Dunbar Sloane: Collectables & Estate Auction, 1918, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025

Page Size: 37 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
177		John Wayne Collectors Playing Card Set & Two Others		Not Available	NZD 17.85
181		Quantity of Assorted Playing Cards		Not Available	NZD 47.60
184	Walter Eberhardt	The Jig-Saw Puzzle Murder by Walter Eberhardt		Not Available	NZD 130.90
191		Folder C1960's Portrait (Cupid) Prints	C1960's	Not Available	NZD 17.85
192		Twelve Assorted Terry Pratchett Books		Not Available	NZD 101.15
196	Wilson	Wilson's Tales of The Borders Vol II & III		Not Available	NZD 11.90
197	Peter McIntyre	"Kakahi New Zealand" & "Pacific"		Not Available	NZD 83.30
198	Shakepeare	Vintage Boxed Set of Shakepeare's Works		Not Available	NZD 53.55
199		Quantity of Assorted Vintage Movie Posters		Not Available	NZD 23.80
252		The Pooh Cook Book with Small Winnie the Pooh Print		Not Available	NZD 53.55
272	Arthur Lydiard	Athletic Training Schedule by Arthur Lydiard		Not Available	NZD 166.60
290		The Art of Grahame Sydney together with Assorted Books		Not Available	NZD 11.90
303		Large Quantity of Assorted Airline Memorabilia & Photos etc		Not Available	NZD 226.10
397	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	Montemartre Paris - Print		Not Available	NZD 476.00
398	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	Paris Street Scene - Print		Not Available	NZD 547.40
399	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	French City Scape - Print		Not Available	NZD 773.50
401	Joseph Vernett -	Reproduction Old Master Print		Not Available	NZD 11.90
405		Two Reproduction French Posters on Canvas together with Other		Not Available	NZD 77.35
407		Four Assorted Framed Prints & Originals		Not Available	NZD 11.90
408		Pair of Bird Study Prints & Other Bird Study		Not Available	NZD 41.65
409		Plan of The Town of Wellington Port Nicholson 1840	1840	Not Available	NZD 261.80
411		Quantity of Assorted Vintage Advertising on Board etc		Not Available	NZD 35.70
412		Vintage Coca Cola Advertising on Board		Not Available	NZD 65.45
420	Unknown Artist -	Aerial Coastal Scene - Photograph		Not Available	NZD 23.80
421	Karen Moore -	"Idyll" - Watercolour & Mixed Media		Not Available	NZD 23.80

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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