Sunday, August 29, 2010

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

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