Art + Object: "a (im)possible relevance" The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow., 102325, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 54 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
93 Andrew Beck

Andrew Beck 'Planes in Modulated Surface 4 - circa 1954 (Clark) - REMAKE (positive/negative)'

 2014 NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
94 Andrew Beck

Andrew Beck 'Direct Light Photoscan III'

 2011 NZD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
95 Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross 'Interior of Peter Price's house, Riverbank Road, Whanganui'

 2009 NZD 700.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
96 Ans Westra

Ans Westra 'Watching a Miss NZ Parade, Cuba Mall, Wellington'

 NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 NZD 3,332.00
97 Ans Westra

Ans Westra 'Couple on a Couch'

 1972 NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 NZD 2,975.00
98 Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman 'Picasso in his Studio, Vallauris, France, 1954'

 1954 (printed 1976) NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 NZD 2,261.00
99 Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman 'Portrait of Man Ray'

 1960 NZD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 NZD 2,142.00
100 Arthur Leipzig

Arthur Leipzig 'Divers, East River'

 1946 (printed later) NZD 4,000.00 - 7,000.00 NZD 8,925.00
101 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Christchurch (Mask)'

 1999 NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
102 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Wellington (Path)'

 1999 NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
103 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Wellington (Tyre)'

 1999 NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
104 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'The Homely: Dunedin (Landscape)'

 1999 NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
105 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'The Next Cabin: Victoria (Fur)'

 2001/2005 NZD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
106 Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch

Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz'

 2012 NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
107 Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch

Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz (Dampflokomotive)'

 2012 NZD 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 Not Sold
108 Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch

Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch 'Der Tiefenglanz (Dead Hare)'

 2011 NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
109 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'Block Painting II'

 2015 NZD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
110 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'Romance: Munich (Stadium)'

 1996/2003 NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
111 Gavin Hipkins

Gavin Hipkins 'New Age (Falls)'

 2009 NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
114 Andrew McLeod

Andrew McLeod 'Ocean (Green Mermaid)'

 2009 NZD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 NZD 9,520.00
116 Marti Friedlander

Marti Friedlander 'Make Things Happen'

 1969 NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 NZD 4,998.00
117 Marti Friedlander

Marti Friedlander 'Tony Fomison in front of 'Omai''

 NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
118 Marti Friedlander

Marti Friedlander 'Gordon Walters in his Christchurch Studio'

 NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
119 Bill Culbert

Bill Culbert 'Bonbonne with Landscape'

 2002 NZD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 NZD 6,426.00
120 Bill Culbert

Bill Culbert 'Wine Work'

 1992 NZD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 NZD 2,677.50
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.