Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part II, 1926, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 257 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
92

Great Military Leaders & Their Campaigns

 N/A Not Available NZD 29.75
100

Box Quantity Assorted Miller's Antiques Guides

 N/A Not Available Not Sold
101

Box Quantity Assorted Miller's Antiques & Collectables Guides

 N/A Not Available Not Sold
102

Box Quantity Assorted Miller's Antiques & Collectables Guides

 N/A Not Available Not Sold
103

Boxed Volume - New Zealand Sportsman of the Year

 1982 Not Available Not Sold
104

Box Quantity Books Relating to Comic Strips Etc

 N/A Not Available NZD 142.80
105

Four Vintage Magazines

 N/A Not Available NZD 23.80
106

Thirteen Editions of "The Magnet"

 N/A Not Available NZD 47.60
107

Nine Victorian Editions of Boys Own Paper

 N/A Not Available NZD 41.65
108

Ten Vintage Comics

 N/A Not Available NZD 41.65
109

Ten Editions of Cosmic Heroes

 N/A Not Available NZD 101.15
110

21 Editions of Classics Illustrated

 N/A Not Available NZD 59.50
111

22 Editions of Classics Illustrated

 N/A Not Available NZD 47.60
112

Eleven Editions of John Bull Magazine

 N/A Not Available NZD 11.90
113

28 Vintage Editions of The Champion

 N/A Not Available NZD 11.90
114

6 Vintage Editions of Boy's Own Paper Dating 1939 & 1940

 1939 & 1940 Not Available NZD 11.90
115

28 Vintage Editions Boy's Own Paper

 N/A Not Available NZD 29.75
116

Seven Vintage Editions of Boy's Own Paper

 N/A Not Available NZD 11.90
117

Nine Vintage Editions of The Phantom

 N/A Not Available NZD 59.50
118

Four Vintage Editions of The Phantom

 N/A Not Available NZD 89.25
119

Nine Vintage Editions of Buck Rogers of the 25th Century

 N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
120

1938 Chums Annual with Dust Wrapper

 1938 Not Available NZD 11.90
121

Three Chums Annuals

 1935-6, 1938 & 1933-34 Not Available NZD 17.85
122

Three Chums Annuals

 1940, 1941 & 1939, t Not Available NZD 29.75
123

Collection Dennis Wheatley Murder Mystery Puzzle Books

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 101.15
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.