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Auction Name: Rare Books
Auction Date: 04/09/2026 - 04/09/2026
Sale Number: #1917
Total Lots: 401
Sold Lots: 341.0
Lots Sold: 85.04%
Unsold Lots: 60

Total Sales (NZD): 69,597.10
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD): 62,630.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD): 112,920.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD): 78,160.00
High Estimate of All Lots (NZD): 138,240.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 50.35%

Top twenty five by sale price

Top twenty five lots by sale price
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
136	Sydney Parkinson	A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas In His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour by Sydney Parkinson	1773	NZD 7,500.00 - 12,000.00	NZD 10,710.00
178	Cook Captain James (Magra James)	A Journal of a Voyage round the World In His Majesty's Ship Endeavour	1771	NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	NZD 7,140.00
380	Vincenzo Coronelli	Mare Del Sud/Mare Pacifico a large hand coloured copperplate engraved map, 1696	1696	NZD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	NZD 2,618.00
256	Dolmetsch H	The Historic Styles Of Ornament	1898	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 2,023.00
352	Bolton James	Harmonia Ruralis (2 Volumes in 1) or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Song Birds	1845	NZD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	NZD 1,785.00
305	Frame Janet	The Lagoon and other stories The Caxton Press, Christchurch	1951	NZD 750.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 1,309.00
213	Smollett Tobias George	The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (3 Vols)	1771	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 1,190.00
50	Robley Major-General	Moko or Maori Tattooing With 180 Illustrations From Drawings By The Author And From Photographs	1896	NZD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	NZD 1,011.50
260	Palladio Andrea	The Four Books Of Andrea Palladio's Architecture	1738	NZD 600.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 1,011.50
353	Featon Mr & Mrs E H	The Art Album of New Zealand Flora Volume I Authors Edition	1889	NZD 500.00 - 800.00	NZD 952.00
47	W. D. Webster	Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens European and Eastern Arms and Armour Prehistoric and other Curiosities	1899	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 773.50
198	Marchant John	Puerilia: or Amusement for the Young Consisting of A Collection of Songs	1751	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 714.00
231	Busby Thomas Lord	Costume of the Lower Orders of the Metropolis	N/A	NZD 750.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 714.00
307	Dickens Charles	A Christmas Carol Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, Chapman & Hall, London	1843	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 714.00
53	White John	Illustrations Prepared For White's Ancient History of The Maori	1897	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 654.50
138	David Collins	An Account Of The English Colony in New South Wales Volume I by David Collins	1798	NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 595.00
262	James I King of England	The Workes of the Most High and Mighty Prince James	1616	NZD 800.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 595.00
386	Louis Le Breton	Entree De La Baie Des Iles (Nouvelle Zelande) c1840s	c1840s	NZD 750.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 595.00
258	Pozzo Andrea	Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper For Painters And Architects	1707	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 595.00
368	Taylor E Mervyn	Engravings On Wood The Mermaid Press, Wellington, first edition, 1957	1957	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 547.40

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