ALDE: The Library of Peter Obergfell iI - Precious Books about Mountains
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Library of Peter Obergfell iI - Precious Books about Mountains | Total Sales (EUR) | 280,046.00 |
| Auction Date | October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 108,630.00 |
| Sale Number | #100825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 145,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 247 | ||
| Sold Lots | 204.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 146,230.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.59% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 194,900.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 143.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | DUBOIS (Jean). | Souvenirs de la Suisse. |
vers 1860. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 16,250.00 |
| 50 | CARELLI DE ROCCA CASTELLO (Jacques). | Une ascension au Mont-Blanc en 1843. |
1843 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 12,500.00 |
| 38 | BOUILLE (Comte Fernand de). | Premiere ascension de l'Aiguille du Midi. |
1856 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 10,250.00 |
| 106 | GNIFETTI (Giovanni). | Nozioni topografiche del Monte Rosa ed ascensioni su di esso di Giovanni Gnifetti, paroco d'Alagna. |
1845 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 8,125.00 |
| 126 | JALABERT (Francois). | Vue du Prieure et de la vallee de Chamouni du cote du glacier des Bois Geneve, 1777. |
EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 6,250.00 | |
| 150 | MECHEL (Chretien de). | Vue perspective de la Vallee de Chamouni, du Mont-Blanc et des Montagnes adjacentes dans le Haut Faucigny en Savoie, ou l'on a indique la route qu'a tenue au mois d'Aout 1787 Mr. le Professeur de Saussure. |
1790 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 6,250.00 |
| 5 | AITKEN (Samuel). | Among the Alps : a narrative of personal experiences. |
1900 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,875.00 |
| 199 | SENONNES (Vicomte Alexandre de) et Edouard PINGRET. | Promenade sur le Lac Wallenstadt et dans le pays des Grisons. |
1827 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,750.00 |
| 33 | BERNUCCA (Francesco), LOSE (Friedrich) et LOSE (Carolina). | Viaggio pittorico e strorico al Monte Spluga. |
vers 1825. | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 40 | BOURRIT (Marc-Theodore). | Description des glacieres, glaciers & amas de glace du duche de Savoye. |
1773 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 226 | VALLINO (Domenico). | Album d'un alpinista. A Gressoney per Val d'Andorno. |
1877 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 51 | CARREL (Georges). | La vallee de Valtornenche en 1867. |
1868 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 4,250.00 |
| 241 | WHYMPER (Edward). | Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69. |
1871 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,250.00 |
| 136 | LORRIA (August) et Oscar ECKENSTEIN. | The Alpine Portfolio. The Pennine Alps, from the Simplon to the Great St. Bernard. |
[1889]. | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 4,000.00 |
| 8 | Alpine Club. | The Alpine Journal. |
1864-1945. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 17 | ATTENHOFER (sous la direction d'Adolf). | Skiing the international sport. |
1937 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 43 | BROCKEDON (William). | Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland and Germany. |
1828-1829. | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 118 | HELBRONNER (Paul). | Description geometrique detaillee des Alpes francaises. Annexe du tome II. Tour d'horizon complet du sommet du Mont-Blanc. |
1921 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,750.00 |
| 6 | ALBUM D'UN ALPINISTA. | Ricordi della Valtellina. |
1884 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 196 | SCHLAGINTWEIT (Adolph et Hermann) | Neue Untersuchungen uber die physicalische Geographie und die Geologie der Alpen. |
1854 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 160 | MOORE (Adolphus Warburton). | The Alps in 1864 : a private journal. |
1867 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,125.00 |
| 9 | ALTMANN (Johann Georg). | Versuch einer historischen und physischen Beschreibung der helvetischen Eisbergen. |
1751 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 113 | HAGUENTHAL (Elie). | Panorama des glaciers du Mont-Blanc. |
vers 1860. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 186 | ROBILANT (Esprit Benoit Nicolis de) | De l'utilite et de l'importance des voyages et des courses dans son propre pays. |
1790 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 230 | VALLOT (Joseph). | Annales de l'observatoire meteorologique du Mont-Blanc (altitude 4358 m). |
1893-1911. | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
