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Dunbar Sloane: Affordable Art & Studio Ceramics

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Auction Name Affordable Art & Studio Ceramics Total Sales (NZD) 10,549.35
Auction Date September 03, 2025 - September 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) 5,520.00
Sale Number #1882 High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) 11,140.00
Total Lots 48
Sold Lots 32 Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD) 12,320.00
% of Lots Sold 66.67% High Estimate of All Lots (NZD) 23,690.00
Unsold Lots 16 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 44.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Tony Fomison (1939-1990)

Jung Talking to Freud

1986 NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 NZD 2,261.00
216 Neville Smitheram (b 1962)

Untitled No. 0802

2008 NZD 400.00 - 800.00 NZD 1,547.00
272 Liam Barr (b 1966)

The Rescue of Ms Dorothy Hohepa

NZD 400.00 - 800.00 NZD 833.00
57 Guy Ngan (1926-2017)

Series Five 1st Edition Variation

1973 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 523.60
17 Dick Frizzell (b 1943)

Figure with Taiaha

1997 NZD 300.00 - 600.00 NZD 476.00
320 Grahame Sydney (b 1948)

Timeless Land

1998 NZD 60.00 - 150.00 NZD 476.00
37 E Mervyn Taylor (1906-1964)

Tui

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 380.80
322 Ans Westra

'Retrospective IV' Promotional Poster

NZD 150.00 - 300.00 NZD 333.20
33 Claudia Pond Eyley (b 1946)

Man with dog

NZD 150.00 - 400.00 NZD 309.40
11 Stanley Palmer (b 1936)

Te Toha Rurenga Tai II

1980 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 285.60
146 Edvard Munch

'Death and Desire' NZ Touring Exhibition Promotional Poster

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 273.70
214 Kenneth Martin (1905-1984)

Untitled Abstraction (a/f)

1976 NZD 300.00 - 600.00 NZD 261.80
51 Jo Giddens

Semantics

2010 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 238.00
115 Michel Tuffery (b 1966)

L for Lighthaus (Unframed)

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 238.00
274 After Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese 1797-1858)

Clearing Weather at Awazu

NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 238.00
275 After Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese 1797-1858)

Evening Bell at Mii Temple

NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 238.00
20 Jo Giddens

Your Move

2015 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 202.30
295 Kate Coolahan (1929-2025)

Large Garden

1975 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 178.50
52 Mervyn Taylor (1906-1964)

Three Woodcut Engraving Prints (a/f)

NZD 150.00 - 300.00 NZD 142.80
132 Bernard Quentin (French 1923-2020)

Untitled

NZD 140.00 - 300.00 NZD 130.90
300 Aldio Pita (Solomon Islands)

BULE

2010 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 119.00
322A Muir & Moodie

In the Ngawhas Whakarewarewa

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 119.00
40 Julia Brooke-White

Pauahatanui

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 107.10
225 Pat Hanly

Pat Hanly Promotional Poster for 'Woman by Hanly'

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 95.20
232 Lindsay Crooks (1957-2005)

St Clair Beach - Dunedin

NZD 150.00 - 300.00 NZD 89.25
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000