Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part III, 1934, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026

Page Size: 340 items in 14 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	A Study in Scarlet; The Hound of the Baskervilles		1947	Not Available	NZD 35.70
2	Adrian Conan Doyle; John Dickson Carr	The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes		1954	Not Available	NZD 17.85
3	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Hound of the Baskervilles		1958; 1987	Not Available	NZD 29.75
4	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Lost World		1958; 1977	Not Available	NZD 23.80
5	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	4 Books, including: A Study in Scarlet		1994	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 178.50
6	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	5 Books, including: The Complete Stories		1993	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 261.80
7	Leslie S Klinger	The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes		2005	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 119.00
8	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	A Study in Scarlet		1902	Not Available	NZD 59.50
9	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes		1892	NZD 100.00 - 300.00	NZD 77.35
10	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Land of Mist		1926	NZD 100.00 - 300.00	NZD 59.50
11	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Captain of the Polestar & Other Tales		1897	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 83.30
12	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	London	1905	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 1,309.00
13	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	4 Books, including: Sherlock Holmes	New York	1938	Not Available	NZD 17.85
14	William S. Baring Gould	The Annotated Sherlock Holmes	New York	1967	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 71.40
15	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Martin Booth	The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes; A Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle		2009; 1997	Not Available	NZD 17.85
16	Daniel Stashower	The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes; Teller of Tales		1999	Not Available	NZD 11.90
17	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Andrew Lycett; Richard Lancelyn Green	Complete Sherlock Holmes & Other Stories; Conan Doyle; Letters to Sherlock Holmes		1994; 2007; 1985	Not Available	NZD 11.90
18	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Mattias Bostrom; Russell Miller	5 Books, including: The Man With The Twisted Lip		N/A	Not Available	NZD 11.90
19	Charles Higham; Hesketh Pearson; Trevor H Hall; John Dickson Carr	5 Books, including: The Adventures of Conan Doyle		N/A	Not Available	NZD 11.90
20	E B Zeiser; O D Edwards; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Michael Hardwick; Mollie Hardwick	5 Books, including: Baker Street Chronology		N/A	Not Available	NZD 11.90
21	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Daniel Stashower	4 Books, including: The White Company		N/A	Not Available	NZD 47.60
22	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	4 Books, including: The Strand Magazine		1903; 1904; 1907	Not Available	NZD 29.75
23	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	The Strand Magazine; The Strand Magazine; The Strand Magazine		1909; 1913; 1916	Not Available	NZD 17.85
24		4 Books, including: The Strand Magazine		1891; 1892; 1899	Not Available	NZD 142.80
25		18 Books, including: The Strand Magazine		1940s - 1950s	Not Available	NZD 17.85

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 June

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.