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- Auction Name
- The Odfjell Collection | Polar - History - Ornithology - Colour Plate Books
- Auction Date
- 12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
- Sale Number
- #120425
- Total Lots
- 112
- Sold Lots
- 92.0
- Lots Sold
- 82.14%
- Unsold Lots
- 20
- Total Sales (SEK)
- 6,121,620.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
- 3,424,200.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK)
- 4,870,000.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
- 4,615,700.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (SEK)
- 6,457,000.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 94.81%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.] | Aurora Australis |
1908 | SEK 700,000.00 - 900,000.00 | SEK 1,875,000.00 |
| 70 | SNORRE STURLASSON -- (MATTIS STORSSON) | Norske Kongers Kronicke oc bedrifft [...] |
1594 | SEK 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 | SEK 1,300,000.00 |
| 3 | ROALD AMUNDSEN | Sydpolen [ The South Pole] |
1912 | SEK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | SEK 425,000.00 |
| 28 | ERNEST SHACKLETON | The heart of the Antarctic |
+ SUPPLEMENT | SEK 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 | SEK 325,000.00 |
| 6 | AMUNDSEN & NANSEN | Fram over Polhavet [Farthest North] |
1897 | SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | SEK 162,500.00 |
| 60 | WILHELM MAXIMILLIAN CARPELAN | Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes Norvegiennes. |
1821-23 | SEK 160,000.00 - 220,000.00 | SEK 150,000.00 |
| 56 | ANDREAS SPARRMAN | Museum Carlsonianum [...] |
1786-89 | SEK 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | SEK 137,500.00 |
| 112 | JAMES JOYCE | Ulysses |
1922 | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 125,000.00 |
| 108 | Den Norske Turistforenings Arbog for 1868. FIRST YEARBOOK IN AN EXTREMELY RARE GIFT-BINDING |
c.1868 | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 106,250.00 | |
| 82 | [OLAUS MAGNUS] | Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus [...]. |
1555 | SEK 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | SEK 100,000.00 |
| 29 | [SHACKLETON] MURRAY & MARSTON | Antarctic Days |
1913 | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 87,500.00 |
| 83 | [OLAUS MAGNUS] | Historien, Der Mittnachtigen Lander [...] |
1667 | SEK 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 | SEK 76,250.00 |
| 33 | SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.] | The South Polar Times |
I-III1902-1911. | SEK 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | SEK 75,000.00 |
| 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 |
| 90 | KNUD LEEM | Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper [...] |
1767 | SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 55,000.00 |
| 18 | FRIDTJOF NANSEN | The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896 |
1900-05 | SEK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | SEK 55,000.00 |
| 92 | SOREN KIERKEGAARD | Enten -- Eller. [Either-Or], |
1843 | SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 55,000.00 |
| 7 | AMUNDSEN & JOHANSEN | Selv-Anden paa 86deg 14' [With Nansen in the North] |
1898 | SEK 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | SEK 55,000.00 |
| 58 | VON WRIGHT & LONNEBERG | Svenska faglar efter naturen [...] |
1924-1929] | SEK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 45,000.00 |
| 2 | ROALD AMUNDSEN | Sydpolen [ The South Pole] |
1912 | SEK 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 45,000.00 |
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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.
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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.