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Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part II

Auction Reports

Auction Name Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part II Total Sales (NZD) 13,631.45
Auction Date February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) 3,130.00
Sale Number #1926 High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) 6,900.00
Total Lots 257
Sold Lots 241.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD) 3,130.00
% of Lots Sold 93.77% High Estimate of All Lots (NZD) 6,900.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 197.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
87

Boxed Edition - Historic Charts & Maps of New Zealand

 N/A Not Available NZD 1,011.50
30

25 Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A Not Available NZD 499.80
31

Quantity Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 428.40
14

The Triumphant Tour of the NZ Footballers 1906

 1906 NZD 120.00 - 300.00 NZD 285.60
89

Boxed Edition - Early Charts of New Zealand

 N/A Not Available NZD 273.70
136

Quantity of Parson's Packet

 C late 1940s early 1950s Not Available NZD 249.90
187

Dracula & Lair of the White Worm

 mid C2oth C Not Available NZD 249.90
269

Reed Publications Early Sketches & Charts Of Banks Peninsula

 N/A Not Available NZD 238.00
268

Reed Publications Early Sketches & Charts Of Banks Peninsula & Historic NZ Charts & Maps

 N/A Not Available NZD 190.40
23

Four Volumes Relating to New Zealand Rugby

 N/A NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 178.50
29

Eleven Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
119

Nine Vintage Editions of Buck Rogers of the 25th Century

 N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
151

Five NZ First Edition Fiction Volumes

 N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
32

Box Quantity Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A Not Available NZD 154.70
22

Five Seasons of Services Rugby 1941-1946

 N/A Not Available NZD 142.80
104

Box Quantity Books Relating to Comic Strips Etc

 N/A Not Available NZD 142.80
169

Bleak House

 1853 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 142.80
258

C F Goldie Prints Drawings & Criticism

 N/A Not Available NZD 142.80
24

Four Volumes Relating to New Zealand Rugby

 N/A NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 130.90
67

Two Volumes by Colin Wheeler

 N/A Not Available NZD 119.00
90

Five Volumes Pertaining To Antique Maps

 N/A Not Available NZD 119.00
194

Five Non Fiction Volumes Relating to Jane Austen

 N/A Not Available NZD 113.05
295

The Constance Spry Cookery Book 1958 Reprint

 N/A Not Available NZD 107.10
38

Three Volumes Relating to Climbing in New Zealand

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 101.15
109

Ten Editions of Cosmic Heroes

 N/A Not Available 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.