Dunbar Sloane: Collectable and Estate Auc tion, 1936, Wellington
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 28, 2026 - April 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | Set of Three Framed Bird Prints |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 180.00 | ||
| 563 | Pietro Annigoni | Pietro Annigoni - HRH Princess Margaret - Print |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 30.00 | |
| 565 | Julian Ward | Julian Ward - "Makara" - Black & White Photograph |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 102.00 | |
| 566 | Unknown Artist | Unknown Artist - Australia/NZ Memorial Pukeahu Black & White Photograph |
Australia/NZ | N/A | Not Available | NZD 24.00 |
| 567 | Three Assorted Framed Photography Works |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 66.00 | ||
| 568 | Unknown Artist | Unknown Artist - "Stream Movement Karamea" Ltd Edition Photographic Print |
Karamea | N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 |
| 569 | Grant Sheehan | Grant Sheehan - Lighthouse Study - Photograph |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 66.00 | |
| 570 | Two Framed Photgraphic Works |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 571 | Ronald D. Woolf | Ronald D. Woolf - Wellington Beehive - Photograph |
Wellington | N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 |
| 572 | Ronald D. Woolf | Two Ronald D. Woolf Photographic Prints |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 573 | Giles Norman | Giles Norman - Signed Photographic Print |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | |
| 574 | Three Assorted Framed Posters |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 36.00 | ||
| 575 | Photographic Print of the Savoy Dunedin NZ |
Dunedin NZ | N/A | Not Available | NZD 18.00 | |
| 576 | Peter Lik | Peter Lik - "Sheringa Dunes" - Panoramic Black & White Photograph |
Sheringa | N/A | Not Available | NZD 18.00 |
| 583 | Stanley Spencer | Stanley Spencer - "Magnolias" - Print |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 78.00 | |
| 585 | Joan Taylor | Joan Taylor - "Camellias" - Artist Proof |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 30.00 | |
| 607 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Patent Slip Evans Bay" - Artist Proof Etching |
Evans Bay | N/A | Not Available | NZD 228.00 |
| 608 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Cow" - Ltd Edition 18/30 |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 180.00 | |
| 609 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Fleur" - Ltd Edition 06/50 |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 144.00 | |
| 610 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "His Horse" - Ltd Edition 02/30 |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 78.00 | |
| 611 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Carnival" - Ltd Edition 32/50 |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 240.00 | |
| 612 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Fully Booked" - Artist Proof |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 276.00 | |
| 613 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Virtue" - Artist Proof |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 228.00 | |
| 614 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - Cat Study - Etching |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 84.00 | |
| 615 | Gary Tricker | Gary Tricker - "Three Whistle" - Artist Proof together with Two Smaller Gary Tricker Greeting Cards |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 192.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000