Technica & Nautica

Spring is here!

And with spring comes life outdoors. And boating life! It’s time to let the boat roam free, to polish, tinker, and decorate your faithful companion. Fittingly, we've put together an auction just for this occasion (and for lots of other fun stuff, of course): the Teknika and Nautika auction. A tradition—this spring as every spring before.

Teknika and Nautika Spring 2025 offers a delightful mix of big and small, practical and fragile, familiar names and unknown ones.

One recurring theme is provenance—where an item comes from and who once used it. Some items may appear modest at first glance, but when accompanied by their story, they suddenly become grand, beautiful, and important. A few such examples:

(4075637) A small balance scale for precious metals. Entirely unmarked, but owned and used by Erik Fleming, founder and head of the prestigious silver workshop Atelier Borgila.

(4029507) Four drawings of the Vasa warship. These sketches were made by illustrator and designer Sven Borgström, who was commissioned to draft plans for how Sweden's beloved ship would be raised after 333 years beneath the sea.

(4138468) A 19th-century toolbox full of well-used tools, once owned by engineer and railwayman Carl Edward Norström.

Even the four intercom phones from Restaurant Hasselbacken add charm, as does the bright red Swedish-made gas pump, previously featured in the fashion boutique Gul&Blå.

For model boat enthusiasts, we of course have a fine selection. Among them: two tiny bottle models crafted by Claes Fleming, brother of Erik Fleming from Atelier Borgila. A dedicated and meticulous model builder, with works held in the Maritime Museum in Stockholm. Also featured are returning favorites Ingvar Lyckhammar and Hans Biärsjö.

If you’re after interior design pieces with a slightly technical or nautical flair, you’ll find plenty here. Particularly sculptural and striking might be an airplane propeller from a classic Fokker CV or a rare storm lantern, creamy white enamel, made by Swedish maker Radius. Or perhaps a bronze ship's bell cast in the late 1800s?

It’s technical, it’s nautical—and it’s incredibly fun.

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