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Aspire Auctions: February 2026 Online Auction
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| Auction Name | February 2026 Online Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 14,245.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 13, 2026 - February 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 8,225.00 |
| Sale Number | #417 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,025.00 |
| Total Lots | 54 | ||
| Sold Lots | 41.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 28,125.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.93% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 43,225.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | Thomas McKnight | Homey mountain cabin, |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,964.00 | |
| 130 | Joe Rosenthal | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, 1948-50. |
1948-50. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,476.00 |
| 337 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Asakusa Kinryuzan. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,242.00 | |
| 151 | Tony Fitzpatrick | The Griot's Bird, 1994. |
1994 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 726.00 |
| 129 | Salvador Dali | Don Quixote. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 677.00 | |
| 141 | Peter Max | Statue of Liberty, 1993. |
1993 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 578.00 |
| 332 | Utagawa | Bizarre quack doctors treating incurable disease. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 431.00 | |
| 140 | Peter Max | "Statue of Liberty (Angel Profile)", 2015. |
2015 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 150 | Charles Fazzino | Thanks for the Memories, 1995. |
1995 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 381.00 |
| 338 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Morning rain at Hukone. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 154 | Mickey Mouse Sericel | Profiles of Imagination Limited Animation Art Serigraph |
1999 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 314.00 |
| 341 | Asano Takeji | Bamboo in the Shrine. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 277.00 | |
| 139 | Peter Max | Rainbow Umbrella Man in Reeds, 2017. |
2017 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 271.00 |
| 93 | After Reza-Yi 'Abbasi | Meticulously minute hand panted in polychrome, depicting two men (older and younger) resting and having a philosophical discussion |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 258.00 | |
| 156 | Hawaii Continental Travel Poster | Hawaii Continental. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 258.00 | |
| 328 | Miyagawa Choshun | Dance Party Room. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 252.00 | |
| 136 | Milton Glaser | Dylan, 1966. |
1966 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 246.00 |
| 339 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Kazurazaka Ushizome (Evening at Ushizome). |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 246.00 | |
| 344 | Kiyoshi Saito | Winter village scene. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 94 | Hafez | Persian Original Miniature Painting, with Ghazal Poem 160 by Hafez, ca. 18th/19th Century |
ca.18th/19th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 234.00 |
| 336 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Mount Futara in Nikko (or the Nikko Futarasan Shrine). |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 234.00 | |
| 132 | LeRoy Neiman | Americas Cup 19th Challenge 1964. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 221.00 | |
| 343 | Kiyoshi Saito | Window. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 209.00 | |
| 345 | Maki Haku | Poem 71-75, 1971. |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 172.00 |
| 128 | Botanical Prints | Three Botanical prints by various artists: |
1834-1839 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 166.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.