Aspire Auctions: October 2025 Auction - online 10/24, 415, Pittsburgh

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 01, 2025 - November 01, 2025
Page Size: 51 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
110 Sadao Watanabe

Biblical Print depicting St.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 258.00
111

Two Art Deco Etchings (Early 20th Century) Including: Gaston Simoes de Fonseca, Lady with a Swan; Jean Hardy, Woman with curious cat.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 86.00
112 Sam Francis

Burnout

1973 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,415.00
113 Sam Francis

Affiche Moderna Museet, Stockholm (L-16, p.66)

1960 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
114 Andy Warhol

Ingrid Bergman With Hat (FS II.315), from his "Ingrid Bergman" series 1983.

1983 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,230.00
115 Andy Warhol

Gracy Kelly (FS II.305)

1984 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,292.00
116 Andy Warhol

Apple, from the "Ads" Portfolio, (FS.IIB.359)

1985 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,907.00
117 Andy Warhol

Chanel No.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,538.00
118 Andy Warhol

Self Portrait wallpaper roll.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
120 Tom Wesselmann

House and Barn in the Distance

1991 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
121 Frank Howell

Phoenix Rising II.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 62.00
122 Art Zelin

Jack Nicholson at a dinner event

circa 1970s, USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
123 Robert Taylor

"The Bridge at Remagen".

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 431.00
124 Robert Taylor

"Eagles at Dawn".

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 172.00
125 Stefano Young

Marilyn Sultry, 2010.

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
126 Mark Mothersbaugh

Untitled, from "Beautiful Mutants" series.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 185.00
127 Donald Keith Sultan

Mimosa, 2009.

2009 USD 1,700.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,153.00
129 Yang Qian

Water Drop Marilyn, 2008.

2008 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 615.00
130 Hebru Brantley

The Champ is Here 2015.

2015 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
131 Hebru Brantley

Parade Day Rain.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 98.00
132 Hebru Brantley

Taped in Front of a Live Studio Audience.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 135.00
133 JR

Untitled, Eye.

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 62.00
1198 Tsukioka Kogyo

Tenko

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 43.00
1199 Kawase Hasui

Spring Snow at Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,491.00
1200

Tibetan Thangka of King Gesar of Ling Riding a Horse

USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 234.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.