Back
Aspire Art Auctions: Modern & Contemporary
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern & Contemporary | Total Sales (ZAR) | 194,096.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 18, 2026 - March 18, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 163,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #31826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 244,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 16 | ||
| Sold Lots | 5.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 1,398,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 31.25% | High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 2,054,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 11 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 9.45% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Gerard Sekoto (South Africa 1913-1993) | The Second Conference of Black Writers and Artists by The Society of African Culture poster |
N/A | ZAR 90,000.00 - 140,000.00 | ZAR 105,008.00 |
| 97 | Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-) | Leopold and Mobutu Series 31 |
2003 | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 31,083.00 |
| 98 | Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-) | Leopold and Mobutu Series 6 |
2003 | ZAR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | ZAR 23,335.00 |
| 68 | William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) | Female Head and Fish |
1993 | ZAR 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | ZAR 19,128.00 |
| 102 | Ranjith Kally (South Africa 1925-2017) | Portrait of a bearded man |
N/A | ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | ZAR 15,542.00 |
-
-
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
