Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Vega Expedition Collection
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Vega Expedition Collection | Total Sales (SEK) | 21,897,875.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | March 10, 2026 - March 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 2,895,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #31026 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 3,712,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 202 | ||
| Sold Lots | 202.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 2,895,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 3,712,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 589.79% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | LOUIS PALANDER'S DIARY FROM THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
N/A | SEK 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | SEK 4,437,500.00 | |
| 88 | THE DECK LOGBOOKS OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
N/A | SEK 796,800.00 - 996,000.00 | SEK 4,187,500.00 | |
| 67 | NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF ERIK and others. | THE PLANNING OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION - LOUIS PALANDER'S DOCUMENT COLLECTION. |
N/A | SEK 399,900.00 - 499,900.00 | SEK 3,500,000.00 |
| 14 | ENWALL,AXEL. | SVALBARD 1872 - EXCEPTIONAL PHOTO ALBUM WITH AXEL ENWALLS PICTURES. |
N/A | SEK 79,700.00 - 99,600.00 | SEK 1,375,000.00 |
| 6 | PALANDER, LOUIS. | SPITSBERGEXPEDITONEN 1872-73 - SIX VOLUMES OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND DIARIES. |
1872-1873 | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 750,000.00 |
| 301 | LOUIS PALANDERS FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE --- VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION. |
Circa1880-1920. | SEK 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | SEK 437,500.00 | |
| 4 | BUNK BEDS, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S LETTER TO ANNA PALANDER FROM NORDENSKIOLD'S EXPEDITION TO SVALBARD 1872-73. |
1872-1873 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 425,000.00 |
| 303 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS. |
1912 | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 425,000.00 |
| 2 | BUNK BEDS, LOUIS. | THE SPEARHEAD EXPEDITION OF 1868 - DIARY AND NOTES. |
1868 | SEK 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 387,500.00 |
| 1 | BUNK BEDS, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER WRITES TO HIS FUTURE WIFE FROM THE EXPEDITION TO SVALBARD IN 1868. |
1868 | SEK 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | SEK 300,000.00 |
| 26 | MEMORIAL HERBARIUM IN A BOOK-SHAPED BOX FROM SVALBARD 1872-73. |
N/A | SEK 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | SEK 262,500.00 | |
| 102 | NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF ERIK. | 12 LETTERS FROM A. E. NORDENSKIOLD TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
1880 | SEK 59,800.00 - 79,700.00 | SEK 250,000.00 |
| 279 | NANSEN, FRIDTJOF. | FRIDTJOF NANSEN'S LETTER TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT VEGA AND FORE. |
1913 | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 237,500.00 |
| 78 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S TELEGRAM TO THE WIFE DURING THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
2026-07-18 | SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | SEK 187,500.00 |
| 96 | PALANDER LOUIS. | PALANDER'S NOTES FOR POSITION DETERMINATIONS DURING THE VOYAGE AND EXPEDITION TO SVALBARD 1872-73. |
N/A | SEK 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | SEK 187,500.00 |
| 50 | BUNK BEDS, LOUIS. | PALANDER'S PORTRAIT OF CHUKTJER FROM THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
N/A | SEK 39,800.00 - 49,800.00 | SEK 175,000.00 |
| 70 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LETTER FROM LOUIS PALANDER DURING THE FIRST LEG OF THE VEGA EXPEDITION. |
1878 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 168,750.00 |
| 54 | LOUIS PALANDER IN POLAR SUIT - PHOTOGRAPH AT VEGAS ARRIVAL IN JAPAN. |
N/A | SEK 14,900.00 - 19,900.00 | SEK 162,500.00 | |
| 74 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S SECOND LETTER FROM THE FROZEN VEGA TO WIFE ANNA. |
1878 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 162,500.00 |
| 73 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S FIRST LETTER FROM THE FROZEN VEGA TO HIS WIFE ANNA. |
1878 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 156,250.00 |
| 98 | VEGAS RECEPTION IN STOCKHOLM - COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS. |
1878-79 | SEK 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | SEK 150,000.00 | |
| 296 | ANDREE, PP. AND. | LETTER FROM S. A. ANDREE TO LOUIS PALANDER ABOUT THE TIP MOUNTAIN EXPEDITION 1882-83. |
1918 | SEK 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | SEK 131,250.00 |
| 77 | PALANDER OF VEGA, LOUIS. | LOUIS PALANDER'S LETTER TO WIFE DURING VEGAS HOMECOMING - LARGER COLLECTION. |
1879 and 1880 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 125,000.00 |
| 119 | NORDENSKIOLD, A. E. | NORDENSKIOLDS THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA WITH DEDICATION TO LOUIS PALANDER. |
N/A | SEK 17,900.00 - 19,900.00 | SEK 112,500.00 |
| 278 | NANSEN, FRIDTJOF. | FRIDTJOF NANSEN'S LETTER TO LOUIS PALANDER ON POLAR ISSUES. |
N/A | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 112,500.00 |
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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.