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Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part III
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part III | Total Sales (NZD) | 19,932.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 20, 2026 - May 20, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 9,940.00 |
| Sale Number | #1934 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD) | 20,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 340 | ||
| Sold Lots | 301.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 9,940.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.53% | High Estimate of All Lots (NZD) | 20,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 39 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 98.68% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Ian Fleming | Dr No |
1958 | NZD 300.00 - 500.00 | NZD 1,666.00 |
| 12 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
1905 | NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 1,309.00 |
| 27 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
1892; 1894 | NZD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | NZD 1,071.00 |
| 216 | 7 Books, including: The Rugby Almanac of NZ |
1940's | Not Available | NZD 714.00 | |
| 164 | James Cook | The Journal of the HMS Resolution |
1981 | NZD 300.00 - 600.00 | NZD 476.00 |
| 72 | John Wyndham | The Midwich Cuckoos |
1957 | NZD 240.00 - 500.00 | NZD 452.20 |
| 61 | Enid Blyton | Five Go To Demon's Rocks; Five on Finniston Farm |
1961; 1960 | NZD 60.00 - 160.00 | NZD 309.40 |
| 71 | John Wyndham | The Chrysalids |
1955 | NZD 200.00 - 400.00 | NZD 309.40 |
| 26 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
1894 | NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 297.50 |
| 81 | Ian Fleming | Thunderball |
1961 | NZD 140.00 - 300.00 | NZD 285.60 |
| 6 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 5 Books, including: The Complete Stories |
1993 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 261.80 |
| 83 | Ian Fleming | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1963 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 261.80 |
| 68 | John Wyndham | The Day of the Triffids |
1951 | NZD 300.00 - 600.00 | NZD 238.00 |
| 58 | Len Deighton | 4 Books, including: Funeral in Berlin |
1962; 1963; 1964; 1966 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 226.10 |
| 197 | Six Volumes Relating to the NZ Gold Rush & Colonial History |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 214.20 | |
| 218 | NZ Rugby Annual |
1924; 1925 | Not Available | NZD 214.20 | |
| 79 | Ian Fleming | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1962 | NZD 240.00 - 400.00 | NZD 190.40 |
| 5 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 4 Books, including: A Study in Scarlet |
1994 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 178.50 |
| 33 | The Armchair Detective |
1986 | NZD 300.00 - 600.00 | NZD 178.50 | |
| 169 | Joseph Banks; J.C. Beaglehole | The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks Vols I & II; The Life of Captain James Cook |
1962; 1974 | NZD 120.00 - 200.00 | NZD 178.50 |
| 29 | The Original Illustrated "Strand" Sherlock Holmes |
N/A | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 166.60 | |
| 88 | Ian Fleming | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
1964; 1965 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 166.60 |
| 84 | Ian Fleming | You Only Live Twice |
1964 | NZD 40.00 - 80.00 | NZD 154.70 |
| 298 | NZ Graphic & Descriptive |
N/A | Not Available | NZD 154.70 | |
| 24 | 4 Books, including: The Strand Magazine |
1891; 1892; 1899 | Not Available | NZD 142.80 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
