November Photo Sale
Monday, 24 November - Thursday, 11 December 2025

The Catalogue for our November 2025 photographic sale is now open for bidding.. There are just under 600 entries. The photo on this page is of:one of a number of works in this sale by the very talented George Chance (1885-1963). It is entitled, 'Summer Day, South Canterbury' and is a fine example of his work. To find works by any particular photographer or subject, simply put the your term in the SEARCH bar (eg Portrait) and everything containing that word will be shown. Sale bids can be placed from 5pm November 24th.. The sale runs for 17 days, finishing from 6pm on Thursday, December 11. It covers a wide range of photographic eras and styles – with a heavy emphasis on early New Zealand photography, BIDDING: If you bid on an item and you get the response RESERVE NOT MET you can continue to increase your bid by simply clicking on the bid button until you reach the reserve. For a note on ‘reserves’ see the next paragraph. Once you see the message RESERVE MET you can stop bidding knowing that you will have won the item unless you are outbid by someone else. When this happens you will be automatically sent an email. In the closing minutes of the auction you should monitor the sale online as an email notification is unlikely to reach you in time. NO RESERVES. For the first time a number of items in this sale are offered at NO RESERVE. If you place an opening bid on an item and you see the message RESERVE MET you will have won that item unless you are outbid during the course of the sale. Less than 5% of items in this sale carry the usual reserve (90% of low estimate). If your opening bid does not secure an item, chances are that by manually increasing your bid you may win it, as the majority of items are listed with reserves of 70%-80% or less of the published low estimate. DELIVERY: Finally, a word on delivery for those who are new to our site. If you are not able to collect your purchases, we offer an inhouse packing/courier service on most small to medium sized artworks / photographs. Because most of the photographs in the sale are unframed we should be easily able to package and courier your purchases to you in time for Christmas. If you are able to collect from me in Central Auckland (Ponsonby Road, early afternoon) I can bring your purchases with me to Auckland on my next trip which will likely be Tuesday 16 December, and to Hutt Valley/Wellington, a few days later. We can also deliver to Taranaki / Manawatu and Hawkes Bay if warranted. Prices for this service are invariably cheaper than courier. I wish you successful bidding. Best regards, Henry Newrick Director