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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Fine & Decorative Arts Session I
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine & Decorative Arts Session I | Total Sales (CAD) | 15,652.75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | February 03, 2026 - February 03, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 9,516.00 |
| Sale Number | #20326 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 14,129.00 |
| Total Lots | 16 | ||
| Sold Lots | 14.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 9,956.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 14,861.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 2 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 105.33% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1116 | REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669) | Landscape with a Cottage and a Large Tree (1641) |
1641 | CAD 2,928.00 - 4,392.00 | CAD 3,302.00 |
| 1115 | REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669) | Woman with a High Headdress Wrapped around the Chin: Bust |
(ca. 1630) | CAD 1,464.00 - 2,196.00 | CAD 2,794.00 |
| 1111 | Ferdowsi | ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM SHAHNAMEH |
CAD 512.00 - 659.00 | CAD 2,540.00 | |
| 1112 | THOMAS ROWLANDSON (British, 1756-1827) | Caricature Sketches of Mythical Figures |
CAD 1,464.00 - 2,196.00 | CAD 1,524.00 | |
| 1187 | SIGNED PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH & THE PRINCE |
1957 | CAD 732.00 - 1,098.00 | CAD 1,397.00 | |
| 1110 | Ferdowsi | ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM SHAHNAMEH |
CAD 512.00 - 659.00 | CAD 1,079.50 | |
| 1114 | BARTHOLOMEUS BREENBERGH (German, 1599-1657) | Auf der Via Flaminia |
(ca. 1620) | CAD 439.00 - 586.00 | CAD 508.00 |
| 1109 | FOUR ANTIQUE INDO-PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MINIATURES |
CAD 293.00 - 439.00 | CAD 476.25 | ||
| 1186 | ENGLISH LEATHER PICTURE FRAME WITH ROYAL PORTRAIT |
1968 | CAD 220.00 - 366.00 | CAD 444.50 | |
| 1113 | GIOVANNI BATTISTA FRULLI (Italian, +1826) | Pair of aquatint etchings (two-tone sepia ink) |
CAD 220.00 - 366.00 | CAD 381.00 | |
| 1301 | KAREL DUJARDIN (Dutch, 1626-1678) | The Hunting Dogs |
CAD 220.00 - 366.00 | CAD 381.00 | |
| 1304 | LOUIS-LEOPOLD BOILLY (French, 1761-1845) | Les antiquaires - together with - Les amateurs de tableaux |
CAD 220.00 - 366.00 | CAD 317.50 | |
| 1303 | ITALIAN SCHOOL (19th C) | Bacchanalian crowd scene |
CAD 146.00 - 220.00 | CAD 285.75 | |
| 1302 | JOHANNES WIERIX (Flemish, 1549-1620) | Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst |
CAD 146.00 - 220.00 | CAD 222.25 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.