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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Antique Books, Photographs, Maps and Posters

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Auction Name Antique Books, Photographs, Maps and Posters Total Sales (CAD) 167,093.75
Auction Date June 30, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 100,450.00
Sale Number #63021 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 153,050.00
Total Lots 360
Sold Lots 251 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 137,850.00
% of Lots Sold 69.72% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 211,600.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 78.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2397 Des Granges, Baron Paul, et al.

[Album von Athen]. 1860's

 1860's CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 27,500.00
2256 De Maupassant, Guy.

THE LIFE WORK OF HENRI RENE GUY DE MAUPASSANT.

1903 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 4,000.00
2228

[AFRICAN AMERICAN] A lot of correspondence and ephemera from the band leader of an important Hamilton-based African American Travelling vocal group, 1907-1916

 1907-1916 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 3,500.00
2286 Shakespeare, William.

THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FROM THE CORRECTED TEXT OF JOHNSON AND STEEVENS.

1807 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 3,250.00
2092 Bowles, J.

A VIEW OF THE TAKING OF QUEBEC. SEPTEMBER 13TH 1759

 1759 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 3,000.00
2191 Gillray, James.

THE WORKS OF JAMES GILLRAY: from the Original Plates with the Addition of ManySubjects not Before Collected.

n.d. [c.1849] CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 2,500.00
2398 Unidentified photographer.

JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS. 50 hand-coloured albumen prints in a decorated lacquer photo album.Themes include landscape, architecture and street photography of 19th century urban and rural Japan.

CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 2,500.00
2093 Bowles, J.

A VIEW OF THE TAKING OF QUEBEC. c. 1797

 c. 1797 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 2,375.00
2227 James Earl Ray

35 original letters from James Earl Ray (assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968).

 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 2,125.00
2284 Ruskin, John.

RUSKIN'S WORKS.

 n.d. CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 2,125.00
2402 Unknown Photographer

JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY ALBUM 42 hand-coloured album prints with tissue guards

 circa 1890 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 2,000.00
2364 EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS

[PHOTOGRAPHY] EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS - 14 Photogravures

CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,875.00
2127 Charlevoix, Pierre François de.

HISTOIRE ETDESCRIPTION GENERALE DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, Avec Le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. De [1682- 1761].

 1744 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 1,750.00
2282 Poe, Edgar Allan.

THE WORKS

 1914 CAD 800.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 1,750.00
2296 Edwards, Bryan.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, [Atlas volume]. with a continuation of the present time.

1818 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 1,750.00
2277 Milton, John.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, with a Life of the Author by William Hayley.

1794, 1795 and 1797 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 1,500.00
2311

Vandermaelen: 26 Lithographed maps sold together. A lot of 26 lithographed maps from the Atlas published in Brussels, 1827, by Philippe Vandermaelen:

1827 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 1,500.00
2087 Dennis, Major J.

THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON. OCT. 13TH 1813

 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 1,375.00
2205 Illustrated Allom, Thomas; Wright, G.N.

THE CHINESE EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED: Being a Series of Views from Original Sketches, displaying The Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c., on That Ancient and Exclusive Nation.

 [c.1843] CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,375.00
2401

[JAPAN] Antique Japanese Photography lot Group of 40 hand-coloured albumen prints

 CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 1,375.00
2094 Bowles, J.

A VIEW OF THE TAKING OF QUEBEC. c. 1760

c. 1760 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 1,250.00
2120 Windsor, Justin.

NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA.

1889 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,250.00
2310

[TALLIS, JOHN] A lot of 26 maps by John Tallis & Co. London / New York, ca. 1840's.

ca. 1840's. CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 1,250.00
2261 [DORE, GUSTAVE] Tennyson, Lord Alfred.

ENID.

 1868 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 1,187.50
2088 After Dennis, Major J.

THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON. OCT. 13TH 1813

 1836 CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 1,125.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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