Stockholms Auktionsverk ( Swedish for "Stockholm's Auction House"), founded in 1674 in Sweden , is the world's oldest auction house .
3-582: High quality items are sold on auctions several times each year at the Nybrogatan showrooms in central Stockholm . This business was founded by Baron Claes Rålamb in 1674. Its services have been used by clients like Sweden's King Charles XI , who sold some hunting rifles for 900 silver coins, Sweden's King Gustav III , who acquired Rembrandt ’s painting entitled Kitchen Maid , and Swedish playwright August Strindberg , who purchased some books. In 1993, private owners purchased Stockholms Auktionsverk from
6-488: The City of Stockholm . Li Pamp is the current CEO. This Swedish corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nybrogatan Nybrogatan is a street in the borough of Östermalm in central Stockholm , Sweden. Approximately one kilometre in length, it stretches north from Nybroplan to Valhallavägen . Before 1864, the northern part of Nybrogatan above Östermalmstorg
9-470: Was called Seved Bååtsgatan after a local official. The southern part was named Nybrogatan after a bridge that was constructed over Nybroviken in the 17th century. Later on the street in its entirety took on this name, while the bridge itself became redundant when Nybroviken was filled up in the 19th century. While Nybrogatan remains a mostly residential street, it also hosts offices, stores, cafés and restaurants and in recent years have seen an increase in
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