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Aspire Art Auctions: Autumn '25 Collection: Beyond Boundaries

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Auction Name Autumn '25 Collection: Beyond Boundaries Total Sales (ZAR) 555,881.00
Auction Date April 30, 2025 - April 30, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 228,000.00
Sale Number #43025 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 334,000.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 28.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 363,000.00
% of Lots Sold 60.87% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 530,000.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 Lisa Brice (South Africa 1968-)

Untitled

 2008 ZAR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 ZAR 105,525.00
63 Irma Stern (South Africa 1894-1966)

Woman with flowers

 1999 ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 105,525.00
72 +- Henry Moore (United Kingdom 1898-1986)

Auden Poems, Moore Lithographs

 1973 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 53,935.00
6 Jake Aikman (South Africa 1978-)

The Crossing

 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 35,175.00
1 Jane Alexander (South Africa 1959-)

Faith (from the Working Proof portfolio)

 2003 ZAR 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
74 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

Miss Priss

 2009 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
77 Pablo Picasso (Spain 1881-1973)

Guitare Verre et Bouteille

 1982 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 30,485.00
9 Claudette Schreuders (South Africa 1973-)

Close, Close

 ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 21,105.00
46 Jurgen Schadeberg (Germany 1931-2020)

Sophiatown 1959

 1959 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 17,588.00
84 Brett Murray (South Africa 1961-)

Eyesight to the Blind

 2008 ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 17,588.00
112 Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-)

John Coltrane

 2011 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 15,242.00
66 Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)

Marathon 36

 1968 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 12,898.00
70 Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)

Neo-Marabaraba

 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,380.00
67 Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)

Mother and Child Surrounded by Acrobatic Figures

 ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 7,621.00
73 Richard Smith (United Kingdom 1931-2016)

Nosegay

 1975 ZAR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 ZAR 7,035.00
65 Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)

Friends-Vriende

 1979 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 5,862.00
71 Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French 1907-1997)

Fuz (from Reponses a Vasarely)

 1974 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 5,862.00
52 Graeme Williams (South Africa 1961-)

Nude

 1989 ZAR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 ZAR 5,159.00
64 Walter Battiss (South Africa 1906-1982)

Rock Artist

 ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 ZAR 4,924.00
95 Anton Kannemeyer (South Africa 1967-)

An Occurrence

 1992 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
96 Anton Kannemeyer (South Africa 1967-)

Missile Man

 1992 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
119 Sindiso Nyoni (Zimbabwe/South Africa)

ODE TO COLONIALISM (from the Colour Line portfolio)

 2014 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
68 Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (South Africa 1914-2010)

Figures in profile

 1976 ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 3,986.00
91 Gregoire Boonzaier (South Africa 1909-2005)

District Six

 1979 ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 ZAR 3,752.00
42 Durant Sihlali (South Africa 1935-2004)

Rainy Day; After a Hard Day's Work; After the Rain Storm; Zola by Night, four

 ZAR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 3,518.00
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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.
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    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.