Russian America and polar exploration were the twin themes of a Christie’s New York (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) sale that offered highlights from the Martin Greene Library.
This was a collection described as “awe inspiring” in a brief catalogue introduction by Geir Klover, director of the Fram Museum in Oslo and author of a number of books on Norwegian polar expeditions.
There were in fact well over 400 of these “highlights” in a weighty catalogue for the December 7 sale that is likely to become a useful reference work and between them they raised almost $3m.