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Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Address: P. O. Box 224, Wellington Phone: +64 4 472 1367 Fax: +64 4 475 7389 Email: dunbar.sloane@xtra.co.nz Website: www.dunbarsloane.com		Recent Auction Highlights $45,917 'The Lucky Maori Cloak' (Mid 19th C) A superb Maori Kiwi feather cloak returned to NZ from Europe. Dark brown Kiwi feathers and border across the top of Kaka bird feathers (rusty red colour). Some Kiwi and Kaka feathers missing but overall very good condition. The European vendor said this artefact sustained, over a period of years, several lucky escapes.… $41,325 Very Rare 17th/Early 18th century Maori Greenstone Mere Beautiful dark green colour with tiny black speckles. (Ancient thong hole and thick through the middle). Returned to NZ from England in 1977. Purchased by Melville Gray at Sotheby's Sale London July 1936. Originally taken to UK by F.R. Chester - Master of the 58th Regiment in the mid 19th century Length 29.5 cm W. 10 cm $39,070 A Magnificent Fern Box by Anton Seuffert (1815-1887). This Anton Seuffert fern box is one of only seven known examples of this genre from the workshop of New Zealand's premier cabinetmaker. Fern boxes were made to store pressed native fern specimens mounted inside paper folders. The Victorian English were keen collectors of flora and fauna from the lands of the New World.…
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Past Auctions By Catalogue Auction Date Auction Title Location Lots Link To 19/11/2008 The New Zealand Sale, Day 3, Together With Collectables and Furniture Auckland 198 View Images 18/11/2008 The New Zealand Sale, Day 2 Auckland 226 View Images 17/11/2008 The New Zealand Sale, Day 1 Auckland 162 View Images 06/11/2008 Decorative Arts Auction Day 2 Wellington 607 View Images 05/11/2008 Decorative Arts Auction Day 1 Wellington 544 View Images 28/08/2008 Applied Arts Wellington 212 View Images 13/08/2008 Colonial Collectable Auction Wellington 1,151 Prices not yet available 23/07/2008 Antique & Decorative Arts Auction Wellington 1,339 View Images 20/07/2008 The Norm Burgess Gun Collection Auckland 54 View Images 28/05/2008 Doll & Toy Auction Wellington 886 View Images 15/05/2008 Posters And Fine Art Auckland 59 View Images 14/05/2008 New Zealand Historica, Jewellery, Collectables, Silver Auckland 319 View Images 12/05/2008 Artefacts Auckland 113 View Images 08/05/2008 Applied Art Auction Wellington 201 View Images 13/03/2008 Militaria Wellington 218 View Images 12/03/2008 90th Anniversary Auction Wellington 1,037 View Images 23/02/2008 Lindale 1950's Memorabilia Museum Auction Wellington 390 View Images