Dunbar Sloane: Rare Book
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Book | Total Sales (NZD) | 101,316.60 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 26, 2026 - August 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 73,345.00 |
| Sale Number | #1942 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 132,790.00 |
| Total Lots | 430 | ||
| Sold Lots | 333.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 138,555.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.44% | High Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 234,895.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 97 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 43.13% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Hawkesworth John | An Account of the Voyages Undertaken |
1773 | NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | NZD 7,735.00 |
| 110 | Low David | The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands |
1842 | NZD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 | NZD 7,140.00 |
| 16 | Bryce v Rusden |
1886 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 4,760.00 | |
| 106 | Buller Walter Lawry | A History of the Birds Of New Zealand |
1888 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 4,760.00 |
| 353 | Beckford William | An Arabian Tale |
1786 | NZD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | NZD 4,046.00 |
| 107 | Buller Walter Lawry | A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
1873 | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 3,808.00 |
| 420 | Illuminated Manuscript Leaf From A Psalter |
14th Century | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 3,808.00 | |
| 406 | Clarendon Edward | The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England; The Life Of Edward Earl of Clarendon |
1702; 1707; 1759 | NZD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | NZD 2,975.00 |
| 136 | Travel Journal to St Thomas & St Domingo 1816-17 |
1816-17 | NZD 400.00 - 800.00 | NZD 2,380.00 | |
| 323 | The Tryals of Seven Pyrates |
1738 | NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 2,380.00 | |
| 362 | Boccaccio Giovanni | Labirinto d amore |
1516 | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 2,380.00 |
| 350 | Glanvill; Huet | A Plurality Of Words; A Treatise Of Romances And Their Original |
1688; 1672 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 1,904.00 |
| 105 | Churchill Winston | The Collected Essays Of Sir Winston Churchill |
N/A | NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | NZD 1,547.00 |
| 196 | Whitman Walt | Leaves of Grass |
ND (1882) | NZD 300.00 - 500.00 | NZD 1,428.00 |
| 29 | Official Catalogue And Souvenir of the New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-1907 |
1906-1907 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 1,190.00 | |
| 108 | Sinclair Francis | Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands |
1885 | NZD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 1,190.00 |
| 124 | Potts T H | Out In The Open |
1882 | NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | NZD 1,190.00 |
| 423 | Ponting Herbert George (1871-1935) | Terra Nova at the Ice Foot |
N/A | NZD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | NZD 1,190.00 |
| 424 | Ponting Herbert George (1871-1935) | The Team Beneath The Barne Glacier |
N/A | NZD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | NZD 1,190.00 |
| 232 | Taylor Derek; Harrison George | Fifty Years Adrift |
1984 | NZD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | NZD 952.00 |
| 369 | Darwin Erasmus | The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin |
1806 | NZD 300.00 - 500.00 | NZD 952.00 |
| 111 | Howe James | Portraits Of Horses of Distinguished Merit, Cattle Etc |
1832 | NZD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 892.50 |
| 112 | Howe James | Portraits Of Horses of Distinguished Merit, Cattle Etc |
1832 | NZD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 892.50 |
| 327 | Carew Richard | The Survey Of Cornwall |
1602 | NZD 800.00 - 1,500.00 | NZD 892.50 |
| 51 | Smith S Percy | The Lore of the Whare-wananga |
1913; 1915 | NZD 300.00 - 500.00 | NZD 833.00 |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
