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Crafoord Auktioner: April Book Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | April Book Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 39,100.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 26, 2026 - April 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,181.00 |
| Sale Number | #4489 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 23,181.00 |
| Total Lots | 171 | ||
| Sold Lots | 128.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 37,428.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 74.85% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 37,428.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 104.47% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5021379 | Gosta Adrian Nilsson (1884-1965) | Gosta Adrian Nilsson av Nils Lindgren |
1949 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 3,910.00 |
| 5010115 | Erik Dahlberg (1625-1703) | Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna I-III med index |
1661-1715 | EUR 2,726.00 - 2,726.00 | EUR 3,506.25 |
| 5010235 | Augustinus i Hippo (354-430) | Liber epistolarum beati Augustini episcopi Hipponensis ecclesie |
1493 | EUR 2,181.00 - 2,181.00 | EUR 2,022.50 |
| 5006204 | Carl von Linne (1707-1778) | Wastgota Resa pa Riksens Hoglofelige Standers Befallning Forrattad ar 1746 |
1747 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 1,985.00 |
| 5035678 | Anders Berch; Aeschill Nordholm | Jamtelands djur-fange ... forestallt i ett snille-prof af Aeschill Nordholm, jamtlanninge |
1749 | EUR 1,091.00 - 1,091.00 | EUR 1,686.25 |
| 5025417 | August Quennerstedt (1837-1926) | Karolinska krigares dagbocker I-XII |
1901-1918 | EUR 873.00 - 873.00 | EUR 1,281.25 |
| 5027919 | Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758-1829) | Bref under resor i Sverige; Bref under nya resor i Sverige; Bref under senare resor i Sverige |
1797; 1806; 1816 | EUR 655.00 - 655.00 | EUR 1,146.25 |
| 4997976 | Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) | Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, forrattad Aren 1770-1779 |
1788-1793 | EUR 328.00 - 328.00 | EUR 1,146.25 |
| 5017869 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) | Verve Nos 29-30. Suite de 180 dessins de Picasso |
1954 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 1,078.75 |
| 5032063 | August Strindberg (1849-1912) | Ett handskrivet brev pa franska |
1904 | EUR 982.00 - 982.00 | EUR 1,012.50 |
| 5025901 | Hans Ottomeyer; Peter Proschel | Vergoldete Bronzen (I-II). Die Bronzen des Spatbarock und Klassizismus |
1986 | EUR 219.00 - 219.00 | EUR 917.50 |
| 5005492 | Tove Jansson (1914-2001) | Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och lilla My |
1952 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 883.75 |
| 5005318 | Tove Jansson (1914-2001) | Farlig midsommar |
1957 | EUR 88.00 - 88.00 | EUR 877.50 |
| 5005594 | Tove Jansson (1914-2001) | Mumintrollet Nr. 1 |
1957 | EUR 219.00 - 219.00 | EUR 836.25 |
| 5038228 | J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) | Hompen eller en resa Dit och Tillbaksigen |
1947 | EUR 219.00 - 219.00 | EUR 742.50 |
| 5017213 | Publius Naso Ovidius (43 f. Kr. - 18 e. Kr.) | Le metamorfosi di Ovidio ridotte da M. Gio. Andrea dall'Anguillara in ottaua rima, al christianissimo rè di Francia, Henrico secondo ; nuouamente di bellissime & vaghe figure adornate, & diligentemente corrette ; con l'annotationi di m. Gioseppe Horologg |
1592 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 633.75 |
| 4991168 | Biblia pa swensko 1540-1541 |
1935-1937 | EUR 219.00 - 219.00 | EUR 567.50 | |
| 5017700 | Derriere le Miroir 10 ans d'edition 1946-1956 |
1956 | EUR 219.00 - 219.00 | EUR 486.25 | |
| 5006369 | Henry Baker (1698-1774) | The Microscope Made Easy |
1743 | EUR 546.00 - 546.00 | EUR 472.50 |
| 5021100 | Wilhelm Freddie (1909-1995) | Freddie |
1945 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 471.25 |
| 5006286 | Tove Jansson (1914-2001) | Kometjakten |
1947 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 458.75 |
| 5032839 | Fritiof Nilsson Piraten; Sven Ljungberg | Historier fran Fars |
1955 | EUR 131.00 - 131.00 | EUR 432.50 |
| 5002282 | Abr. Abrah:son Hulphers (1734-1798) | Samlingar til en beskrifning ofwer Norrland. Fierde samlingen om Angermanland |
1780 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 357.50 |
| 5028520 | Harry Martinson (1904-1978) | Aniara. En revy om manniskan i tid och rum |
1956 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 351.25 |
| 4998490 | Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) | Tysk host |
1947 | EUR 110.00 - 110.00 | EUR 351.25 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000