A library focused on Antarctic exploration gave a New Zealand saleroom one of its more successful book and manuscript auctions since the company’s foundation in 2011.
On April 11 Art + Object (20% buyer’s premium) of Auckland offered books from the library of Antarctic historian and explorer Richard Reaney.
The stand-out lot – and one that accounted for close on half the total raised by this 270-lot sale – was a copy of Aurora Australis.