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Dunbar Sloane: Collectables & Estate Auction

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Auction Name	Collectables & Estate Auction	Total Sales (NZD)	3,742.55
Auction Date	December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Sale Number	#1918	High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)	0.00
Total Lots	37
Sold Lots	33.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	89.19%	High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	4	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
399	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	French City Scape - Print		Not Available	NZD 773.50
398	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	Paris Street Scene - Print		Not Available	NZD 547.40
397	Bin Kashiwa (Japanese) -	Montemartre Paris - Print		Not Available	NZD 476.00
409		Plan of The Town of Wellington Port Nicholson 1840	1840	Not Available	NZD 261.80
422	Des Boyland - "	Garlic & Pears" - Acrylic on Board		Not Available	NZD 238.00
303		Large Quantity of Assorted Airline Memorabilia & Photos etc		Not Available	NZD 226.10
272	Arthur Lydiard	Athletic Training Schedule by Arthur Lydiard		Not Available	NZD 166.60
184	Walter Eberhardt	The Jig-Saw Puzzle Murder by Walter Eberhardt		Not Available	NZD 130.90
192		Twelve Assorted Terry Pratchett Books		Not Available	NZD 101.15
197	Peter McIntyre	"Kakahi New Zealand" & "Pacific"		Not Available	NZD 83.30
405		Two Reproduction French Posters on Canvas together with Other		Not Available	NZD 77.35
455	Frances Hodgkins & Raymond McIntyre	Frances Hodgkins & Raymond McIntyre Reproduction Prints & Other		Not Available	NZD 71.40
412		Vintage Coca Cola Advertising on Board		Not Available	NZD 65.45
198	Shakepeare	Vintage Boxed Set of Shakepeare's Works		Not Available	NZD 53.55
252		The Pooh Cook Book with Small Winnie the Pooh Print		Not Available	NZD 53.55
425	Marc Chagall -	"The Blue Angel" - Reproduction Print		Not Available	NZD 53.55
181		Quantity of Assorted Playing Cards		Not Available	NZD 47.60
408		Pair of Bird Study Prints & Other Bird Study		Not Available	NZD 41.65
411		Quantity of Assorted Vintage Advertising on Board etc		Not Available	NZD 35.70
199		Quantity of Assorted Vintage Movie Posters		Not Available	NZD 23.80
420	Unknown Artist -	Aerial Coastal Scene - Photograph		Not Available	NZD 23.80
421	Karen Moore -	"Idyll" - Watercolour & Mixed Media		Not Available	NZD 23.80
430	Joan Taylor -	"A Workshop with a Difference" - A/P		Not Available	NZD 23.80
461		Four Avon Reproduction Historical Prints		Not Available	NZD 23.80
177		John Wayne Collectors Playing Card Set & Two Others		Not Available	NZD 17.85

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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