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Aspire Art Auctions: Summer '25 Collection

Auction Reports

Auction Name Summer '25 Collection Total Sales (ZAR) 276,534.00
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 211,300.00
Sale Number #120425 High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) 298,700.00
Total Lots 34
Sold Lots 15.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 458,300.00
% of Lots Sold 44.12% High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) 642,700.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 43.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-)

Dada Picnic

2019 ZAR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 ZAR 93,800.00
60 Dan Halter (Zimbabwe 1977-)

The Great Grey-Green, Greasy Limpopo River

2013 ZAR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 ZAR 76,212.00
52 Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-)

Head with horns (from Diary I)

1998 ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 ZAR 28,140.00
23 Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010)

La Contessa Venomosa

2002 ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 ZAR 23,450.00
2 Colbert Mashile (South Africa 1972-)

Re-discover

2012 ZAR 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 ZAR 11,725.00
86 Peter Clarke (South Africa 1929-2014)

Strandfonteiners by Asgardstrand

1978 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 9,380.00
24 Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-)

Legal Advisor

1993 ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 ZAR 8,794.00
51 Marc Chagall (Russia 1887-1985)

Bride & Groom with Eiffel Tower

ZAR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 ZAR 7,035.00
58 Banele Khoza (Swaziland 1994-)

Bae-things

2016 ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
91 Blessing Ngobeni (South Africa 1985-)

No Kings No War

2019 ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 ZAR 4,690.00
79 Colbert Mashile (South Africa 1972-)

Tsikenyane

ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 ZAR 2,110.00
61 Dumisani Mabaso (South Africa 1955-2013)

OH MAD PALA

2011 ZAR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 ZAR 1,876.00
93 Norman Catherine (South Africa 1949-)

King Ferd III Commemoration by Norman King Norman

1986 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 1,876.00
119 Alice Goldin (South Africa 1922-2016)

Citrusdal

1971 ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 ZAR 1,642.00
97 Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes

The Big Bad Bitterkomix Handbook by Anton Kannemeyer and Conrad Botes

2006 ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 ZAR 1,114.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.