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Stockholms Auktionsverk: The Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale | Total Sales (SEK) | 12,860,931.04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 08, 2026 - June 08, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 4,712,132.78 |
| Sale Number | #60826 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) | 5,820,875.44 |
| Total Lots | 313 | ||
| Sold Lots | 252.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 5,631,885.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.51% | High Estimate of All Lots (SEK) | 6,916,811.09 |
| Unsold Lots | 61 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 185.94% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6299 | Linne Carl (1707-1778) | Autograph letter signed |
1737 | SEK 70,650.28 - 80,747.21 | SEK 1,877,145.73 |
| 6009 | Al-Jazuli Muhammad ibn Sulayman | Dala'il al-Khayrat |
1210 (1795-96) | SEK 100,931.66 - 151,388.08 | SEK 1,176,344.81 |
| 6298 | Linne Carl (1707-1778) | 2 autograph letters signed |
1756 | SEK 151,388.08 - 181,669.46 | SEK 901,028.05 |
| 6295 | Linne Carl (1707-1778) | 2 autograph letters signed |
1744; 1747 | SEK 131,203.63 - 151,388.08 | SEK 575,663.40 |
| 6300 | Linne Carl (1707-1778) | Autograph letter signed |
1764 | SEK 80,747.21 - 100,931.66 | SEK 538,118.59 |
| 6304 | Linnaeus Carl | Letter to Duchesne |
1762 | SEK 80,747.21 - 100,931.66 | SEK 538,118.59 |
| 6034 | Einstein Albert | Hamilton'sches Prinzip und einheitliche Feld-Theorie |
1929 | SEK 252,319.74 - 302,776.16 | SEK 537,561.05 |
| 6296 | Linne Carl (1707-1778) | 2 autograph letters signed |
1755 | SEK 131,203.63 - 151,388.08 | SEK 437,999.09 |
| 6301 | Linnaeus Carl | Letter to Nils Arvid Stenbock |
1775 | SEK 40,378.31 - 50,465.83 | SEK 325,376.51 |
| 6280 | Wright Magnus von; Wright Wilhelm von | Svenska foglar |
1828-1839 | SEK 252,319.74 - 302,776.16 | SEK 312,861.58 |
| 6303 | Linnaeus Carl | Letter to Lars Salvius |
1762 | SEK 50,465.83 - 60,562.76 | SEK 287,831.70 |
| 6008 | Bengtsson Frans G. | Rode Orm. Sjofarare i Vasterled |
1941-45 | SEK 201,853.91 - 252,319.74 | SEK 275,316.76 |
| 6033 | Einstein Albert | Autograph letter signed |
1928 | SEK 80,747.21 - 100,931.66 | SEK 237,771.95 |
| 6127 | Kant Immanuel | Critik der reinen Vernunft |
1781 | SEK 181,669.46 - 201,853.91 | SEK 187,724.06 |
| 6032 | Einstein Albert | Autograph letter |
1928 | SEK 25,237.62 - 30,281.38 | SEK 187,724.06 |
| 6010 | Qur'an |
late 19th century | SEK 30,281.38 - 40,378.31 | SEK 150,179.25 | |
| 6024 | Palander af Vega Louis | Mina Minnen |
Post-1915 | SEK 151,388.08 - 181,669.46 | SEK 150,179.25 |
| 6169 | Sparrman Anders (1748-1820) | Resa till Goda Hopps-Udden, sodra pol-kretsen och omkring jordklotet, samt till Hottentott- och Caffer-landen |
1783-1818 | SEK 121,116.11 - 151,388.08 | SEK 137,664.31 |
| 6151 | Andree Salomon August; Yon Louis-Gabriel | 11 Letters to Herman Wrangel and Gabriel Yon's contract regarding the balloon Svea |
1893 | SEK 40,378.31 - 50,465.83 | SEK 131,400.91 |
| 6199 | Nordenankar Johan | Sjo-atlas |
1789-1802 | SEK 100,931.66 - 151,388.08 | SEK 118,885.98 |
| 6071 | Pufendorf Samuel von | Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave roy de Svede |
1697 | SEK 30,281.38 - 40,378.31 | SEK 112,634.44 |
| 6286 | Linnaeus Carl von | Flora svecica |
1755 | SEK 12,120.08 - 15,140.69 | SEK 81,353.03 |
| 6007 | Jansson Tove (1914-2001) | Manuscript for radio theatre |
probably 1950s | SEK 30,281.38 - 35,325.14 | SEK 81,353.03 |
| 6123 | Shevchenko Taras | Kobzar |
1860 | SEK 60,562.76 - 70,650.28 | SEK 80,451.48 |
| 6006 | Jansson Tove (1914-2001) | The snus kingdom speaks out |
probably 1950s | SEK 30,281.38 - 40,378.31 | SEK 68,838.09 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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