Dunbar Sloane: Collectable and Estate Auction, 1944, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 26, 2026 - May 26, 2026
Page Size: 119 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
266

Gardening Books

N/A Not Available Not Sold
322

Vintage Handmade and Other Greeting Cards

N/A Not Available NZD 66.00
364

Nursery Picture Books

N/A Not Available NZD 60.00
365

Nursery Picture Books

N/A Not Available NZD 18.00
485 Marvel

The Classic Marvel Collection Graphic Novels

N/A Not Available NZD 102.00
486

Childrens and Novelty Books

N/A Not Available NZD 18.00
487 DC Comics

DC Comics

N/A Not Available NZD 54.00
488

Mixed Comics

N/A Not Available NZD 66.00
489 DC Comics

DC Comics Graphic Novel Collections

N/A Not Available NZD 114.00
490 Marvel

Marvel Spiderman Graphic Novels

N/A Not Available NZD 66.00
491 DC Comics

WonderWoman Graphic Novels

N/A Not Available NZD 72.00
492

Warhammer and World of Warcraft Guide Books

N/A Not Available NZD 60.00
493

Vintage Comics

N/A Not Available NZD 60.00
494 Walt Disney

Walt Disney and Other Vintage Comics

N/A Not Available NZD 30.00
495

Graphic Novels with Picture Books

N/A Not Available NZD 66.00
501 Darwin Charles

Charles Darwin A Centennial Commemorative

N/A Not Available NZD 48.00
502

History of Printing in New Zealand

N/A Not Available NZD 96.00
503

The Illustrated London News

N/A Not Available NZD 84.00
504 Beaglehole J C

The New Zealand Scholar

Eastbourne 1982 Not Available NZD 36.00
505 Newman Stanley

The Centennial History Canterbury Officers Club 1885-1985

N/A Not Available Not Sold
506 Ching Raymond

Raymond Ching The Bird Paintings

N/A Not Available NZD 120.00
507 Ching Raymond

Studies and Sketches of a Bird Painter

N/A Not Available NZD 192.00
508 Hamon Rei

Rei Hamon Artist of the NZ Bush - Second Collection

N/A Not Available NZD 30.00
509

World History Reference

N/A Not Available NZD 12.00
510

New Zealand Sportsman of the Year

1982 Not Available NZD 12.00
  • 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.