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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Fine and Decorative Arts Auction

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Auction Name Fine and Decorative Arts Auction Total Sales (CAD) 39,941.50
Auction Date April 16, 2024 - April 16, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 15,400.00
Sale Number #41624 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 24,800.00
Total Lots 13
Sold Lots 12 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 15,900.00
% of Lots Sold 92.31% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 25,500.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 156.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1122 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

The Large Horse (1505)

1505 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 12,700.00
1128 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Three Heads of Women, one lightly etched (1637)

1637 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 CAD 9,525.00
1123 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

Virgin with Swaddled Child (1520)

1520 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 6,350.00
1121 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

The Virgin on a Crescent with a Diadem (1514)

1514 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 3,556.00
1126 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Jan Antonides van der Linden (1665)

1665 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 1,778.00
1125 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Three Heads of Women, One Asleep (1637)

1637 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,524.00
1127 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel (1636)

1636 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,270.00
1124 LUCAS I CRANACH (German, 1472-1553)

Penitence Of Saint Jerome (1509)

1509 CAD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,016.00
1301 LUIGI ROSSINI (Italian, 1790-1857)

Lot of three architectural engravings Veduta del Monumento Sepolcrale detto degl'Orazi, e Curiazi tra Albano, e Aricia (1825)

1825 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 825.50
1302 GEORG ANDREAS BOCKLER (German, 1617-1687)

Six engravings excerpted from "Fountain Studies" (1664)

1664 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 508.00
1407 BASILIUS BESLER (1561-1629)

PAIR OF BASILIUS BESLER (1561-1629) PRINTS

CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 508.00
1230

PAIR OF FRAMED LATIN HYMNS ON PARCHMENT

medieval CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 381.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
    September 25-27
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
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    75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
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