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Dunbar Sloane

Auction Info

Auction Name
Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part II
Auction Date
02/18/2026 - 02/18/2026
Sale Number
#1926
Total Lots
257
Sold Lots
241.0
Lots Sold
93.77%
Unsold Lots
16
Total Sales (NZD)
13,631.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
3,130.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
6,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
3,130.00
High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
6,900.00
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
187

Dracula & Lair of the White Worm

 mid C2oth C Not Available NZD 249.90
136

Quantity of Parson's Packet

 C late 1940s early 1950s 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
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
29

Eleven Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
32

Box Quantity Assorted Rugby Programmes

 N/A Not Available NZD 154.70
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
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
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
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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.