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Art + Object: "An Imaginative Curiosity" The Greer Twiss Collection / New Collectors Art & Studio Pottery
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | "An Imaginative Curiosity" The Greer Twiss Collection / New Collectors Art & Studio Pottery | Total Sales (NZD) | 84,761.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 24, 2026 - February 24, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 57,980.00 |
| Sale Number | #22426 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 95,770.00 |
| Total Lots | 76 | ||
| Sold Lots | 44.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 111,580.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.89% | High Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 185,170.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 45.78% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Charles Frederick Goldie | Charles Frederick Goldie 'Patara Te Tuhi' |
1901 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 8,530.00 |
| 77 | Fiona Pardington | Fiona Pardington 'Whakau, Laughing Owl, Av5736, Otago Museum' |
NZD 6,500.00 - 8,500.00 | NZD 7,920.00 | |
| 256 | Gordon Walters | Gordon Walters 'Tiki II (1966) 2022' |
2022 | NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | NZD 5,788.00 |
| 127 | Ralph Hotere | Ralph Hotere 'Black Rainbow at Matauri Bay' |
1988 | NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | NZD 5,179.00 |
| 178 | Jenny Dolezel | Jenny Dolezel 'Know Your Personality by the Shape of Your Head' |
1984 | NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | NZD 4,874.00 |
| 76 | Fiona Pardington | Fiona Pardington 'Untitled from One Night of Love' |
NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 4,569.00 | |
| 53 | Pat Hanly | Pat Hanly 'Innocence Land' |
1981 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 55 | Ralph Hotere | Ralph Hotere 'In a Dream of Snow Falling' |
NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 3,960.00 | |
| 69 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Trig' |
1985 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 94 | Bill Hammond | Bill Hammond 'Three Famous Sleepers' |
1981 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 82 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Veil' |
2012 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 3,412.00 |
| 166 | Dan Arps | Dan Arps 'Untitled' |
NZD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | NZD 2,924.00 | |
| 139B | Max Gimblett | Max Gimblett 'Remembrance' |
2015 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 2,681.00 |
| 223 | Pat Hanly | Pat Hanly 'Inside the Garden' |
NZD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 2,193.00 | |
| 232 | Andy Warhol | Andy Warhol 'Marilyn' |
NZD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 2,071.00 | |
| 67 | Elizabeth Thomson | Elizabeth Thomson 'Passing Storm' |
1986 | NZD 300.00 - 600.00 | NZD 1,950.00 |
| 70 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Erika at Bach' |
1977 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 1,828.00 |
| 189 | John Drawbridge | John Drawbridge 'Woman with Matisse II' |
1983 | NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | NZD 1,523.00 |
| 80 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Snapper' |
1992 | NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 | NZD 1,219.00 |
| 208 | Eileen Mayo | Eileen Mayo 'Moths on the Window' |
NZD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 1,219.00 | |
| 222 | Richard Killeen | Richard Killeen 'From the Museum' |
2002 | NZD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | NZD 1,158.00 |
| 175 | Sam Mitchell | Sam Mitchell 'Delf' |
2011 | NZD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | NZD 1,036.00 |
| 93 | Bill Hammond | Bill Hammond 'Waking Up' |
1980 | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 914.00 |
| 229 | Sara Hughes | Sara Hughes 'Data Attraction 2 ' |
2006 | NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 914.00 |
| 207 | Eileen Mayo | Eileen Mayo 'Lunaria' |
NZD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 792.00 |
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![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, mai...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/ddd3b34c-8abc-4eae-8474-6ea05406ccd0.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [ver...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc734df9-0811-477f-919a-2563b8452855.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les ...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7e769889-43a5-495e-a931-c511da576c2b.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodram...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b325eb41-450b-4bd6-851c-4125e04dfbe7.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. M...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6588f3a0-90f2-464c-8125-a76866eabe85.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.")
![<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin ori...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0840c8e4-4f35-4c95-b2d3-3d5addd6fd51.jpg "<b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.")
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000. -
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![<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouv...](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a2a2dbe-8edf-4091-9a08-800f7aba747e.jpg "<b>Forum, Mar. 25:</b> Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. <i>Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,</i>, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier <i>L'Histoire des plantes,</i> second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.")
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.