Dunbar Sloane: Art Plus, 1931, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 10, 2026 - June 10, 2026
Page Size: 293 items in 12 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 Vane Kathleen Airini (1891-1965)

Kathleen Airini Vane - Coastal Landscape with Pohutukawa

1930 Not Available NZD 499.80
78 Kay Robin (1919-2017)

Robin Kay - Wellington Coastal Scene

N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
80

Unknown Artist - South Island Landscape

N/A Not Available NZD 77.35
83 Register Basil (1911-2002)

Basil Register - The Derelict - Napier

N/A Not Available NZD 119.00
85 McCormack T A (1883-1973)

T A McCormack - Floral Still Life

N/A Not Available NZD 77.35
86 McCormack T A (1883-1973)

T A McCormack - Untitled

N/A Not Available Not Sold
87 McCormack T A (1883-1973)

T A McCormack - Napier Coastline

N/A Not Available NZD 130.90
89 Ginn Ellinore (1915-1995)

Ellinore Ginn - Elves in Woodland Glades

N/A Not Available NZD 190.40
92 Fumpston Rodney (1947)

Rodney Fumpston - Wanganui Gallery

N/A Not Available NZD 202.30
93

Unknown Artist - Untitled

N/A Not Available NZD 83.30
94 Frizzell Dick (1943)

Dick Frizzell - Hot Squares

2004 Not Available NZD 380.80
95 Williams Patrick

Patrick Williams - Nude Study

2007 Not Available NZD 166.60
96 Stokell Rosemary

Rosemary Stokell - Door

1996 Not Available NZD 89.25
100 Emily

Framed Australian Aboriginal School Work on Paper

N/A Not Available NZD 773.50
106 Kellahan Jane (1971-)

Jane Kellahan - Untitled

N/A Not Available Not Sold
108 Chrisp Richard (1944-)

Richard Chrisp - Opening the Hangi - Raikoroa Marae

2025 Not Available NZD 142.80
109 Reynolds John; Fumpston Rodney; Dolezel Jenny

Eight Framed Muka Studios Lithographs from Various Artists Including Jenny Dolezel

N/A Not Available Not Sold
110 Kahukiwa Robyn (1938-2025)

Robyn Kahukiwa - Nga Pou Wahine Prints (one a/f) (7)

2018 Not Available NZD 1,904.00
113 Rhodes Margaret (1921-2018)

Margaret Rhodes - Windy Day - Takaka

1972 Not Available NZD 214.20
114 Rhodes Margaret (1921-2018)

Margaret Rhodes - St Paul's - Brightwater

1957 Not Available NZD 95.20
115 Still Mabel (1896-1981)

Mabel Still - Melling Stream

1923 Not Available NZD 89.25
118 Welch Nugent (1881-1970)

Nugent Welch - View across the Harbour

N/A Not Available NZD 428.40
119 Welch Nugent (1881-1970)

Nugent Welch - Silverstream Field

N/A Not Available NZD 166.60
120 Naylor Marjorie (1908-1985)

Marjorie Naylor - Wet Mudflats

N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
121 Lattey E B (1899-1986)

E B Lattey - Old Rata

N/A Not Available NZD 202.30
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000