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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Gordon Lightfoot: His Life & Collection

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Auction Name Gordon Lightfoot: His Life & Collection Total Sales (CAD) 77,343.00
Auction Date November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 39,000.00
Sale Number #112625 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 61,400.00
Total Lots 130
Sold Lots 112.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 44,000.00
% of Lots Sold 86.15% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 69,300.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 111.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1211 ALEXANDER CALDER (AMERICAN, 1898-1976)

Les Affichistes (1966)

CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 3,302.00
1106

LIGHTFOOT ORIGINAL ALBUM COVER ART

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 3,048.00
1045

GROUP OF GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK HISTORICAL AWARDS

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 2,286.00
1024

A NOTE FROM BOB DYLAN TO GORDON LIGHTFOOT

CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 2,159.00
1072

CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY

1967 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,905.00
1004

AN EARLY SCRAPBOOK OF LIGHTFOOT MEMORABILIA

CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 1,778.00
1018

FOUR ASCAP AWARDS TO GORDON LIGHTFOOT

CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,651.00
1019

THREE ASCAP AWARDS TO GORDON LIGHTFOOT

CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 1,651.00
1069

EARLY PHOTO OF LIGHTFOOT ON AIRPLANE WING

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,397.00
1021

GROUP OF EARLY BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS

1950s CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,397.00
1005

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC DIPLOMA

1960 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,270.00
1098

FIVE LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 1,143.00
1252 DORIS SAMPSON

S.S. EDMUND FITZGERAL PRINT BY DORIS SAMPSON

1976 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 1,079.50
1064

FOUR LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

1969, 1970 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 1,079.50
1165

SEVEN LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 1,016.00
1016

FRAMED PHOTO OF CAREFREE HIGHWAY

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 952.50
1167

EIGHT LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 952.50
1138

LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY DOCTORATE OF MUSIC DIPLOMA

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 952.50
1101

SEVEN LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 952.50
1097

FOUR LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 952.50
1078

VINTAGE GORDON LIGHTFOOT PHOTOS & SET LISTS

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 952.50
1020

2001 CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AWARD

2001 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 952.50
1079

SIGNED LIGHTFOOT PROMOTIONAL PHOTO & SET LISTS

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 952.50
1284

TWO MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL AWARDS

2000 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 889.00
1268

LIGHTFOOT MUSIC ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS

1969/1970 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 889.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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