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Aspire Art Auctions: Autumn '26 Collection: Continuum
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Autumn '26 Collection: Continuum | Total Sales (ZAR) | 137,280.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 14, 2026 - April 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 124,000.00 |
| Sale Number | #41426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR) | 173,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 42 | ||
| Sold Lots | 14.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 355,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 33.33% | High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR) | 510,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 28 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 26.92% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) | Miss Priss |
2009 | ZAR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | ZAR 35,865.00 |
| 10 | William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) | Act III scene 1 |
2017 | ZAR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | ZAR 31,083.00 |
| 68 | Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) | In Our Sleep, Where We Meet |
2006 | ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 10,760.00 |
| 69 | Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) | Down a River of Red |
2005 | ZAR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | ZAR 10,760.00 |
| 73 | Gerhard Marx (South Africa 1976-) | Moving Skies |
2007 | ZAR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | ZAR 9,564.00 |
| 1 | Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-) | Oranges |
1995 | ZAR 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | ZAR 7,173.00 |
| 17 | Dorothy Kay (Ireland 1886-1964) | Energy |
N/A | ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | ZAR 7,173.00 |
| 13 | John Meyer (South Africa 1942-) | A Forest of Dreams |
N/A | ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | ZAR 6,575.00 |
| 21 | George Morland (Britain 1763-1804) | Slave Trade |
N/A | ZAR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | ZAR 5,738.00 |
| 7 | David Koloane (South Africa 1938-2019) | Tea and Gossip I |
2015 | ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 4,782.00 |
| 6 | David Koloane (South Africa 1938-2019) | Nightwatch |
2015 | ZAR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | ZAR 4,460.00 |
| 8 | Cecil Skotnes (South Africa 1926-2009) | Abstracts, two |
N/A | ZAR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | ZAR 1,793.00 |
| 3 | Thapelo Anthony Motsumi (South Africa 1991-) | Yeoville Prayer Mountain |
2011 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 956.00 |
| 15 | William Timlin (United Kingdom 1892-1943) | Walls and Trees |
N/A | ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 598.00 |
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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 -
