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Dunbar Sloane: Collectables & Estate Auction

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Collectables & Estate Auction	Total Sales (NZD)	6,878.20
Auction Date	September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Sale Number	#1894	High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Total Lots	115
Sold Lots	102.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	88.70%	High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
163		Two Vintage Enamel Advertising Signs	Not Available	NZD 499.80
358		Handboek Ans Westra Photographs	Not Available	NZD 285.60
297		Two Boxes of Assorted Books incl Maori Reference	Not Available	NZD 273.70
399	Sadao Watanabe	Sadao Watanabe - Fier Path Limited Edition 1/50	Not Available	NZD 261.80
134		Large Quantity of Assorted Vintage Photographs from an Elvis Concert	Not Available	NZD 249.90
370		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 249.90
345		Four Vintage Ornithological Reference Books	Not Available	NZD 202.30
355	Lord Twining	The History of the Crown Jewels of Europe by Lord Twining	Not Available	NZD 202.30
299		Twelve Assorted Arthur Ranson/Jonathon Cape Books	Not Available	NZD 190.40
298		Two Boxes of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 142.80
471		Original NZR Photograph of 1970's Queenstown (Unframed)	Not Available	NZD 142.80
135	Smellie William -	William Smellie's Anatomical Tables	Not Available	NZD 130.90
353		Five Assorted Maori & Early NZ Reference Books	Not Available	NZD 130.90
410	Raymond Boyce	Raymond Boyce - "The Spanish Dance from the Nutcracker" - Watercolour (Unframed)	Not Available	NZD 130.90
354		Quantity of Assorted Natural History & Ornithological Reference Books	Not Available	NZD 119.00
468		Box of Assorted Artworks	Not Available	NZD 119.00
361	Peter McIntyre	Three Peter McIntyre Books	Not Available	NZD 101.15
439	Malcom Warr	"Pukekos Waikanae Estuary" - Ltd Ed Print 20/99	Not Available	NZD 101.15
324		Box of Assorted Janet Frame & Maurice Gee Books	Not Available	NZD 95.20
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
377	Jane Austen	Folio Society Jane Austen Boxed Set	Not Available	NZD 95.20
334		Quantity of Assorted Vintage NZ "Free Lance" Publications	Not Available	NZD 89.25
462		Three Assorted Prints	Not Available	NZD 89.25
333		Box of Assorted Vintage World Reference	Not Available	NZD 83.30

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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