Dunbar Sloane: Māori & Pacific Art - Timed, 1875, Wellington

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Auction Date: November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025

Page Size: 50 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
118	Robley Major-General -	Moko; Or Maori Tattooing		1969	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 261.80
119		2 Books On Maori Houses		1955	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 404.60
120		4 Various NZ/Maori Volumes			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 166.60
121		Skilled Handwork Of The Maori			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 101.15
122	Best Elsdon -	The Maori Canoe		1975	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 166.60
123	Grace John Te H -	Tuwharetoa		1966	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 154.70
124		5 NZ & Maori Historical Volumes			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 59.50
125	Simmons D R -	Catalogue Of Maori Artefacts In The Museums Of Canada And The United States		1982	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 190.40
126		4 Maori & Topographical Volumes			NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 71.40
127		6 Maori Books On Arts & Moko			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 190.40
128	Binney Judith -	Redemption Songs A life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki		1995	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 65.45
129		4 Books On Maori Carving & Arts			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 95.20
130		4 Volumes On The Maori Wars			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 83.30
131		4 Volumes On The Maori Wars			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 71.40
132	Cowan James -	The New Zealand Wars (2 Volumes)	Wellington	1955 & 56	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 178.50
133		4 Maori Volumes			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 190.40
134		4 Volumes On The New Zealand/Maori Wars			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 202.30
135		3 Volumes On The Maori Wars			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45
136	Del Mar Frances -	A Year Among The Maoris	London	1924	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 178.50
137		2 Volumes by Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck)			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45
138	Duff Roger -	The Moa-Hunter Period Of Maori Culture		1977	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 53.55
139		7 NZ Whaling & Seafaring Volumes			NZD 120.00 - 240.00	NZD 178.50
140	Stafford D M -	Te Arawa A History of the Arawa People	Wellington	1967	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30
141		5 Maori Volumes			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 130.90
142	King Michael -	Moriori "A People Rediscovered"		1989	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 107.10

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