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Auction Name
Rare Books
Auction Date
12/09/2025 - 12/09/2025
Sale Number
#212
Total Lots
307
Sold Lots
265.0
Lots Sold
86.32%
Unsold Lots
42
Total Sales (NZD)
88,206.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
66,485.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (NZD)
97,425.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
83,050.00
High Estimate of All Lots (NZD)
121,060.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
72.86%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
21 ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH

The New Zealanders Illustrated

NZD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 NZD 7,380.00
205 COLIN McCAHON

15 Drawings

NZD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 NZD 7,134.00
94 ATLAS - FOLIO TO CAPTAIN COOKS SECOND VOYAGE

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 NZD 6,888.00
99 HAWKESWORTH, JOHN

An Account of the Voyages

NZD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 NZD 5,166.00
256

BIBLE - IN ENGLYSHE

NZD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 NZD 4,428.00
125 NAVIGATION JOURNAL

JOHN KING DAVIS [2 ITEMS]

NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 NZD 3,321.00
105 BULLER, SIR WALTER

A History of the Birds of New Zealand

NZD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 NZD 2,952.00
104 BROINOWSKI, GRACIUS JOSEPH (1837-1913)

The Birds of Australia

NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 NZD 2,460.00
76 RALEIGH, SIR WALTER

The History of the World

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 1,722.00
264 MOUBACH, ABRAHAM & BERNARD PICART

Naaukeurige beschryving der uitwendige godtsdienst-plichten

NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 NZD 1,661.00
95 COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

NZD 300.00 - 600.00 NZD 1,661.00
255

BIBLE - ENGLISH

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 1,538.00
74 BRITAIN, OR

A Chorographical Description of the most flourishing Kingdoms

NZD 400.00 - 800.00 NZD 1,292.00
166

NEW ZEALAND STUD BOOKS

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 1,292.00
150 ALL BLACKS 1925 INVINCIBLES

Signed menu card for a dinner on board S.S. Montlaurier, 1st February 1925

NZD 600.00 - 800.00 NZD 1,230.00
132 CLAYDON, SQUADRON LEADER J.R.

RNZAF Antarctic Flight 129 Master Inventory

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 923.00
225 KERI, HULME

The Silences Between [Moeraki Conversations]

NZD 600.00 - 800.00 NZD 861.00
49 BEST, ELSDON

Tuhoe; The Children of the Mist

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 861.00
96 DURVILLE, J. DUMONT

Voyage de La Corvette L'Astrolabe

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 677.00
278 19th CENTURY NOVELTY BOOK

Lauberhafte Verwandlungen. Metamorphoses Magiques.

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 677.00

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