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Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000. -
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000. -
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
Aspire Art Auctions: Spring '25 Collection: In Bloom, 101425, Illovo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 14, 2025 - October 14, 2025
| 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 |
