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Crafoord Auktioner: May Book Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | May Book Auction | Total Sales (EUR) | 40,350.38 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 31, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,520.20 |
| Sale Number | #4753 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 9,520.20 |
| Total Lots | 178 | ||
| Sold Lots | 127.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 13,710.98 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.35% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 13,710.98 |
| Unsold Lots | 51 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 294.29% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5116552 | Rouveyre Andre (1879-1962); Matisse Henri (1869-1954) | Repli |
1947 | Not Available | EUR 3,838.58 |
| 5095596 | Fries B. F.; Ekstrom C- U.; Roman A. | Tidskrift for jagare och naturforskare |
1832-1834 | Not Available | EUR 3,094.58 |
| 5103022 | Artistes libres |
1950 | EUR 462.68 - 462.68 | EUR 2,008.80 | |
| 5109421 | Matisse Henri (1869-1954) | Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire. Vol. IV no. 13 |
1945 | EUR 462.68 - 462.68 | EUR 1,388.03 |
| 5113617 | Lagerlof Selma (1858-1940) | Marbacka |
1929 | EUR 110.94 - 110.94 | EUR 1,139.25 |
| 5120444 | Keats John (1795-1821); Anning Bell Robert (1863-1933) | Poems |
1897 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 1,090.43 |
| 5079708 | Ogilby John; Kircher Athanus | An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces |
1673 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 1,090.43 |
| 5099120 | Linne Carl von (1707-1778) | Caroli Linnaei entomologia faunae suecicae descriptionibus |
1789 | EUR 462.68 - 462.68 | EUR 990.45 |
| 4972944 | Toudouze Gustave; Leloir Maurice | Le Roy Soleil |
1904 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 985.80 |
| 5095744 | Soderberg Hjalmar (1869-1941) | Martin Bircks ungdom |
1901 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 892.80 |
| 5092697 | Bartlett Edward (1836-1908); Frowhawk F. W. | A Monograph of the Weaver-Birds, Ploceidae, and Arboreal and Terrestrial Finches, Fringillidae |
1888 | EUR 369.80 - 369.80 | EUR 792.83 |
| 5124393 | Loccenius Johannes (1598-1677) | Historiae Svecanae; Antiqvitatum Sveo-Gothicarum |
1676 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 744.00 |
| 5109510 | Verve. An artistic and literary quarterly. No. 3 |
1938 | EUR 277.78 - 277.78 | EUR 744.00 | |
| 5113508 | Lagerlof Selma (1858-1940) | Ett barns memoarer |
1930 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 718.43 |
| 5109737 | Derriere le Miroir |
1948-1955 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 664.95 | |
| 5109192 | Ovidius (43 f. Kr. - 18 e. Kr.); Salto Axel (1889-1961) | Forvandlingerne af Publius Ovidius Naso |
1918 | EUR 46.44 - 46.44 | EUR 648.68 |
| 5121588 | Avedon Richard (1923-2004) | Nastassja Kinski and The Serpent |
1988 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 553.35 |
| 5036485 | Kallstrom Olle; Hernmarck Carl; Stavenow Ake; Munthe Gustaf; Andren Erik; Bengtsson Bengt | Svenskt silversmide 1520-1850 |
1941-1963 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 483.60 |
| 5058499 | Bauer John (1882-1918) | John Bauer. Trettio bilder i mezzotypi till ett urval sagor ibland Tomtar och Troll aren 1907-1915 |
1918 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 446.40 |
| 5121539 | Wastfelt Berit;Gyllensvard Bo;Weibull Jorgen | Ostindiefararen Gotheborgs porslinslast |
1990 | EUR 32.68 - 32.68 | EUR 434.78 |
| 5076937 | Lo-Johansson Ivar; Ljungberg Sven | Ordets makt. Historien om spraket |
1982 | EUR 46.44 - 46.44 | EUR 434.78 |
| 5042984 | Sadeler Raphael D.A (1560-1628); Sadeler Raphael D.Y (1584-1630) | Bavaria Sancta |
1615 | EUR 184.90 - 184.90 | EUR 411.53 |
| 5058492 | Brusewitz Gunnar (1904-2004) | Dagbok fran en sjo |
1996 | EUR 92.88 - 92.88 | EUR 372.00 |
| 5076963 | Rudbeck Olof d. y. | Fogelboken |
1985-1986 | EUR 73.96 - 73.96 | EUR 372.00 |
| 5076938 | Lo-Johansson Ivar (1901-1990); Ljungberg Sven (1913-2010) | Furstarna. En kronika fran Gustav Vasa till Karl XII |
1979 | EUR 46.44 - 46.44 | EUR 365.03 |
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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. -
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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