Sep 3, 2021
The Nordic region's leading auction house stands for the market's highest results
Bukowskis, the leading auction house in the Nordic region continues to account for the market's leading results in Fine Art and quality auctions. During spring 2021, Bukowskis sold 7 of the 10 most expensive artworks on the auction market in the Nordic region, including the most expensive contemporary, modern and classic artwork. During the period, several collections were also successfully sold, and several world records have been achieved.
› Most expensive artwork in the Nordic region Helene Schjerfbeck, "Girl with a blue ribbon". Final price SEK 17,137,500. A new world record for a watercolour painting by the artist.
› Most expensive Swedish classic artwork in the Nordic region Carl Fredrik Hill, "The tree and the river bend". Final price SEK 11,270,000.
› Most expensive modern artwork in the Nordic region Erik Olson, "Carré Rouge (Red Square)". Final price SEK 8,427,800.
› Most expensive contemporary artwork in the Nordic region Antony Gormley, "STATION XIII". Final price SEK 4,620,255.
› Most expensive work of art in the Nordic region chandelier rococo. Final price SEK 7,962,500.
› Most expensive Asian work of art in the Nordic region Buddha, Standing Avalokiteshvara, bronze. Final price SEK 4,716,250.
› New world record for the design duo Alexis Verstraeten & Pauline Montironi, Armchair "Miss Flamingo". Final price SEK 540,800.
› New world record Tove Jansson, "Erottajanmäki", Final price 1,420,000 SEK.
Highlights Art
682
Carl Larsson
"Vet du vad? Var god och glad!" / "Esbjörn led" / "Grolle nicht" (Esbjörn sulking).
Hammer price
3 000 000 SEK
Estimate
3 000 000 - 4 000 000 SEK
580
Carl Larsson
"Leontine, naken vid stranden" (Leontine, nude by the beach).
Hammer price
1 300 000 SEK
Estimate
1 500 000 - 2 000 000 SEK
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562
Helene Schjerfbeck
"Marta dansande (Svart kjol)" (Marta dancing [Black skirt] ).
Hammer price
3 750 000 SEK
Estimate
3 000 000 - 4 000 000 SEK
604
Carl Fredrik Hill
Trädet och flodkröken (The tree and the river bend, landscape from Bois-le-Roi/Brolles, France).
Hammer price
9 200 000 SEK
Estimate
8 000 000 - 10 000 000 SEK
778
Carl Larsson
"På parkett" / "Parterre" / "Trädgård med lekande barn".
Hammer price
2 000 000 SEK
Estimate
2 200 000 - 2 500 000 SEK
754
Carl Fredrik Hill
”Landskap med fruktträd” (Landscape with fruit trees).
Hammer price
2 800 000 SEK
Estimate
3 000 000 - 4 000 000 SEK
664
Helene Schjerfbeck
"Girl with Blue Ribbon".
Hammer price
14 250 000 SEK
Estimate
2 500 000 - 3 000 000 SEK
672
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
"Handbollsspelare".
Hammer price
2 000 000 SEK
Estimate
1 500 000 - 2 000 000 SEK
675
Otto G Carlsund
Sketch for a mural painting for a dining room.
Hammer price
1 800 000 SEK
Estimate
800 000 - 1 000 000 SEK
498
Waldemar Lorentzon
"Tennisspelare" / "The tennis players".
Hammer price
3 050 000 SEK
Estimate
1 200 000 - 1 500 000 SEK
452
Andy Warhol
"Indian Head Nickel", from: "Cowboys & Indians".
Hammer price
400 000 SEK
Estimate
400 000 - 500 000 SEK
401
Olafur Eliasson
"Your blue expectations".
Hammer price
1 450 000 SEK
Estimate
1 200 000 - 1 500 000 SEK
439
David Hockney
"Contrejour in the French Style".
Hammer price
750 000 SEK
Estimate
150 000 - 175 000 SEK
388
Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
"Whale in Armchair" from "Worship".
Hammer price
1 900 000 SEK
Estimate
600 000 - 800 000 SEK
Highlights Photography
186
David LaChapelle
"Negative Currency, 1 Yuan used as Negative", 2010.
Hammer price
210 000 SEK
Estimate
200 000 - 225 000 SEK
148
Terry O'Neill
"Faye Dunaway, Hollywood, 1977".
Hammer price
280 000 SEK
Estimate
125 000 - 150 000 SEK
150
Nick Brandt
"Elephant Against Sky, Amboseli 2011".
Hammer price
205 000 SEK
Estimate
150 000 - 175 000 SEK
Highlights Sculptures
700
Carl Milles
"Paulus bländas" (St. Paul on the road to Damascus).
Hammer price
540 000 SEK
Estimate
500 000 - 600 000 SEK
676
Carl Milles
"Europa och tjuren" (Europa and the bull).
Hammer price
135 000 SEK
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
Highlights Works of Art
74
A highly important and rare Louis XV silvered brass
five-light chandelier attributed to Pierre Boulanger,
Paris c 1750.
Hammer price
6 500 000 SEK
Estimate
500 000 - 600 000 SEK
136
A Swedish Baroque parcel-gilt silver tankard,
mark of Hans Richter, Stockholm (1661-1695 (1711-)), before 1689.
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
Estimate
75 000 - 90 000 SEK
121
A pair if Swedish porphyry urns,
late Gusavian early 19th century.
Hammer price
270 000 SEK
Estimate
300 000 - 400 000 SEK
53
A pair of Gustavian armchairs by E Öhrmark (working 1777-1813) and Jean Baptiste Masreliez (1753-1801).
Hammer price
65 000 SEK
Estimate
35 000 - 40 000 SEK
100
A Swedish Rococo bracket clock by Petter Ernst (1753-84).
Hammer price
125 000 SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
146
A Baltic Baroque parcel-gilt silver tankard,
mark of Johann Gerorg Eben, Riga (1703-1710 (1713)).
Hammer price
115 000 SEK
Estimate
80 000 - 100 000 SEK
70
A Royal pair of late Gustavian stools by,
Erik Öhrmark and Pehr Ljung after design by Louis Masreliez, late 18th century.
Hammer price
60 000 SEK
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
19
A Gustavian late 18th century commode N. Korp.
Hammer price
140 000 SEK
Estimate
80 000 - 120 000 SEK
94
A large late Gustavian two-light girandole mirror,
late 18th century attributed to P Ljung.
Hammer price
95 000 SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
137
A Baltic early 18th century silver dish,
mark of Christoffer I. Mansfeld, Reval (1682-1710).
Hammer price
65 000 SEK
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
126
A Baroque 18th century tortoiseshell and antler veneered casket.
Hammer price
130 000 SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
103
A French Louis XV gilt bronze clock by Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807).
Hammer price
85 000 SEK
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
Highlights Asian Works of Art
951
A Chinese coloured jadeit sculpture,
20th Century.
Hammer price
110 000 SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
939
A Sino-Tibetan copper alloy of Rksavaktra Dakini,
late 18th Century, circa 1800.
Hammer price
75 000 SEK
Estimate
75 000 - 100 000 SEK
865
A standing cold pilt and lacquered bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara possibly Korea.
Hammer price
3 800 000 SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
1033
A blue and white lotus dish,
Qing dynasty with Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722).
Hammer price
75 000 SEK
Estimate
16 000 - 20 000 SEK
1004
A pair of yellow ground famille rose dishes,
Qing dynasty, with Guangxu mark and period, circa 1900.
Hammer price
135 000 SEK
Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1029
A blue and white jar,
Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).
Hammer price
50 000 SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
899
A rare blue and white lobed bowl,
Ming dynasty, 16th Century.
Hammer price
155 000 SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
850
A bronze figure of a crowned buddha,
Tibet, 14th Century.
Hammer price
230 000 SEK
Estimate
200 000 - 300 000 SEK
887
A blanc de chine figure of Guanyin and a servant,
Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Hammer price
115 000 SEK
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
998
A '100 antiques' famille rose vase,
Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Hammer price
185 000 SEK
Estimate
30 000 - 50 000 SEK
851
A gold lacquered bronze figure of Bodhisattva,
Ming dynasty, mid 15th Century.
Hammer price
420 000 SEK
Estimate
75 000 - 100 000 SEK
848
A large blue and white and iron red vase,
Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Hammer price
135 000 SEK
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
1045
A large rectangular blue and white flower pot,
Qing dynasty, 18th Century.
Hammer price
250 000 SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
882
A pair of Transitional Wucai jars,
17th Century.
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 70 000 SEK
935
An album with 16 pages in the style of Wen Zhengming (1470–1559),
Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Hammer price
330 000 SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
871
A copper alloy tripod censer,
Qing dynasty (1664-1912).
Hammer price
340 000 SEK
Estimate
4 000 - 6 000 SEK
854
A cold gilt copper alloy figure of eight armed Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara,
late Ming dynasty.
Hammer price
65 000 SEK
Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
888
A group of three nephrite placques,
late Qing dynasty.
Hammer price
115 000 SEK
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
Highlights Design
112
Hans Hedberg
A monumental faience sculpture of an orange, Biot, France.
Hammer price
350 000 SEK
Estimate
350 000 - 400 000 SEK
116
Hans Hedberg
A large faience sculpture of an apple, Biot, France.
Hammer price
320 000 SEK
Estimate
200 000 - 250 000 SEK
311
Axel Einar Hjorth
A stained pine "Lovö" cabinet, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.
Hammer price
190 000 SEK
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
276
Otto Wretling
Attributed to, a pair of Art Nouveau carved pine easy chairs,
Hammer price
155 000 SEK
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
315
Axel Einar Hjorth
A stained pine "Utö" table, Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.
Hammer price
340 000 SEK
Estimate
150 000 - 200 000 SEK
135
Axel Salto
A "Sung" glazed fruit-shaped stoneware vase, model 20818, ca 1946.
Hammer price
185 000 SEK
Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
309
Axel Einar Hjorth
A stained pine easy chair "Utö", Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1930's.
Hammer price
135 000 SEK
Estimate
35 000 - 40 000 SEK
419
Ib Kofod-Larsen
A pair of teak and cognac coloured leather "Sälen" chairs, for Olof Perssons Fåtöljindustri (OPE), Sweden, 1950-60's.
Hammer price
170 000 SEK
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
139
Pablo Picasso
A "Visage de femme" faience dish, Vallauris, Madoura, France post 1953, A.R 220.
Hammer price
165 000 SEK
Estimate
100 000 - 125 000 SEK
Highlights Carpets and Textiles
225
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
A carpet, "Ängarna", knotted pile, ca 325,5-327 x 222,5-227 cm, signed AB MMF.
Hammer price
130 000 SEK
Estimate
60 000 - 80 000 SEK
235
Barbro Nilsson
A carpet, "Gyllenrutan", knotted pile in relief, ca 381,5 x 259,5-269 cm, signed AB MMF BN.
Hammer price
270 000 SEK
Estimate
80 000 - 120 000 SEK
230
Marianne Richter
A carpet, "Fläkten", knotted pile, ca 497-498,5 x 367-372 cm, signed AB MMF MR.
Hammer price
320 000 SEK
Estimate
250 000 - 300 000 SEK
252
Marianne Richter
A carpet, "Kattegatt", flat weave, ca 311,5-313,5 x 245-248 cm, signed AB MMF MR.
Hammer price
175 000 SEK
Estimate
175 000 - 200 000 SEK
254
Sigvard Bernadotte
A carpet, flat weave, ca 512-515 x 247-253 cm, signed SB.
Hammer price
220 000 SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 70 000 SEK
308
A rug,
antique Kerman Laver figural, ca 209,5-211 x 131-133,5 cm.
Hammer price
75 000 SEK
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
293
A carpet,
a semi-antique silk Kashan figural, ca 309-310 x 204,5-207 cm.
Hammer price
75 000 SEK
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
267
Embroidered panels,
4 pcs., wool on wool, ca 186-190,5 x 131,5-137 cm per piece, probably England 18th century.
Hammer price
230 000 SEK
Estimate
50 000 - 70 000 SEK
297
A carpet,
a semi-antique Kashan, a so called Dabir, ca 383,5-387,5 x 269,5-275 cm.
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
Highlights Jewellery
369
A tiara/necklace combination by Hugo Strömdahl in 18K white gold set with old- and rose-cut diamonds.
Hammer price
95 000 SEK
Estimate
75 000 - 100 000 SEK
438
A Björn Weckström necklace "The living wall".
Hammer price
185 000 SEK
Estimate
175 000 - 200 000 SEK
435
A platinum and 18K gold ring set with a faceted sapphire.
Hammer price
90 000 SEK
Estimate
110 000 - 130 000 SEK
Highlights Watches
15
Jaeger-LeCoultre,
Odysseus Triple Calendar Moonphase.
Hammer price
40 000 SEK
Estimate
15 000 - 25 000 SEK
