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NORWAY Ceded from Denmark to Sweden


D.F. Barry, Self-portrait with Rain-in-the-Face (detail), sepia-toned silver print, circa 1885, printed 1910s. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500. At auction March 31.


in 1814, and only independent since 1905, Norway has since ploughed a determinedly individual course, its economy fuelled by North Sea oil and tourists attracted by its breathtaking fjords (if not its breathtaking prices). The capital Oslo (population 580,000),


rebuilt by Christian IV after a devastating fire in 1624 and promptly renamed Christiania (only regaining its original name in 1925), is the auction hub, with Blomqvist and GWPA renowned for their sales of Norwegian artists, led by Edvard Munch.


Blomqvist Tordenskiolds gate 5 0160 Oslo tel +47 22 70 87 70 art@blomqvist.no www.blomqvist.no (Norwegian only)


Golden Cockerel Gospels, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931, one of only 12 on Roman vellum, this copy inscribed by Eric Gill to Leonard Woolf. Estimate $60,000 to $75,000. At auction April 7.


Founded in 1870, Blomqvist has


remained in family hands since 1930 and concentrates mainly on fine art, with six sales per year, including an annual Munch sale.


GWPA Gamle Logen Grev Wedels Plass 2 0151 Oslo tel +47 22 86 21 86 fax +47 22 33 38 65 post@gwpa.no www.gwpa.no


Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner was Immanuel Kant,


Critik der reinen Vernunft, Riga, 1781. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. At auction April 11.


AUCTIONS


Mar 31 Printed & Manuscript Americana Inquiries: Rick Stattler • rstattler@swanngalleries.com


Apr 7 Fine Books & Manuscripts Inquiries: Christine von der Linn • cvonderlinn@swanngalleries.com


Apr 11 Early Printed Books including Armenian Books Inquiries: Tobias Abeloff • tabeloff@swanngalleries.com


Apr 21 Autographs Inquiries: Marco Tomaschett • mtomaschett@swanngalleries.com


Apr 28 Old Master through Modern Prints Inquiries: Todd Weyman • tweyman@swanngalleries.com


104 East 25th Street • New York, NY 10010 • 212.254.4710 www.swanngalleries.com


Rembrandt, Self-portrait Frowning, Bust, etching, 1630.


Estimate $30,000 to $50,000. At auction April 28.


established in 1992 in the historic centre of Oslo. It describes itself as a “niche” auction house specialising in works by Edvard Munch (subject of an annual sale), and twice-yearly sessions devoted to Norwegian 19th and 20th century art (May/June and November/December).


*Lauritz.com: the Danish-based


internet auction firm also has a showroom in Oslo.


FINLAND Helsinki or Helsingfors (pop. 550,000)


was founded by Gustav I in 1550, but only took over as the capital (from Turku) in 1809, when Sweden ceded Finland to Russia. Finland did not regain its


independence until 1917, and lost part of Lapland and the easternmost slice of Karelia (of Sibelius and birchwood fame) to Russia after the Winter War of 1940. In


Founded by local dealer Wenzel


Hagelstam, there are two international auctions per year, usually in May and December, plus six other sales. Finnish pictures, design and Russian silver are mainstays.


Apollo Tehtaankatu 27 00150 Helsingfors tel +358 9 687 76 10 fax +358 9 687 76 120 apollo@apolloauctions.fi www.apollo.fi (Swedish/Finnish only)


Stage monthly auctions of varied content.


auction terms, there are no hard feelings – Russian goods figure prominently at sales staged by the city’s top two firms, Bukowksis and Hagelstams, and help offset both the hesitancy of local dealers, who sometimes prefer to buy in Sweden where prices can be cheaper, and native caginess about buying – or selling – at auction. “Once the Finns buy something, they


hang onto it for the rest of their lives!” jokes Hagelstam’s Mikael Schnitt. “They won’t sell it again because they’re scared the neighbours will think they’ve got problems!” Although Finnish design is renowned,


and Helsinki will be World Design Capital in 2012, it is not quite the saleroom strong point one might expect. Furniture, glass and lamps by the prolific Tapio Wirkkala are readily available, but you’re more likely to find Alvar Aalto in Stockholm or Copenhagen than Helsinki. Note that St Petersburg is only a


five-hour train ride away, and Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, a choppy two-hour ferry-trip across the Baltic.


Bukowskis Stora Robertsgatan 12 00120 Helsingfors tel +358 9 668 91 10 fax +358 9 612 12 66 bukowski@bukowski.fi www.bukowskis.com


Initially under the chairmanship


of Paul Hörhammer, Bukowskis have been operating in Helsinki since 1979, organising two major, 1100-lot auctions a year. Objects for sale include Finnish and foreign art, sculpture, antique furniture, silver, jewellery, glass, porcelain and design. Their more frequent Collector sales concentrate mainly on 19th and 20th century art.


Hagelstam Bulevardi 9A (2nd Floor) 00120 Helsingfors tel +358 9 687 79 90 hagelstam@hagelstam.fi www.hagelstam.fi


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