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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Major Art Books Auction
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Major Art Books Auction | Total Sales (CAD) | 146,494.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 115,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #40126 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 174,700.00 |
| Total Lots | 174 | ||
| Sold Lots | 131.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 163,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 249,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 43 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 58.67% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2157 | Gered Mankowitz and Reuel Golden | The Rolling Stones |
2014 | CAD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | CAD 7,620.00 |
| 2152 | GOAT - Greatest Of All Time |
2001 | CAD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | CAD 6,350.00 | |
| 2003 | Tom Wesselmann | Seascape, Miami (1991) |
1991 | CAD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | CAD 6,096.00 |
| 2127 | Annie Leibovitz and Marc Newson | Annie Leibovitz |
2014 | CAD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | CAD 6,096.00 |
| 2011 | Pablo Picasso | Le Repos du Sculpteur III |
N/A | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 5,588.00 |
| 2126 | David Hockney and Hans Werner Holzwarth | A Bigger Book |
2016 | CAD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | CAD 4,318.00 |
| 2135 | Essay by Philippe Garner; Additional text by Jean Dykstra | Albert Watson: Kaos |
2017 | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 3,810.00 |
| 2128 | Helmut Newton and June Newton | Helmut Newton |
1999 | CAD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | CAD 3,556.00 |
| 2051 | David Lloyd Blackwood | Bridge of the S.S. Greenland (1966) |
1966 | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 3,302.00 |
| 2134 | Brion Gysin and Keith Haring | Fault Lines |
1986 | CAD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | CAD 3,048.00 |
| 2049 | Jean Paul Riopelle | Ombre Verte |
N/A | CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CAD 2,540.00 |
| 2140 | Linda McCartney | Life in Photographs |
2015 | CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | CAD 2,540.00 |
| 2098 | Christopher Beane | From the Ranunculus Series |
N/A | CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 2,413.00 |
| 2102 | Sam Francis | Untitled Lithograph |
N/A | CAD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | CAD 2,413.00 |
| 2027 | Gaston Bachelard | Marc Chagall. Drawings for the Bible [Verve 37-38] |
1960 | CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | CAD 2,286.00 |
| 2016 | Roy Lichtenstein | Poster print of "Reflections: Whaam!" signed by Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). |
N/A | CAD 300.00 - 500.00 | CAD 2,032.00 |
| 2025 | Pablo Picasso; Introduction by Wilhelm Boeck | Picasso Linoleum Cuts. Bacchanals, Women, Bulls & Bullfighters |
1962 | CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | CAD 2,032.00 |
| 2095 | Chuck Close | Self Portrait 3 (2002) |
2002 | CAD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | CAD 2,032.00 |
| 2097 | Christopher Beane | From the Ranunculus Series |
N/A | CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 2,032.00 |
| 2004 | Sol LeWitt | Benziger Print (1998) |
1998 | CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CAD 1,905.00 |
| 2005 | Joan Miro | Galerie Maeght: Art, Sculptures, Graphique |
N/A | CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CAD 1,905.00 |
| 2120 | Salvador Dali | Wailing Wall |
N/A | CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 1,905.00 |
| 2026 | Pablo Picasso; Foreword by Georges Boudaille | Picasso’s Sketchbook: A Limited Edition in Facsimile |
1960 | CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | CAD 1,651.00 |
| 2147 | Charlotte Cotton, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott | Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot |
2018 | CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CAD 1,651.00 |
| 2015 | Roy Lichtenstein | Poster print of Roy Lichtenstein's exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum (New York) in the Fall of 1969. |
1969 | CAD 300.00 - 500.00 | CAD 1,524.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
