Dunbar Sloane: Collectables & Estate Auction, 1894, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025
Page Size: 115 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
342

Quantity of Assorted Vintage Song Books

Not Available NZD 95.20
343

Box of Assorted Vintage incl Cruise Ship Menus Willem II Cigar Bands etc

Not Available NZD 95.20
344

Two Vintage Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 17.85
345

Four Vintage Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 202.30
346

Three Vintage NZ Beekeeping Reference Books

Not Available NZD 17.85
347

Six Assorted Farming Reference Books

Not Available NZD 11.90
348

Five Assorted Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available Not Sold
349

Nine Assorted NZ Seashell Reference Books

Not Available NZD 83.30
350

Three Assorted Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 35.70
352

Three Assorted Vintage Books

Not Available NZD 29.75
353

Five Assorted Maori & Early NZ Reference Books

Not Available NZD 130.90
354

Quantity of Assorted Natural History & Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 119.00
355 Lord Twining

The History of the Crown Jewels of Europe by Lord Twining

Not Available NZD 202.30
356

Quantity of Assorted Books

Not Available Not Sold
357 G. F. Von Tempsky

G. F. Von Tempsky - Artist & Adventurer

Not Available NZD 47.60
358

Handboek Ans Westra Photographs

Not Available NZD 285.60
359

Contemporary New Zealand Painters Volume One

Not Available NZD 59.50
360

Three Assorted Atlases

Not Available Not Sold
361 Peter McIntyre

Three Peter McIntyre Books

Not Available NZD 101.15
362 John Gully

New Zealand's Romantic Landscape Paintings by John Gully

Not Available NZD 17.85
363

Box of Assorted Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 29.75
364

Box of Assorted Books

Not Available Not Sold
365

Box of Assorted Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available NZD 17.85
366

Box of Assorted Ornithological Reference Books

Not Available Not Sold
367

Box of Assorted Vintage World Reference

Not Available NZD 41.65
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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