Now it’s spring – now it’s Technica & Nautica.

This spring we see no less than four diving helmets at the auction, and three diving suits to go with them. The manufacturers are the big ones: The Swede Carl Axel Lindqvist and his successor Emil Carlsson and also the British giant Siebe & Gorman. They constitute impressive sculptures and memories of the great days of old, when the heavy divers were the ones who carried out the dangerous missions and salvaged marine treasures such as the regal ship Vasa. And yes, we have a small part of Vasa here too, part of a gun carriage. A fragment but still an impressive piece, with a breathtaking history.

If we are talking about nautical, about the sea, shipping and ships, it is hardly possible not to mention the Vega expedition. 2026 is the year of Vega in this century, and we look back on the lovely collection that was sold earlier this year. Here too, small traces of the ship can be seen and we can boast a delightful little boat model depicting the Vega launch and made from materials from Vega. In Louis Palander’s collection, we saw piles and piles of ship porcelain, and here we see a plate. This plate has not even been on board, as it is a model for the tableware. We do not know who designed the decoration, but we do know that it was manufactured by Rörstrand’s Porcelain Factory.