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    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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    Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
 
Art + Object: "a (im)possible relevance" The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow., 102325, AUCKLAND
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Andrew Beck | Andrew Beck 'Planes in Modulated Surface 4 - circa 1954 (Clark) - REMAKE (positive/negative)'  | 
            2014 | NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | Andrew Beck | Andrew Beck 'Direct Light Photoscan III'  | 
            2011 | NZD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 95 | Andrew Ross | Andrew Ross 'Interior of Peter Price's house, Riverbank Road, Whanganui'  | 
            2009 | NZD 700.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | Ans Westra | Ans Westra 'Watching a Miss NZ Parade, Cuba Mall, Wellington'  | 
            NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 3,332.00 | ||
| 97 | Ans Westra | Ans Westra 'Couple on a Couch'  | 
            1972 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 2,975.00 | |
| 98 | Arnold Newman | Arnold Newman 'Picasso in his Studio, Vallauris, France, 1954'  | 
            1954 (printed 1976) | NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | NZD 2,261.00 | |
| 99 | Arnold Newman | Arnold Newman 'Portrait of Man Ray'  | 
            1960 | NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | NZD 2,142.00 | |
| 100 | Arthur Leipzig | Arthur Leipzig 'Divers, East River'  | 
            1946 (printed later) | NZD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 | NZD 8,925.00 | |
| 101 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Christchurch (Mask)'  | 
            1999 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 102 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Wellington (Path)'  | 
            1999 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 103 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Wellington (Tyre)'  | 
            1999 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Dunedin (Landscape)'  | 
            1999 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 105 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'The Next Cabin: Victoria (Fur)'  | 
            2001/2005 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 106 | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz'  | 
            2012 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 107 | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz (Dampflokomotive)'  | 
            2012 | NZD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 108 | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch | Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz (Dead Hare)'  | 
            2011 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'Block Painting II'  | 
            2015 | NZD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 110 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'Romance: Munich (Stadium)'  | 
            1996/2003 | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 111 | Gavin Hipkins | Gavin Hipkins 'New Age (Falls)'  | 
            2009 | NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 114 | Andrew McLeod | Andrew McLeod 'Ocean (Green Mermaid)'  | 
            2009 | NZD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 | NZD 9,520.00 | |
| 116 | Marti Friedlander | Marti Friedlander 'Make Things Happen'  | 
            1969 | NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 4,998.00 | |
| 117 | Marti Friedlander | Marti Friedlander 'Tony Fomison in front of 'Omai''  | 
            NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 118 | Marti Friedlander | Marti Friedlander 'Gordon Walters in his Christchurch Studio'  | 
            NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 119 | Bill Culbert | Bill Culbert 'Bonbonne with Landscape'  | 
            2002 | NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 6,426.00 | |
| 120 | Bill Culbert | Bill Culbert 'Wine Work'  | 
            1992 | NZD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | NZD 2,677.50 |