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
127 Naylor Marjorie (1908-1985)

Marjorie Naylor - Delaware Bay - Nelson

N/A Not Available NZD 130.90
128 Long Sydney (1871-1955)

Sydney Long - Moonrise Pastoral

N/A Not Available NZD 297.50
129 Washbourn Enga

Enga Washbourn - Nelson Waterfront

N/A Not Available NZD 523.60
130 Washbourn Enga

Enga Washbourn - Afternoon Light - Tengawai River

N/A Not Available NZD 273.70
131 Washbourn Enga

Enga Washbourn - Pastoral Scene

N/A Not Available NZD 178.50
132 Washbourn Enga

Enga Washbourn - Lupins in Flower - Collingwood Beach

N/A Not Available NZD 380.80
133 Scott Norman (1931-1978)

Norman Scott - Untitled

N/A Not Available NZD 130.90
134 Scott Norman (1931-1978)

Norman Scott - Kaiti Beach - Gisborne

N/A Not Available NZD 166.60
135 Smither Michael (1939-)

Michael Smither - Sand Drawings I

2006 Not Available NZD 119.00
136 Tajima Hiroyuki (1911-1984)

Hiroyuki Tajima (Japanese) - Poor Evidence

1969 Not Available NZD 309.40
138 Pickmere Alison (1908-1971)

Alison Pickmere - Mahurangi

1965 Not Available NZD 452.20
139 Pickmere Alison (1908-1971)

Alison Pickmere - Fantails - Hawking

1967 Not Available NZD 452.20
140 Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991)

Shiro Kasamatsu (Japanese) - Leek Flowers

1958 Not Available NZD 571.20
141 Ormerod Penny (1922-1988)

Penny Ormerod - Chaing Mai

1982 Not Available NZD 101.15
142 Banner C L

C L Banner - Untitled (Unframed)

2003 Not Available Not Sold
143 Tricker Gary (1938-2021)

Gary Tricker - Epigrammatist's Farewell

1981 Not Available NZD 452.20
144 Sanders Judy

Judy Sanders - Sunrise

N/A Not Available NZD 29.75
145 Sofia

Unknown Artist - Untitled

N/A Not Available NZD 35.70
146 Dyer Rona (1931-2021)

Rona Dyer - Portrait

1969 Not Available Not Sold
147 Dyer Rona (1923-2021)

Rona Dyer - Cormorant

N/A Not Available NZD 297.50
148 Taylor E Mervyn (1906-1964)

E Mervyn Taylor - The Magical Wooden Head

N/A Not Available Not Sold
149 Taylor E Mervyn (1906-1964)

E Mervyn Taylor - War Canoe

N/A Not Available Not Sold
150 Taylor E Mervyn (1906-1964)

E Mervyn Taylor - Te Kotuku Rerenga Tahi

N/A Not Available NZD 333.20
151 Bootham Joe (1911-1986)

Joe Bootham - Floodwaters

N/A Not Available Not Sold
151A McArthur Piera (1929-2025)

Piera McArthur - Untitled

1979 Not Available NZD 190.40
  • 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