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Dunbar Sloane: Collectibles and Estate Auction

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Collectibles and Estate Auction	Total Sales (NZD)	9,775.85
Auction Date	April 08, 2025 - April 08, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Sale Number	#40825	High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Total Lots	190
Sold Lots	181.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	95.26%	High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	9	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
784	Joyce Davis	Joyce Davis Framed Woodblock & Other	Not Available	NZD 571.20
786		Reserve Bank of NZ Banknote Display	Not Available	NZD 452.20
739		Whites Aviation - Pioneer Cottage - Hand Coloured Photograph	Not Available	NZD 333.20
421	Charles Heaphy	A Folio of Watercolours by Charles Heaphy	Not Available	NZD 297.50
748	Unknown Artist -	Unknown Artist - Abstract - Mixed Media on Paper	Not Available	NZD 297.50
771		Rieko Woodford-Robinson - Sour Grapes - Ltd Ed Print 17/50	Not Available	NZD 297.50
706		Unsigned Figural Study in the Style of Tretchikoff	Not Available	NZD 261.80
429		Wonders of The World by Sandra Forty	Not Available	NZD 190.40
128		Three Assorted Steam Ship Company References	Not Available	NZD 178.50
379		Two Cartons of Assorted "After The Battle" Magazines/Folder	Not Available	NZD 166.60
398	William Cottrell	Furniture of the NZ Colonial Era by William Cottrell	Not Available	NZD 142.80
745	Nugent Welch	Nugent Welch - Watercolour & Other Watercolour	Not Available	NZD 142.80
794		Six VIntage Reproduction Old Master Prints	Not Available	NZD 142.80
394		Five Assorted NZ Reference	Not Available	NZD 130.90
758		Framed Union Steamship Co Advertising Poster	Not Available	NZD 130.90
781	Vinnie Thompson	Tile Work & Two Others	Not Available	NZD 130.90
400		Buller's Birds of NZ	Not Available	NZD 119.00
404		The Imperial Album of New Zealand Scenery Volumes 1 - 15 etc	Not Available	NZD 113.05
386		Qty of Assorted "Gold Rush" Reference Volumes	Not Available	NZD 107.10
715	Roland Hipkins	Roland Hipkins (1894 - 1951) - Near Eskdale Hawkes Bay	Not Available	NZD 107.10
416	Geoff Norman	Buller's Birds of New Zealand - Geoff Norman	Not Available	NZD 95.20
763		Jaguar Mirrored Advertising Print & Other	Not Available	NZD 95.20
797		Four Old Master Reproduction Prints of Sizes	Not Available	NZD 95.20
776		Box of Assorted Blueprints etc	Not Available	NZD 83.30
397	Louis E Ward	"Early Wellington" by Louis E Ward	Not Available	NZD 77.35

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.