SD Auctions: The Odfjell Collection | Polar - History - Ornithology - Colour Plate Books, 120425, GRESSVIK

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 112 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

1872 SEK 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 1,250.00
52 NIELS KJAERBOLLING

Ornithologia Danica.

1851-54 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
53 SVEN NILSSON

Illuminerade figurer till Skandinaviens fauna

1832-40. SEK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 SEK 37,500.00
54 JOHANNES PALMBERG

Serta Florea Svecana

1684 SEK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 SEK 5,000.00
55 J. W. PALMSTRUCH

Svensk zoologi.

1806-[25] SEK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 18,750.00
56 ANDREAS SPARRMAN

Museum Carlsonianum [...]

1786-89 SEK 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 SEK 137,500.00
57 JOHANN ERNST CHRISTIAN WALTER

Nordisk Ornithologie [...]

1828 SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 32,500.00
58 VON WRIGHT & LONNEBERG

Svenska faglar efter naturen [...]

1924-1929] SEK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 45,000.00
59 JOHN W. EDY

Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway

ca SEK 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
60 WILHELM MAXIMILLIAN CARPELAN

Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes Norvegiennes.

1821-23 SEK 160,000.00 - 220,000.00 SEK 150,000.00
61 MICHAEL GUSTAF ANCKARSVARD

Samling af svenska och norrska utsigter.

1830-37 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 SEK 7,500.00
62 PETER C.F. WERGMANN

Norge, fremstillet i lithographerede Billeder efter Naturen.

1837-37 SEK 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 SEK 62,500.00
63 PAUL GAIMARD

Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitsberg [...]

c SEK 700,000.00 - 900,000.00 Not Sold
64 ALFRED SMITH

Sketches in Norway and Sweden.

1847 SEK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 SEK 37,500.00
65 MAJOR FREIHERR VON HOGGUER

(Reise nach Lappland und dem nordlichen Schweden)

1841 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
66 CHRISTIAN TONSBERG

Norge Fremstillet i Tegninger.

1846-48 SEK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 SEK 5,000.00
67 CHRISTIAN TONSBERG

Norske Nationaldragter [...]

1850-52 SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
68 CHRISTIAN TONSBERG

Udvalgte Norske Nationaldragter [...]

1861 SEK 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 SEK 20,000.00
69 CHRISTIAN TONSBERG

Billeder af Norges natur og folkeliv [...]

1875 SEK 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
70 SNORRE STURLASSON -- (MATTIS STORSSON)

Norske Kongers Kronicke oc bedrifft [...]

1594 SEK 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 SEK 1,300,000.00
71 [PEDER CLAUSSEN]

Snorre Sturlesons Norske Kongers Chronica.

1633 SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 43,750.00
72 [J. RUGMAN]

Norlandz Chronika och Beskriffning: [...]

1670 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
73 [JOHANN PERINGSKIOLD]

Snorre Sturluson, Heims Kringla [...]

1697-1700]. SEK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
74 [PEDER CLAUSEN]

Snorre Sturlesens Norske Kongers Kronike.

1757 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 SEK 7,500.00
75 [PEDER CLAUSEN]

Snorre Sturlesens Norske Kongers Kronike.

1757 SEK 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 SEK 7,500.00
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