Auction Reports
Art + Object
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- "An Imaginative Curiosity" The Greer Twiss Collection / New Collectors Art & Studio Pottery
- Auction Date
- 02/24/2026 - 02/24/2026
- Sale Number
- #22426
- Total Lots
- 76
- Sold Lots
- 44.0
- Lots Sold
- 57.89%
- Unsold Lots
- 32
- Total Sales (NZD)
- 84,761.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
- 57,980.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
- 95,770.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
- 111,580.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
- 185,170.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 45.77%
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' |
N/A | 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' |
N/A | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 4,569.00 |
| 55 | Ralph Hotere | Ralph Hotere 'In a Dream of Snow Falling' |
N/A | NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 94 | Bill Hammond | Bill Hammond 'Three Famous Sleepers' |
1981 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 69 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Trig' |
1985 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 3,960.00 |
| 53 | Pat Hanly | Pat Hanly 'Innocence Land' |
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' |
N/A | 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' |
N/A | NZD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 2,193.00 |
| 232 | Andy Warhol | Andy Warhol 'Marilyn' |
N/A | 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 |
| 208 | Eileen Mayo | Eileen Mayo 'Moths on the Window' |
N/A | NZD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 1,219.00 |
| 80 | Peter Peryer | Peter Peryer 'Snapper' |
1992 | NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 | NZD 1,219.00 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.