Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale | Total Sales (SEK) | 8,183,272.50 |
| Auction Date | December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 4,336,767.03 |
| Sale Number | #120825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 5,264,945.05 |
| Total Lots | 260 | ||
| Sold Lots | 234.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 4,900,234.07 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 5,915,912.09 |
| Unsold Lots | 26 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 138.33% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6068 | MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-RAHMAN AL-JAZULI. | DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, FINE ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, dated 1210 (1795-96). |
SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 1,050,000.00 | |
| 6083 | HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803). | HAMILTON'S SPECTACULAR AND VERY RARE PLATE WORK ON VESUVIUS, Naples 1776-79. |
1779 | SEK 400,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 700,000.00 |
| 6090 | PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BAPTISTA. | GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI, THE ROMAN ANTIQUITY, Rome 1756, second state, 4 vols, provenance Horace Walpole, Gosta Stenman. |
SEK 450,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 675,000.00 | |
| 6153 | DE WIT, FREDERIK. | DE WIT'S RARE WALL-MAP OF AMERICA, 1672, New and accurate Americae tableau. |
1672, [or later]. | SEK 400,000.00 - 500,000.00 | SEK 437,500.00 |
| 6225 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT INSTEIN, 2 AUTOGRAFISCHE LETTEREN SIGNET TIL CHAIM HERMAN MUNTZ 1929. |
SEK 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | SEK 237,500.00 | |
| 6158 | THE SWEDISH TRENCHIER BOOK IN RARE FIRST EDITION, 1696. |
1696 | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 225,000.00 | |
| 6223 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ, med equationer, 1928-29. |
No date | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 218,750.00 |
| 6218 | WRIGHT, MAGNUS - WILHELM VON. | THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE VON WRIGHT BROTHERS SWEDISH FOGLARS, 1828-39, 2 vols. |
1828-1839 | SEK 199,978.02 - 249,967.03 | SEK 200,000.00 |
| 6069 | QURAN, ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, 19TH CENTURY. |
late 19th century, | SEK 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | SEK 181,250.00 | |
| 6222 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTERA SIGNATATO DA HERMAN MUNTZ, con equaciones relacionados a su trabajo, perche 1928-29. |
SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | SEK 181,250.00 | |
| 6116 | LOTTER, TOBIAS CONRAD. | COMPOSITE ATLAS, MOSTLY LOTTER AND HOMANN ETC., with 113 hand-coloured engraved maps. |
1730-50. | SEK 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | SEK 168,750.00 |
| 6260 | NAPOLEON I (NAPOLEON BONAPARTE) & CHARLES XIV - BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: | FINE COSWAY BINDING WITH MINIATURES OF NAPOLEON I and JEAN BAPTISTE BERNADOTTE WITH 10 SIGNED NAPOLEON AND BERNADOTTE DOCUMENTS from the Crawford Collection. |
SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 | SEK 156,250.00 | |
| 6226 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN NOVEMBER 1928. |
SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 143,750.00 | |
| 6227 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAFICO LETTERA AUTOGRAPHED A HERMAN MUNTZ IN THE LATE 1920'S. |
SEK 70,000.00 - 80,000.00 | SEK 137,500.00 | |
| 6228 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN 1927. |
SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 137,500.00 | |
| 6239 | DAGERMAN, STIG (1923-1954) | THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF STIG DAGERMAN'S IMPORTANT DEBUT SERPENT. as well as the printed original edition, both with dedication. |
SEK 119,989.01 - 149,978.02 | SEK 125,000.00 | |
| 6224 | ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). | ALBERT EINSTEIN, 3 AUTOGRAPH CARDS SIGNED TO HERMAN MUNTZ IN 1928-1929. |
SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 118,750.00 | |
| 6013 | MILLS, Nathaniel and John HICKS. | CARL CRONSTEDT'S ALMANAC OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR WITH HIS NOTES, ALMANACK NEW YORK, 1778, EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT. |
1778 | SEK 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | SEK 75,000.00 |
| 6123 | BLUE, G. (WILLEM). | BLAEU'S FAMOUS WORLD MAP, c. 1660. |
c.1660. | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 68,750.00 |
| 6024 | PANCKOUCKE, CHARLES JOSEPH/AGASSE, HENRI/AGASSE, THERESE CHARLOTTE (PUBLISHER). | ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE, CLASSIC WORK FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT, ca. 4000 plates, 1782-1804, 146 volumes. |
1782---1804. | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 62,500.00 |
| 6219 | (WRIGHT, WILHELM VON. | WRIGHT, FISHES OF SCANDINAVIA, 1836-1857, ORIGINAL EDITION WITH DEDICATION FROM C. J. SUNDEVALL TO J. E. GRAY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. |
1836-57. | SEK 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | SEK 62,500.00 |
| 6122 | BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON. | BLAEU, 15 SEA CHARTS from the French edition of PHALOT DES MER, 1619. |
1619 | SEK 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 | SEK 60,000.00 |
| 6151 | WAGHENAER, LUCAS JANSZOON. | RARE WAGHENAS SEA CHART OF EUROPE, C. 1600. |
1583 (but slightly later c.1600.] | SEK 35,000.00 - 40,000.00 | SEK 58,587.50 |
| 6072 | BAUER, JOHN (1882---1918). | JOHN BAUER. JOHN BAUER'S TROLL WITH 10 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS, 1910. |
1915 | SEK 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | SEK 53,297.50 |
| 6145 | SPEED, JOHN. | JOHN SPEED, FAMOUS WORLD MAP, 1651 [but 1676]. |
1676 | SEK 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 | SEK 50,437.50 |
