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
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    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.
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
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