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Dunbar Sloane

Auction Info

Auction Name
Vintage & Crime Book Collection
Auction Date
12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
Sale Number
#1914
Total Lots
372
Sold Lots
326.0
Lots Sold
87.63%
Unsold Lots
46
Total Sales (NZD)
27,887.70
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
17,490.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
34,220.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
19,160.00
High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
37,560.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
74.25%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
125

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 3,094.00
16

Christie Agatha Murder On The Orient Express First Edition

 N/A NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 NZD 1,785.00
136

Ten Assorted Vintage & Modern Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 1,428.00
1

Folio Society Boxed Set of Four Agatha Christie Miss Marple Novels

 N/A NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 654.50
111

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 523.60
309

Sayers Dorothy L Murder Must Advertise & Gaudy Night

 N/A NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 499.80
101

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 499.80
112

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 499.80
103

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 476.00
105

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 345.10
110

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 321.30
148

Le Carre John - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

 N/A NZD 240.00 - 500.00 NZD 309.40
133

Five Captain W E Johns Novels

 N/A NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 261.80
22

Christie Agatha The Big Four First Edition

 N/A NZD 400.00 - 800.00 NZD 238.00
18

Christie Agatha A Pocket Full Of Rye First Edition

 N/A NZD 400.00 - 800.00 NZD 238.00
19

Christie Agatha Hercule Poirot's Christmas First Edition

 N/A NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 238.00
116

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 226.10
114

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 214.20
130

Four Captain W E Johns Gimlet Volumes

 N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 202.30
85

Three Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

 N/A NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 190.40
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  • 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.