Western Region, Uganda, 2012

 2012 ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 ZAR 22,000.00
31 Patrick de Mervelec (France 1945-)

Montage and Johannesburg Architecture and Heritage (2013) by Patrick de Mervelec

 2013 ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 ZAR 18,000.00
48 Roger Ballen (United States Of America 1950-)

Die Antwoord

 2008 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 18,000.00
12 Jan Hamman (South Africa 1947-2004)

24 June 1995. South African president Nelson Mandela, dressed in a No 6 Springbok jersey, congratulates the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar after South Africa beat the All Blacks ..

 1995 printed 2025 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 16,000.00
27 Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920-1975)

Young Boy in a Food Store, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa

 circa 1970 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 13,000.00
11 Dale Yudelman (South Africa 1958-)

Bus Stop 101 (from TREK series)

 2022 ZAR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 ZAR 10,000.00
21 Pieter Badenhorst (South Africa 1969-)

Rugby field off N2, Peddie, 2005

 2005 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 9,000.00
17 Sam Reinders (South Africa 1977-)

Nagi, 2016 (From And They Came Running series)

 2016 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 7,500.00
47 Kyu Sang Lee (South Korea 1993-)

The Universe

 2016 ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 7,000.00
35 Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-)

Untitled (Jump) (from a Place of Water series)

 2014 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 6,000.00
34 Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-)

Untitled (Flying) (from a Place of Water series)

 2018 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 5,000.00
38 Obie Oberholzer (South Africa 1947-)

Early Morning Fishermen. Bagamoyo. Tanzania

 1994 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 4,600.00
28 Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920-1975)

Fruitsellers

 circa 1970 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 4,000.00
25 Tiaan van Deventer (South Africa 1975-)

Skull and Bone, 2023

 2023 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 3,800.00
1 Omar Badsha (South Africa 1945-)

Induna Knonyana (from the Imijondolo series)

 circa 1985 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
18 Lindeka Qampi (South Africa 1969-)

Inyanda, North Carolina

 2016 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
30 Josie Borain (1963-)

Self-portrait with Assistant, New York

 1984 ZAR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
36 Guy Neveling (South Africa 1963-)

Untitled (From the Breakwater series)

 2024 ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 ZAR 3,000.00
16 Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-)

Untitled (Aloes)

 2019 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 2,000.00
19 Stanislav Skulina (Czech Republic 20th Century)

Kikuyu Dancers from the Africa in Pictures series, two

 circa 1950s ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 900.00
  • <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.