Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Lot 55: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Lot 55: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker includes five signed letters from Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker to Dr. James Croll and a photograph signed by Hooker. These letters date from November 25, 1883 to April 6, 1884. The letters is a part of series of questions and answers that begin with Hooker commenting on articles written by Croll.
The letters are an interesting capture of correspondence about Antarctica when the knowledge of the continent was still very minimal. This includes Hooker mentioning that they cannot even really call it a continent because as to their current knowledge they had only encountered the ice sheets and small islands. Hooker's comments were drawn from his personal experience in the Antarctic as a botanist on Sir James Clark Ross's Erebus expedition of 1839-1843.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker is not exactly a key figure in Antarctic history, but the expedition he was on was. The Erebus expedition is credited with being the first expedition to really prove the Southern continent existed and chart part of the coastline.
This lot is being auction off on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale. The estimated value is £2,500 - £3,500 ($3,875 - $5,425).
Monday, August 30, 2010
Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Lot 54: Lloyd Howland
Lot 54: Lloyd Howland (fl.1815-1826) includes Some of the South Shetland Islands From actual observations by L. Howland Year 1819 and Journal of a Voyage From Canton to Chili Kept on board of the Osprey by Loyd Howland. These items relate to time period around the discovery of the actual Antarctic continent in 1820. While they are not about the Antarctic mainland, the South Shetland Islands are Antarctic islands.
Lloyd Howland's drawings of the South Shetland Islands are some of the earliest depictions (if not first!) of Antarctic land, as the drawings are dated 1819 around when the islands were discovered. The drawings have the date of 1819 on them, but are actually probably from 1820-1822 when Lloyd Howland is known to have been in the area.
The drawings are being sold with a Journal of a Voyage From Canton to Chili Kept on board of the Osprey by Loyd Howland, which chronicles the whaling voyage of 1820-1822 during which the drawings were probably done. The book also chronicles other whaling voyages including ones from 1824-1826 and an earlier 1815 expedition.
This lot is being auction off on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale. The estimated value is £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,200 - $9,300).
Lloyd Howland's drawings of the South Shetland Islands are some of the earliest depictions (if not first!) of Antarctic land, as the drawings are dated 1819 around when the islands were discovered. The drawings have the date of 1819 on them, but are actually probably from 1820-1822 when Lloyd Howland is known to have been in the area.
The drawings are being sold with a Journal of a Voyage From Canton to Chili Kept on board of the Osprey by Loyd Howland, which chronicles the whaling voyage of 1820-1822 during which the drawings were probably done. The book also chronicles other whaling voyages including ones from 1824-1826 and an earlier 1815 expedition.
This lot is being auction off on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale. The estimated value is £4,000 - £6,000 ($6,200 - $9,300).
Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Lot 30: Captain James Cook (1728-1779)
Lot 30: Captain James Cook (1728-1779) is a complete set of First Editions of Cook's Voyages. This is a ten volume set of books about Cook's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd voyages. This lot is only sort of related to Antarctica, as Cook never did make it to Antarctica. In fact Antarctica was not even discovered until over 40 years after his death. However, his first two voyages had the main goal of trying to find Terra Australis Incognita (i.e. the southern continent that Aristotle hypothesized about in the 1st century).
The volumes on the 1st voyage are called An Account of the Voyages undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. This is a three volume set by John Hawkesworth. The set is a First Edition Early Release.
The 2nd voyage volumes are called A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world ... in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. This is also a three volume set, although only two are text and one is an atlas volume. This set is by James Cook and is First Edition.
The 3rd voyage volumes are called A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere (this voyage does not related to looking for Terra Australis Incognita, but rather a Northwest Passage). This is a four volume set (3 text, 1 atlas) by James Cook and Captain James King. It is also a First Edition.
The complete set of Cook's Voyages is being auction off on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale. The estimated value is £15,000 - £25,000 ($23,250 - $38,750).
The volumes on the 1st voyage are called An Account of the Voyages undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. This is a three volume set by John Hawkesworth. The set is a First Edition Early Release.
The 2nd voyage volumes are called A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world ... in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. This is also a three volume set, although only two are text and one is an atlas volume. This set is by James Cook and is First Edition.
The 3rd voyage volumes are called A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere (this voyage does not related to looking for Terra Australis Incognita, but rather a Northwest Passage). This is a four volume set (3 text, 1 atlas) by James Cook and Captain James King. It is also a First Edition.
The complete set of Cook's Voyages is being auction off on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale. The estimated value is £15,000 - £25,000 ($23,250 - $38,750).
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Lot 29: Sydney Parkinson
Lot 69: Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) is for a second edition copy of A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, In His Majesty's Ship The Endeavour. This one is kind of a stretch to say it is Antarctic related, but I think it has kind of an interesting connection to Antarctic history despite having no real connection to Antarctica. The journal was published based on Sydney Parkinson's papers from his time with James Cook's Endeavour Expedition (he died in 1771 before the expedition returned to England).
While Sydney Parkinson and the Endeavour never made it to Antarctica, part of the expedition's goal was to find Terra Australis Incognita. Ever since the 1st century there had been an idea that there was a big southern landmass, but no one had ever been to it. The Endeavour expedition did at points go into the Antarctic circle, but it happened to go farthest south where the continent did not come up as far. In fact by the time Antarctica was discovered in 1820 the whole idea of Terra Australis Incognita had been widely abandoned and Australia got its name as being the closest thing to the mythical southern continent.
The copy of the journal going up for auction on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale is part of the Second Edition run of the book. The second edition is actually rarer than the first and also has much more in it. This edition includes early summaries of Cook's second (also involved looking for Terra Australis Incognita) and third voyages (involved looking for Northwest Passage). This copy is valued at £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,650 - $7,750).
Part of the journal is available to read on WikiSource here, but only the early sections.
While Sydney Parkinson and the Endeavour never made it to Antarctica, part of the expedition's goal was to find Terra Australis Incognita. Ever since the 1st century there had been an idea that there was a big southern landmass, but no one had ever been to it. The Endeavour expedition did at points go into the Antarctic circle, but it happened to go farthest south where the continent did not come up as far. In fact by the time Antarctica was discovered in 1820 the whole idea of Terra Australis Incognita had been widely abandoned and Australia got its name as being the closest thing to the mythical southern continent.
The copy of the journal going up for auction on September 22, 2010 as part of Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale is part of the Second Edition run of the book. The second edition is actually rarer than the first and also has much more in it. This edition includes early summaries of Cook's second (also involved looking for Terra Australis Incognita) and third voyages (involved looking for Northwest Passage). This copy is valued at £3,000 - £5,000 ($4,650 - $7,750).
Part of the journal is available to read on WikiSource here, but only the early sections.
Christie's Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale Set for September 22, 2010
The other day I posted about some items from Scott's final expedition being sold at auction in September 2010. Since then I have been looking at the auction house's website and realized it is just part of a larger themed sale called Exploration and Travel with the Polar Sale (Sale #7869). The sale is full of some interesting items related to polar travel and exploration. Part of it is not related to Antarctica, as the Arctic is represented, but the majority is Antarctica related things.
I have been bored lately, so for something interesting to do I plan to do a series of posts about the people and items that are part of the sale. Below is an outline of the lots related to Antarctica. I will turn them into links to my posts related to the lots as I do them.
Lot 29: Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) - A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, In His Majesty's Ship The Endeavour
Lot 30: Captain James Cook (1728-1779) - A Complete Set of First Editions of Cook's Voyages
Lot 54: Lloyd Howland (fl. 1815-1826) - Some of the South Shetland Islands From actual observations by L. Howland Year 1819
Lot 55: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) - Five autograph letters signed to Dr James Croll 25 November 1883 - 6 April 1884 about the Arctic and Antarctic
Lot 56: Erich Dagobert Von Drygalski (1865-1949, Editor) - Complete Series of Official Reports from 1901 to 1903 German Government Sponsored Expedition to Antarctica
Lot 57: William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) - Report on the Work of the Scottish National Expedition, A Naturalist at the Poles by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, and 5 Volumes out of 8 of Scottish National Antarctic Expedition's Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y. 'Scotia'
Lot 58: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Autograph manuscript logs of Royds' service on H.M.S. Victory, Immortalité, Australia, Anson, Barfleur, Cruiser, Victory (a second time) and Martin, 1 August 1892 - 14 September 1896
Lot 59: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Three "Notices" from Discovery expedition, two portraits of Royds in uniform, and various letters to Royds
Lot 60: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Drawings Tilted Berg seen off the Ice Barrier, Jan. 25th, 1902 and Tabular Berg, Feb 7 1902
Lot 61: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Drawings Tilted Bergs off the Barrier, Jan. 25th 1902, Grooved & Muddy Berg off the Eastern end of Barrier Lat 78°-18's Long 162°-26'W Jan 29th 1902
Lot 62: George Robert Milne Murray (1858-1911, editor) - First Edition of The Antarctic Manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 edited by... Murray... with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham... Presented to the Expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society
Lot 63: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of False Bay, South Africa, Oct. 1901. (done as part of Antarctic expedition)
Lot 64: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - An early-20th century diorama of Discovery in winter quarters at Hut Point, Ross Island, McMurdo Sound
Lot 65: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of The Emperor Penguin Rookery, Cape Crozier
Lot 66: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - Scientific Results Volumes III, IV, and VI out of 11
Lot 67: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - A complete set of Scientific Results from the first Scott Expedition
Lot 68: Discovery Committee and Others, Publishers - Discovery Reports Issued by the Discovery Committee, Volumes 1 to 27
Lot 69: Lady Shackleton (1868-1936) - Emily Shackleton's Scrapbook
Lot 70: Frank Hurley (1885-1962) - A collection of ten monochrome photographic prints after Hurley of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917, c. 1916
Lot 71: George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Watercolor of New Coastline West of Cape North, taken from the Nimrod, 8 March 1909
Lot 72: George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Painting of Sledging camp in a blizzard
Lot 73: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 - Eric Stewart Marshall's High Speed camera no. HS1750 by Newman and Guardia
Lot 74: After Kite - "The South Pole": Lieutenant Shackleton (Vanity Fair Supplement)
Lot 75: Ernest Henry Sheckleton (1874-1922) - Six items related to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
Lot 76: Ernest Henry Sheckleton (1874-1922) - An address of welcome to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton C.V.O., Commander of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907 from the Inhabitants of the Urban District of Ilford, Essex, 10 March 1910
Lot 77: British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 - Douglas Mawson's specimen box
Lot 78: James Murray (1865-1914) and George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life
Lot 79: A.W. Sarjeant (photographer) - 'S/S Terra Nova Leaving Cardiff for the South Pole' [15 June 1910] and '"Terra Nova" Arriving at Cardiff from South Antarctic Expedition Captained by Commander Evans' [June 14, 1913]
Lot 81: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Album with expedition member's signatures
Lot 82: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Autograph letter signed to Sir Archibald, Terra Nova, Madeira, 27 June 1910
Lot 83: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Captain Oates and some of the Siberian Ponies in the "Terra Nova" (December 1910)
Lot 84: Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912) - 1898 Autograph letter signed to his brother Bryan
Lot 85: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of The Terra Nova at the Ice Foot; Breaking Waves at Cape Evans
Lot 86: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Petty Officers Crean, Forde and Evans
Lot 87: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) - Drawing and Watercolor of Mount Erebus
Lot 88: Frank Debenham (1883-1965) - 8 photographs from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 89: Bernard C. Day (1884-1934) - Watercolor A view of White Island
Lot 90: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of Sitting Penguins Snowed up
Lot 91: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Summertime, the opening up of the ice
Lot 92: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Wolk
Lot 93: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Terra Nova in a gale. March 1912
Lot 94: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 Fry's Chocolates - Letters about the expedition's supply of cocoa and chocolate
Lot 95: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's sledging flag from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 96: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's chart of the Southern Journey, 1911-12 from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 97: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - A scale model of a loaded sledge with trace and two harnesses
Lot 98: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's black silk cap ribbon with 'TERRA NOVA' woven in gilt thread from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 99: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's eiderdown inner sleeping bag from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 100: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Sailing Ships book from Terra Nova Library
Lot 101: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Scott's Last Expedition ... the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott ... the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson ... arranged by Leonard Huxley, 2 volumes
Lot 102: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Hand coloured photograph of Captain Scott and printed leaf 'In Memory of Robert Falcon Scott Captain Royal Navy C.V.O. Born June 6th, 1868 Died 29th March, 1912.
Lot 103: Gregory Robinson (1876-1967) - Painting of Captain Oates
Lot 104: British Polar Exhibition, 1930 - The Polar Book and three other items related to the exhibition
Lot 105: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly, P.R.A. (1879-1972) - Portrait of Captain Evans
Lot 106: Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) - Painting of Weddell Sea
Lot 107: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Letters to to Charles Seymour Wright in preparation for Final Scott Expedition
Lot 108: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright
Lot 109: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's electrometer
Lot 110: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's Brass Clinometer
Lot 111: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's wood and brass table rule
Lot 112: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's Polar Thermometers
Lot 113: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of C.S. Wright working at night with the transit, August 8, 1911
Lot 114: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Terra Nova at the ice foot, January 16, 1911
Lot 115: Dennis G. Lillie (1884-1963) - Sketches of Silas taking observations ('Nine-teen Twen-ty', 'Damn that cloud to hell!!')
Lot 116: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Grotto in a berg. Terra Nova in distance. Taylor and Wright (Interior), January 5, 1911
Lot 117: Dennis G. Lillie (1884-1963) - Caricature 3.30am - Griffith Taylor, "Birdie" Bowers and "Silas" Wright (Snotties of the Watch)
Lot 118: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Meares and Oates at the blubber stove, 26 May 1911
Lot 119: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Captain Scott in his den, 7 October 1911
Lot 120: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Painting of Mount Erebus and Castle Rock
Lot 121: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Drawing of Mount Erebus from the south east
Lot 122: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Two "Pyrsos"-Stove boxes (empty)
Lot 123: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Instructions for stables at Hut Point
Lot 124: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's theodolite
Lot 125: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Chart of Cape Evans, Ross Island
Lot 126: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Charles Wright's Airy's Altitude Scale
Lot 127: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Sledging Tables used by Charles Seymour Wright on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 128: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A sun compass made by Bernard Day in the hut at Cape Evans
Lot 129: L.H. Hagen & CO., Christiania (Manufacturers) - Charles Wright's pair of skis and poles from Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 130: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911
Lot 131: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Charles Wright's quarter-plate box camera, no. 13676 by W. Watson & Sons, London
Lot 132: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs
Lot 133: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Photographs from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 134: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935), Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) and others - Charles Wright's lecture slides of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 135: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 the Southern Journey Photographs
Lot 136: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 137: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: 32 contact prints, all studies of ice formations at Cape Evans and environs
Lot 138: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Vaida
Lot 139: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 album compiled by Edith Mary Priestley
Lot 140: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: 34 contact prints of Cape Evans and environs, the majority studies of ice formations
Lot 141: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935), Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) and Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1972) - photograph of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 142: Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 143: Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 144: Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1974) - Letter to his wife while he was a Camp Royds
Lot 145: Edward William Nelson (1883-1923) - Light hearted letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 146: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Note with names and addresses of colleagues on British Antarctic Expedition
Lot 147: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Collection of post expedition letters to Charles Seymour Wright
Lot 148: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) and Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - A silver cigarette box with a watercolour of two penguins mounted on the lid, given by Cherry-Garrard to Wright on his wedding to Edith Priestley
Lot 149: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) - Watercolor of Sunset
Lot 150: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of Rainclouds, Fort Augustus (Inverness-shire)
Lot 151: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), Louis C. Bernachhi (1876-1940), And Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959), editors - The South Polar Times Volumes I, II, and III
Lot 152: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959), EDITOR - Association copy of Volume III of The South Polar Times
Lot 153: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) and Louis C. Bernachhi (1876-1940), editors - The South Polar Times Volumes I Copy 122 of 250
Lot 154: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - An electroplated nickel silver fruit basket from the wardroom of the Terra Nova
Lot 155: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A fossilised leaf collected by wright n the Beardmore Glacier
Lot 156: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A silver plate serving spoon from the wardroom of the Terra Nova
Lot 157: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - A Gold Repeater fob watch by Ryrie Bros
Lot 158: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Two books from the Terra Nova library
Lot 159: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 volumes, number 4 of 300 copies signed by the entire shore party
Lot 160: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - 1914 Letter to Charles Seymour Wright about preparing for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Lot 161: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Scott's Last Expedition and 7 other Antarctic books from Charles Seymour Wright's library
Lot 162: George Murray Levick (1876-1956) - Antarctic Penguins First Edition and other Antarctic books
Lot 163: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - South the Story of Shackleton's Expedition 1914-1917, copy given to Charlie Seymour Wright's son and another 1919 copy of the same book
Lot 164: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Charles Wright's medals and decorations
Lot 165: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints
Lot 166: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Ponting's camera, camera case and accessories
Lot 168: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 169: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: a collection of 28 photographs
Lot 170: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - George Murray Levick's autograph journal of the North Party of the Final Scott Expedition
Lot 171: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - George Murray Levick's drawing instruments
Lot 172: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1901-13: 'Captain Scott Antarctic Expedition -- Transparencies T1-T296'
Lot 173: Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) - Photograph of Forestalled. Amundsen's tent at the Pole
Lot 174: Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912) - Captain Oates's sleeping bag case
Lot 175: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Captain Scott's Silk Union Jack taken on the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, and on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 176: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - British Museum British Antarctic Expedition 1910 Natural History Reports (60 of 63 parts in 41 volumes)
Lot 177: Burroughs Wellcome & CO (Publishers) - 2 medical books
Lot 178: The British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1968-69 - Wally Herbert's Pocket Sextant
I have been bored lately, so for something interesting to do I plan to do a series of posts about the people and items that are part of the sale. Below is an outline of the lots related to Antarctica. I will turn them into links to my posts related to the lots as I do them.
Lot 29: Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) - A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, In His Majesty's Ship The Endeavour
Lot 30: Captain James Cook (1728-1779) - A Complete Set of First Editions of Cook's Voyages
Lot 54: Lloyd Howland (fl. 1815-1826) - Some of the South Shetland Islands From actual observations by L. Howland Year 1819
Lot 55: Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) - Five autograph letters signed to Dr James Croll 25 November 1883 - 6 April 1884 about the Arctic and Antarctic
Lot 56: Erich Dagobert Von Drygalski (1865-1949, Editor) - Complete Series of Official Reports from 1901 to 1903 German Government Sponsored Expedition to Antarctica
Lot 57: William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) - Report on the Work of the Scottish National Expedition, A Naturalist at the Poles by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, and 5 Volumes out of 8 of Scottish National Antarctic Expedition's Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y. 'Scotia'
Lot 58: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Autograph manuscript logs of Royds' service on H.M.S. Victory, Immortalité, Australia, Anson, Barfleur, Cruiser, Victory (a second time) and Martin, 1 August 1892 - 14 September 1896
Lot 59: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Three "Notices" from Discovery expedition, two portraits of Royds in uniform, and various letters to Royds
Lot 60: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Drawings Tilted Berg seen off the Ice Barrier, Jan. 25th, 1902 and Tabular Berg, Feb 7 1902
Lot 61: Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) - Drawings Tilted Bergs off the Barrier, Jan. 25th 1902, Grooved & Muddy Berg off the Eastern end of Barrier Lat 78°-18's Long 162°-26'W Jan 29th 1902
Lot 62: George Robert Milne Murray (1858-1911, editor) - First Edition of The Antarctic Manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 edited by... Murray... with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham... Presented to the Expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society
Lot 63: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of False Bay, South Africa, Oct. 1901. (done as part of Antarctic expedition)
Lot 64: National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - An early-20th century diorama of Discovery in winter quarters at Hut Point, Ross Island, McMurdo Sound
Lot 65: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of The Emperor Penguin Rookery, Cape Crozier
Lot 66: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - Scientific Results Volumes III, IV, and VI out of 11
Lot 67: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - A complete set of Scientific Results from the first Scott Expedition
Lot 68: Discovery Committee and Others, Publishers - Discovery Reports Issued by the Discovery Committee, Volumes 1 to 27
Lot 69: Lady Shackleton (1868-1936) - Emily Shackleton's Scrapbook
Lot 70: Frank Hurley (1885-1962) - A collection of ten monochrome photographic prints after Hurley of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917, c. 1916
Lot 71: George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Watercolor of New Coastline West of Cape North, taken from the Nimrod, 8 March 1909
Lot 72: George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Painting of Sledging camp in a blizzard
Lot 73: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 - Eric Stewart Marshall's High Speed camera no. HS1750 by Newman and Guardia
Lot 74: After Kite - "The South Pole": Lieutenant Shackleton (Vanity Fair Supplement)
Lot 75: Ernest Henry Sheckleton (1874-1922) - Six items related to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
Lot 76: Ernest Henry Sheckleton (1874-1922) - An address of welcome to Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton C.V.O., Commander of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907 from the Inhabitants of the Urban District of Ilford, Essex, 10 March 1910
Lot 77: British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09 - Douglas Mawson's specimen box
Lot 78: James Murray (1865-1914) and George Edward Marston (1882-1940) - Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life
Lot 79: A.W. Sarjeant (photographer) - 'S/S Terra Nova Leaving Cardiff for the South Pole' [15 June 1910] and '"Terra Nova" Arriving at Cardiff from South Antarctic Expedition Captained by Commander Evans' [June 14, 1913]
Lot 81: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Album with expedition member's signatures
Lot 82: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Autograph letter signed to Sir Archibald, Terra Nova, Madeira, 27 June 1910
Lot 83: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Captain Oates and some of the Siberian Ponies in the "Terra Nova" (December 1910)
Lot 84: Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912) - 1898 Autograph letter signed to his brother Bryan
Lot 85: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of The Terra Nova at the Ice Foot; Breaking Waves at Cape Evans
Lot 86: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Petty Officers Crean, Forde and Evans
Lot 87: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) - Drawing and Watercolor of Mount Erebus
Lot 88: Frank Debenham (1883-1965) - 8 photographs from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 89: Bernard C. Day (1884-1934) - Watercolor A view of White Island
Lot 90: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of Sitting Penguins Snowed up
Lot 91: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Summertime, the opening up of the ice
Lot 92: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Wolk
Lot 93: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Terra Nova in a gale. March 1912
Lot 94: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 Fry's Chocolates - Letters about the expedition's supply of cocoa and chocolate
Lot 95: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's sledging flag from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 96: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's chart of the Southern Journey, 1911-12 from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 97: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - A scale model of a loaded sledge with trace and two harnesses
Lot 98: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's black silk cap ribbon with 'TERRA NOVA' woven in gilt thread from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 99: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Keohane's eiderdown inner sleeping bag from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 100: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Sailing Ships book from Terra Nova Library
Lot 101: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Scott's Last Expedition ... the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott ... the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson ... arranged by Leonard Huxley, 2 volumes
Lot 102: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Hand coloured photograph of Captain Scott and printed leaf 'In Memory of Robert Falcon Scott Captain Royal Navy C.V.O. Born June 6th, 1868 Died 29th March, 1912.
Lot 103: Gregory Robinson (1876-1967) - Painting of Captain Oates
Lot 104: British Polar Exhibition, 1930 - The Polar Book and three other items related to the exhibition
Lot 105: Sir Gerald Festus Kelly, P.R.A. (1879-1972) - Portrait of Captain Evans
Lot 106: Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) - Painting of Weddell Sea
Lot 107: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Letters to to Charles Seymour Wright in preparation for Final Scott Expedition
Lot 108: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright
Lot 109: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's electrometer
Lot 110: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's Brass Clinometer
Lot 111: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's wood and brass table rule
Lot 112: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's Polar Thermometers
Lot 113: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of C.S. Wright working at night with the transit, August 8, 1911
Lot 114: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Terra Nova at the ice foot, January 16, 1911
Lot 115: Dennis G. Lillie (1884-1963) - Sketches of Silas taking observations ('Nine-teen Twen-ty', 'Damn that cloud to hell!!')
Lot 116: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Grotto in a berg. Terra Nova in distance. Taylor and Wright (Interior), January 5, 1911
Lot 117: Dennis G. Lillie (1884-1963) - Caricature 3.30am - Griffith Taylor, "Birdie" Bowers and "Silas" Wright (Snotties of the Watch)
Lot 118: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Meares and Oates at the blubber stove, 26 May 1911
Lot 119: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Captain Scott in his den, 7 October 1911
Lot 120: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Painting of Mount Erebus and Castle Rock
Lot 121: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Drawing of Mount Erebus from the south east
Lot 122: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Two "Pyrsos"-Stove boxes (empty)
Lot 123: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Instructions for stables at Hut Point
Lot 124: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Wright's theodolite
Lot 125: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Chart of Cape Evans, Ross Island
Lot 126: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Charles Wright's Airy's Altitude Scale
Lot 127: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Sledging Tables used by Charles Seymour Wright on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 128: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A sun compass made by Bernard Day in the hut at Cape Evans
Lot 129: L.H. Hagen & CO., Christiania (Manufacturers) - Charles Wright's pair of skis and poles from Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 130: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Charles Wright's map of the Southern Journey, 1911
Lot 131: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Charles Wright's quarter-plate box camera, no. 13676 by W. Watson & Sons, London
Lot 132: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs
Lot 133: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Photographs from British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 134: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935), Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) and others - Charles Wright's lecture slides of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 135: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 the Southern Journey Photographs
Lot 136: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 137: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: 32 contact prints, all studies of ice formations at Cape Evans and environs
Lot 138: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photograph of Vaida
Lot 139: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 album compiled by Edith Mary Priestley
Lot 140: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: 34 contact prints of Cape Evans and environs, the majority studies of ice formations
Lot 141: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935), Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) and Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1972) - photograph of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 142: Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 143: Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) - Letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 144: Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1974) - Letter to his wife while he was a Camp Royds
Lot 145: Edward William Nelson (1883-1923) - Light hearted letter to Charles Seymour Wright while on Terra Nova expedition
Lot 146: Patrick Keohane (1879-1950) - Note with names and addresses of colleagues on British Antarctic Expedition
Lot 147: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Collection of post expedition letters to Charles Seymour Wright
Lot 148: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) and Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - A silver cigarette box with a watercolour of two penguins mounted on the lid, given by Cherry-Garrard to Wright on his wedding to Edith Priestley
Lot 149: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) - Watercolor of Sunset
Lot 150: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) - Watercolor of Rainclouds, Fort Augustus (Inverness-shire)
Lot 151: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), Louis C. Bernachhi (1876-1940), And Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959), editors - The South Polar Times Volumes I, II, and III
Lot 152: Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959), EDITOR - Association copy of Volume III of The South Polar Times
Lot 153: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) and Louis C. Bernachhi (1876-1940), editors - The South Polar Times Volumes I Copy 122 of 250
Lot 154: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - An electroplated nickel silver fruit basket from the wardroom of the Terra Nova
Lot 155: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A fossilised leaf collected by wright n the Beardmore Glacier
Lot 156: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - A silver plate serving spoon from the wardroom of the Terra Nova
Lot 157: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - A Gold Repeater fob watch by Ryrie Bros
Lot 158: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - Two books from the Terra Nova library
Lot 159: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 volumes, number 4 of 300 copies signed by the entire shore party
Lot 160: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - 1914 Letter to Charles Seymour Wright about preparing for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Lot 161: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Scott's Last Expedition and 7 other Antarctic books from Charles Seymour Wright's library
Lot 162: George Murray Levick (1876-1956) - Antarctic Penguins First Edition and other Antarctic books
Lot 163: Ernest Henry Shackleton (1847-1922) - South the Story of Shackleton's Expedition 1914-1917, copy given to Charlie Seymour Wright's son and another 1919 copy of the same book
Lot 164: Charles Seymour Wright (1887-1975) - Charles Wright's medals and decorations
Lot 165: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Ponting's three master albums of contact prints
Lot 166: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Ponting's camera, camera case and accessories
Lot 168: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - Photographs of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 169: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: a collection of 28 photographs
Lot 170: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - George Murray Levick's autograph journal of the North Party of the Final Scott Expedition
Lot 171: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - George Murray Levick's drawing instruments
Lot 172: Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) - British Antarctic Expedition, 1901-13: 'Captain Scott Antarctic Expedition -- Transparencies T1-T296'
Lot 173: Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) - Photograph of Forestalled. Amundsen's tent at the Pole
Lot 174: Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912) - Captain Oates's sleeping bag case
Lot 175: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - Captain Scott's Silk Union Jack taken on the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-03, and on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13
Lot 176: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 - British Museum British Antarctic Expedition 1910 Natural History Reports (60 of 63 parts in 41 volumes)
Lot 177: Burroughs Wellcome & CO (Publishers) - 2 medical books
Lot 178: The British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1968-69 - Wally Herbert's Pocket Sextant
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Items from Scott's Final Expedition to Antarctica to Be Auctioned in September 2010
Next month (September 2010) some items used by Charles Seymour Wright on Robert Falcon Scott's final expedition to Antarctica will be auctioned off in London. Wright was part of the support team of Scott's fatal South Pole journey. He was part of the search party that looked for Scott and the missing men when they failed to return from the pole. Wright was the one to find the tip of the tent and Scott and the two others frozen.
The items to be auctioned include a sledging kit, skis, scientific instruments, manuscripts, and photographs. The items will be auctioned off by Christie's on September 22, 2010.
The items to be auctioned include a sledging kit, skis, scientific instruments, manuscripts, and photographs. The items will be auctioned off by Christie's on September 22, 2010.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Penguin Poo Tracked from Space
I just read a rather interesting article about penguin poo research. The Australian Antarctic Division is using a satellite to see penguin poo to find out more about Adelie penguin population numbers. Adelie penguins tend to breed in the same spots and on rocks, so the poo accumulates and is hard to tell differently from year to year on the ground.
Using satellites to see the poo researchers can give them a larger view of where the penguins live including sites that they cannot usually reach in person. The images can be compared year to year to see how the penguins are being affected by climate change. The satellites are also cheaper than doing the extensive in the field population counts, which cannot always even be carried out due to the harsh conditions of Antarctica.
Source: "Penguin poo gives clues from space" on australiangeographic.com
Using satellites to see the poo researchers can give them a larger view of where the penguins live including sites that they cannot usually reach in person. The images can be compared year to year to see how the penguins are being affected by climate change. The satellites are also cheaper than doing the extensive in the field population counts, which cannot always even be carried out due to the harsh conditions of Antarctica.
Source: "Penguin poo gives clues from space" on australiangeographic.com
Australian Greens Put Antarctica as World Heritage Site on Political Agenda
In Australia the Greens are pushing for Antarctica to become a World Heritage Site. This is not an entirely new thing for an Australian political party to promise to work on this, as the Labor party made it last election. The Greens are disappointed in the lack of action towards to goal of World Heritage status for all of Antarctica and have encouraged the goal to be pushed for by both parties.
Source: "Greens want World Heritage Status for Antarctica" on abc.net.au
Source: "Greens want World Heritage Status for Antarctica" on abc.net.au
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