Auction Reports

A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals

Auction Info

Sale Name
Antique Books and Maps Auction
Auction Date
11/03/2022 - 11/03/2022
Year of Sale
2022
Sale Number
#110322
Total Lots
181
Sold Lots
145
Lots Sold
80.1%
Unsold Lots
36
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (CAD)
122,531.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD)
78,050.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD)
117,250.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD)
100,950.00
High Estimate of All Lots (CAD)
151,850.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
80.69%
Currency
CAD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
83,155.50

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4094 Lennon, John. A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS

1965

 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 5,000.00
4138 One-of-a-kind scrapbook made by the cast of "The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille" as a posthumous tribute to DeMille.

CAD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 4,250.00
4093 Ono, Yoko. GRAPEFRUIT

1971

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,750.00
4113 Cohen, Leonard. STRANGER MUSIC

1993

 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,000.00
4089 Warhol, Andy. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL (FROM A TO B & BACK AGAIN)

1975

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,000.00
4105 Golden, Reuel. THE ROLLING STONES

2014

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,750.00
4020 Two signed photographs: one of Sir John A. MacDonald (Canada's first Prime Minister) and one of Agnes MacDonald (nee Bernard).

CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,750.00
4101 Paul McCartney et al. LINDA MCCARTNEY: LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS

2011

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,500.00
4116 Gershwin, George. GEORGE GERSHWIN'S SONG-BOOK

1932

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,500.00
4156 Landacre, Paul. CALIFORNIA HILLS AND OTHER WOOD-ENGRAVINGS

1931

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,500.00
4049 Fleming, Ian. TLS signed "Yours ever, Ian Fleming".

1953

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,250.00
4063 Russell, Charles M. STUDIES OF WESTERN LIFE

1890

 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 2,125.00
4143 Chagall, Marc. DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE

1960

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,125.00
4095 Taylor, Derek. , ed. George Harrison FIFTY YEARS ADRIFT

1984

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,000.00
4061 Baum, L. Frank. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

1985

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,000.00
4142 Chagall, Marc. ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BIBLE

1956

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,875.00
4149 Stassof, Vladimir and David Gunzburg. L'ORNEMENT HEBREU: ORNAMENTATION DES ANCIENS MANUSCRITS HEBREUX DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE PUBLIQUE DE ST. PETERSBURG

1905

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,875.00
4002 Lot of 2 tenth-century Koran manuscript leaves on parchment, written in a large Andalusian script.

CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 1,875.00
4057 An original hand-painted production cel from the 1966 MGM animation of Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

1966

 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 1,750.00
4086 Warhol, Andy. ANDY WARHOL'S EXPOSURES

1979

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,750.00
4111 Cooper, Michael. BLINDS & SHUTTERS

1990

 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 1,750.00
4098 Harrison, George. SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON, with illustrations by Keith West, vol. 2

1987

 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 1,750.00
4124 Thomas, Roy. THE STAN LEE STORY

2019

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,625.00
4144 Chagall, Marc. DRAWINGS FOR THE BIBLE

1960

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,625.00
4096 Harrison, George and Eric Clapton. LIVE IN JAPAN

1993

 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,625.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.