Dunbar Sloane: Collectable and Estate Auction, 1947, Wellington
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 09, 2026 - June 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 583 | Books Relating to NZ History & The Musket Wars |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 114.00 | ||
| 584 | McIntyre Peter | Peter McIntyre's Wellington |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 60.00 | |
| 585 | Books About NZ Art |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 102.00 | ||
| 586 | Military Histories & Biographies |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 587 | Doyle Arthur Conan | Volumes Related to Sherlock Holmes & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 18.00 | |
| 589 | Crime Club Editions |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 590 | Vintage Crime Fiction |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 591 | Vintage Children's Annuals |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 592 | Cookery & Gardening Volumes |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 593 | Gardening Volumes |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 594 | Francis Dick | Books by Dick Francis |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | |
| 595 | Vintage Biggles |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 204.00 | ||
| 596 | Francis Dick; Francis Felix | Books by Dick & Felix Francis |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 597 | Francis Dick | Books by Dick Francis |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 18.00 | |
| 598 | Assorted Vintage Crime Fiction |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 599 | Christie Agatha | Assorted Books & Magazines Relating to Agatha Christie |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 84.00 | |
| 600 | Scientific American |
1880s | Not Available | NZD 192.00 | ||
| 601 | Assorted Books Related to Mountaineering |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 24.00 | ||
| 602 | Assorted Mainly Crime Fiction |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 604 | Assorted Books Related To Poetry |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 605 | Assorted Fiction & Reference |
N/A | Not Available | Not Sold | ||
| 606 | Assorted Cricket Related Volumes |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 607 | Assorted Fiction & Reference |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | ||
| 608 | Shakespeare William | Assorted Volumes Related to Shakespeare |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 12.00 | |
| 609 | Early C20th Sheet Music |
C20th | Not Available | NZD 18.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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