Auction Reports
Aspire Art Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Auction Date
- 06/25/2025 - 06/25/2025
- Sale Number
- #62525
- Total Lots
- 22
- Sold Lots
- 13
- Lots Sold
- 59.09%
- Unsold Lots
- 9
- Total Sales (ZAR)
- 1,242,850.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
- 1,030,000.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (ZAR)
- 1,425,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
- 2,270,000.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (ZAR)
- 3,205,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 38.78%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018) | Girl in Her New Tutu on the Stoep, Boksburg, Transvaal, 1980 |
22/6/80 | ZAR 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | ZAR 281,400.00 |
| 42 | William Kentridge (South Africa 1955-) | Rumours and Impossibilities |
2010 | ZAR 220,000.00 - 280,000.00 | ZAR 257,950.00 |
| 16 | Zanele Muholi (South Africa 1972-) | Sasa, Bleecker, New York, 2016 |
2016 | ZAR 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 | ZAR 187,600.00 |
| 45 | Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) | The Work of Death |
2016 | ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | ZAR 70,350.00 |
| 44 | Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) | The Romance of Sovereignty |
2016 | ZAR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | ZAR 70,350.00 |
| 84 | Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) | A Gentleman Caller |
2007 | ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | ZAR 64,488.00 |
| 5 | Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) | The Fog of War |
2006 | ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | ZAR 58,625.00 |
| 41 | Mary Sibande (South Africa 1982-) | Ascending |
2020 | ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | ZAR 58,625.00 |
| 4 | Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) | Portrait of a Young Nelson Mandela |
2008 | ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | ZAR 58,625.00 |
| 6 | Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) | The King |
1974 | ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | ZAR 46,900.00 |
| 12 | Maurice Mbikayi (Democratic Republic Of Congo 1974-) | The Aesthete Thinker 2 |
2016 | ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | ZAR 37,520.00 |
| 11 | Maurice Mbikayi (Democratic Republic Of Congo 1974-) | Billisme Ya Sika (New Billisme) |
2018 | ZAR 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | ZAR 32,830.00 |
| 7 | Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-) | Motherhood |
1991 | ZAR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | ZAR 17,588.00 |
| 23 | Sam Nhlengethwa (South Africa 1955-) | The Jazz Legends |
2021 | ZAR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Zanele Muholi (South Africa 1972-) | Somnyama III, Paris, 2014 |
2014 | ZAR 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | Ayana Vellissia Jackson (United States of America 1977-) | The Becoming Subject |
2016 | ZAR 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | David Goldblatt (South Africa 1930-2018) | New Mining Recruits, 1970 |
1970 | ZAR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Deborah Bell (South Africa 1957-) | Bride Stripped Bare -- Sarasvati |
2010 | ZAR 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 74 | Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) | Tjommies |
2007 | ZAR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 77 | Robert Hodgins (South Africa 1920-2010) | Office Redecoration |
2000 | ZAR 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
