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Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection

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Auction Name	Vintage & Crime Book Collection	Total Sales (NZD)	27,887.65
Auction Date	December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	17,490.00
Sale Number	#1914	High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	34,220.00
Total Lots	372
Sold Lots	326.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	19,160.00
% of Lots Sold	87.63%	High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	37,560.00
Unsold Lots	46	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	74.25%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
125	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 3,094.00
16	Christie Agatha Murder On The Orient Express First Edition	NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	NZD 1,785.00
136	Ten Assorted Vintage & Modern Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 1,428.00
1	Folio Society Boxed Set of Four Agatha Christie Miss Marple Novels	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 654.50
111	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 523.60
101	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 499.80
112	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 499.80
309	Sayers Dorothy L Murder Must Advertise & Gaudy Night	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 499.80
103	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 476.00
105	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 345.10
110	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 321.30
148	Le Carre John - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold	NZD 240.00 - 500.00	NZD 309.40
133	Five Captain W E Johns Novels	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 261.80
18	Christie Agatha A Pocket Full Of Rye First Edition	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	NZD 238.00
19	Christie Agatha Hercule Poirot's Christmas First Edition	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 238.00
22	Christie Agatha The Big Four First Edition	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	NZD 238.00
116	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 226.10
114	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 214.20
130	Four Captain W E Johns Gimlet Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 202.30
85	Three Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 190.40
361	Six Assorted Graphic Novels	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 190.40
308	Sayers Dorothy Busman's Honeymoon	NZD 300.00 - 600.00	NZD 178.50
14	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions	Not Available	NZD 166.60
109	Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 166.60
179	Ten King Penguin Books	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 166.60

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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