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Bukowskis: Japanese Prints and Works of Art - September Edition

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Auction Name Japanese Prints and Works of Art - September Edition Total Sales (SEK) 86,852.50
Auction Date September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) 92,542.00
Sale Number #F673 High Estimate of Lots Sold (SEK) 92,542.00
Total Lots 46
Sold Lots 29.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (SEK) 144,042.00
% of Lots Sold 63.04% High Estimate of All Lots (SEK) 144,042.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 60.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1661731 Toshi Yoshida (Japan, 1911-1995)

"Running"

SEK 3,832.00 - 3,832.00 SEK 6,257.50
1661711 Tsuchiya Koitsu (Japan, 1870-1949)

Godaido Shrine, Matsushima'.

SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 5,125.00
1653788 Taniguchi Kokyo (Japan, 1864-1915)

Taniguchi Kokyo, 'Spirit of the Heron Maiden'.

SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 5,000.00
1661039 Toyohara Kunichika (Japan, 1835-1900)

'Prince Mongaku with Fudo Myo-o, Kongara, and Seitaka Beneath the Nachi Waterfall'.

SEK 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 SEK 5,000.00
1661733 Joichi Hoshi (Japan, 1913-1979)

Red Trees

SEK 3,284.00 - 3,284.00 SEK 4,552.50
1661713 Kaoru Kawano (Japan, 1916-1965)

'Young Girl with Birds in Her Hair'

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 4,025.00
1661745 Joichi Hoshi (Japan, 1913-1979)

Winter Trees.

SEK 3,284.00 - 3,284.00 SEK 3,993.75
1661715 Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877-1945)

Sparrows in snow'.

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 3,750.00
1658577 Yoshimoto Masao,

"Fuji From Lake Ashi",

post 1951. SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 3,500.00
1645121 Ando Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797-1858)

"Inside the Shiba Shinmei Shrine"

ca 1850 SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 3,500.00
1661063

Six Japanese Shunga woodblock prints, late Edo,

around 1850. SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 3,500.00
1645163 Eishosai Choki (Japan, 1725-1795)

from ". . . saku juni tsui" (Twelve Scenes. . .)

c. 1780, SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 3,375.00
1658572 Haku Maki (Japan, 1924-2000)

three embossed woodblock prints, "Poem 70-79", "Poem 71-54", "Poem 71-58".

SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 2,750.00
1661714 Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, after (Japan, 1797-1858)

"Hara: View of Fuji and the Ashitaka Mountains"

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,750.00
1661718 Unidentified artist,

Shunga motif, Japan.

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1613714 Toyohara Chikanobu (Japan, 1838-1912)

Toyohara Chikanobu, "The Front of Chiyoda Palace - Chiyoda no On-omote - Hunting at Kokinbara".

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1624371 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1865)

"Wrestlers entering the stage in front of audience"

SEK 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1657899 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1865)

Moon at Genji's Villa (Genji besso no tsuki); The Battle of Ishibashiyama,

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1637933 Unidentified artists,

three shunga colour wood block prints from an album,

19th century. SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1661712 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892)

'Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo and Mionoya Shiro Kunitoshi battling on a beach'.

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1661054 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1865)

two albums, 'Monster cat eats humans',

1852 SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
1637357 Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, 1786-1865)

'Actor in the Role of Asakura Togo'.

SEK 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 SEK 2,500.00
1658555 Hiroshi Yoshida, after (Japan, 1876-1950)

Romon (Chion'in Temple gate),

second part of the 20th century. SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 2,125.00
1640959 Unidentified artist,

Mountain landscape with shrine, Japan, early 20th century.

SEK 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 1,875.00
1656275 Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877-1945)

"Two Mallard Ducks and the Moon"

SEK 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 SEK 1,625.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.