Aspire Auctions: February 2026 Online Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | February 2026 Online Auction | Total Sales (USD) | 14,245.00 |
| Auction Date | February 13, 2026 - February 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 8,225.00 |
| Sale Number | #417 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 15,025.00 |
| Total Lots | 54 | ||
| Sold Lots | 41.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 28,125.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.93% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 43,225.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 13 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 32.96% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | Thomas McKnight | Homey mountain cabin, |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,964.00 | |
| 130 | Joe Rosenthal | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, 1948-50. |
1948-50. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,476.00 |
| 337 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Asakusa Kinryuzan. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,242.00 | |
| 151 | Tony Fitzpatrick | The Griot's Bird, 1994. |
1994 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 726.00 |
| 129 | Salvador Dali | Don Quixote. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 677.00 | |
| 141 | Peter Max | Statue of Liberty, 1993. |
1993 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 578.00 |
| 332 | Utagawa | Bizarre quack doctors treating incurable disease. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 431.00 | |
| 140 | Peter Max | "Statue of Liberty (Angel Profile)", 2015. |
2015 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 150 | Charles Fazzino | Thanks for the Memories, 1995. |
1995 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 381.00 |
| 338 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Morning rain at Hukone. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 154 | Mickey Mouse Sericel | Profiles of Imagination Limited Animation Art Serigraph |
1999 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 314.00 |
| 341 | Asano Takeji | Bamboo in the Shrine. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 277.00 | |
| 139 | Peter Max | Rainbow Umbrella Man in Reeds, 2017. |
2017 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 271.00 |
| 93 | After Reza-Yi 'Abbasi | Meticulously minute hand panted in polychrome, depicting two men (older and younger) resting and having a philosophical discussion |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 258.00 | |
| 156 | Hawaii Continental Travel Poster | Hawaii Continental. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 258.00 | |
| 328 | Miyagawa Choshun | Dance Party Room. |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 252.00 | |
| 136 | Milton Glaser | Dylan, 1966. |
1966 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 246.00 |
| 339 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Kazurazaka Ushizome (Evening at Ushizome). |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 246.00 | |
| 344 | Kiyoshi Saito | Winter village scene. |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 94 | Hafez | Persian Original Miniature Painting, with Ghazal Poem 160 by Hafez, ca. 18th/19th Century |
ca.18th/19th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 234.00 |
| 336 | Tsuchiya Koitsu | Mount Futara in Nikko (or the Nikko Futarasan Shrine). |
USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 234.00 | |
| 132 | LeRoy Neiman | Americas Cup 19th Challenge 1964. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 221.00 | |
| 343 | Kiyoshi Saito | Window. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 209.00 | |
| 345 | Maki Haku | Poem 71-75, 1971. |
1971 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 172.00 |
| 128 | Botanical Prints | Three Botanical prints by various artists: |
1834-1839 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 166.00 |
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cbc8d1a4-d991-48c7-b788-7554a6774b0e.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/21ad2e05-5544-44aa-887d-76df423e17af.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/855dc2c0-17e3-4562-a1cc-2e7265c3769c.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
![Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0372eeb9-97e1-47b2-baca-b3287d4704ee.jpg "Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:
HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8f9ce440-b420-4407-8293-eb8e1b38ca19.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/71bb9667-5d66-4aa8-96a2-9880c74a7a26.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000")
