Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Vega Expedition Collection, 31026, Stockholm
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 10, 2026 - March 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | THE DECK LOGBOOKS OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
N/A | SEK 796,800.00 - 996,000.00 | SEK 4,187,500.00 | ||
| 89 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | ACCOUNTS OF THE CREW OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
1878-79. | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 60,000.00 | |
| 90 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | SPEECH BY LOUIS PALANDER TO KSSS AT THE RETURN OF VEGAS FLAG. |
N/A | SEK 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | SEK 3,000.00 | |
| 91 | NORDENSKIOLD, ANNA. | TWO LETTERS FROM ANNA NORDENSKIOLD TO ANNA PALANDER AF VEGA AND LOUIS PALANDER AF VEGA. |
N/A | SEK 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | SEK 3,500.00 | |
| 92 | DOCUMENTS RELATING TO VEGA DURING AND AFTER THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
Stockholm | 1879 and 1915 | SEK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | SEK 2,250.00 | |
| 93 | DICKSON, OSCAR. | OSCAR DICKSON'S LETTER TO LOUIS PALANDER REGARDING VEGA. |
Yokosuka | 1879 | SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | SEK 27,500.00 |
| 94 | LETTERS, LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS TO LOUIS PALANDER RECEIVED DURING VEGAS REPATRIATION 1879-1880 - LARGER COLLECTION. |
Gothenburg | 1880 and 1880 | SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 10,000.00 | |
| 96 | PALANDER LOUIS. | PALANDER'S NOTES FOR POSITION DETERMINATIONS DURING THE VOYAGE AND EXPEDITION TO SVALBARD 1872-73. |
Yokohama, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Rome, Copenhagen, Stockholm and other localities. | N/A | SEK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 187,500.00 |
| 97 | BOVE, GIACOMO. | FAKE NEWS AT VEGAS NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN THE ICE 1878-79. |
Circa1869-1879. | SEK 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | SEK 7,500.00 | |
| 98 | VEGAS RECEPTION IN STOCKHOLM - COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS. |
1878-79 | SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | SEK 150,000.00 | ||
| 99 | VEGAS HOMECOMING - LARGER COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS FROM PALANDER'S ARCHIVES. |
between March 23, | 1880 | SEK 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | SEK 12,500.00 | |
| 100 | LARSSON, CARL et al. | MENUS AND TICKETS FROM THE VEG FESTIVITIES. |
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Oslo, Tromso, Singapore, Paris, London, Madrid and many other localities | 1880 and 1882 | SEK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 7,500.00 |
| 101 | RARE EPHEMERAL TOUCHING VEGA, including Board games over the Northeast Passage, 1879. |
Naples, Stockholm, Uppsala and Karlskrona | 1880 | SEK 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | SEK 9,375.00 | |
| 102 | NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF ERIK. | 12 LETTERS FROM A. E. NORDENSKIOLD TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
Stockholm, | 1880 | SEK 59,800.00 - 79,700.00 | SEK 250,000.00 |
| 103 | HOVGAARD, ANDREAS. | THE DANISH VEGAN MAN'S LETTER TO PALANDER. |
Rome, Stockholm and Ragnhildsborg | 1880-1881 | SEK 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | SEK 12,500.00 |
| 104 | VEGAMEN'S PENSIONS --- LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. |
Korvetten Heimdal and Copenhagen (others) | 1880-1910 | SEK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | SEK 4,750.00 | |
| 105 | SMALANNING, C. J. | LETTER FROM VEGAS CREW ABOUT CONTINUED WORK AND EXPEDITIONS. |
Stockholm, Karlskrona, Yxnaberga, Smedby, Lake Bay and other localities | Circa1911-1920. | SEK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | SEK 3,250.00 |
| 106 | KJELLMAN, FRANS. | LETTER FROM VEGAS BOTANIST FRANS KJELLMAN. |
Stockholm | 1882 | SEK 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | SEK 25,000.00 |
| 107 | BRUSEWITZ, ERIK. | LETTER FROM SEKOND ERIK BRUSEWITZ ABOUT THE SURRENDER OF VEGA. |
Uppsala and Stockholm | 1880-1882 | SEK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | SEK 12,500.00 |
| 108 | OSCARS II. | RESOLUTION SIGNED BY OSKAR II ON PALANDER'S PENSION AFTER THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
Gothenburg and Stockholm | 1880 and 1882 | SEK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | SEK 2,750.00 |
| 109 | PARENT, EUGENIO. | LETTER FROM EUGENIO PARENT TO LOUIS PALANDER. |
Stockholm Castle | 1880 | SEK 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | SEK 1,250.00 |
| 110 | DAHLGREN, E. W. | LETTER FROM E.W. DAHLGREN ON THE PUBLICATION OF NORDENSKIOLD'S VEGASKILDRING. |
Spezia and Rome | 1880 and 1880 | SEK 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | SEK 1,500.00 |
| 111 | THE CELEBRATION OF VEGAMINET - MAJOR COLLECTION, FROM 1905 TO CIRCA 1930. |
Stockholm | 1881 and 1881 | SEK 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | SEK 4,000.00 | |
| 112 | NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF ERIK. | LETTER FROM A. E. NORDENSKIOLD TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT VEGAS TRIP AND ABOUT DE LONGS JEANETTE. |
1905 -1930 | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 25,000.00 | |
| 113 | NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF ERIK. | LETTER FROM A. E. NORDENSKIOLD TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT VEGAMANNEN JORGEN HAUGAN. |
Stockholm | 1881-1882 | SEK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 5,000.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.