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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Fine and Decorative Arts Auction

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Auction Name Fine and Decorative Arts Auction Total Sales (CAD) 39,941.50
Auction Date April 16, 2024 - April 16, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 15,400.00
Sale Number #41624 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 24,800.00
Total Lots 13
Sold Lots 12 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 15,900.00
% of Lots Sold 92.31% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 25,500.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 156.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1122 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

The Large Horse (1505)

1505 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 12,700.00
1128 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Three Heads of Women, one lightly etched (1637)

1637 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 CAD 9,525.00
1123 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

Virgin with Swaddled Child (1520)

1520 CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 6,350.00
1121 ALBRECHT DURER (German, 1471-1528)

The Virgin on a Crescent with a Diadem (1514)

1514 CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 3,556.00
1126 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Jan Antonides van der Linden (1665)

1665 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 1,778.00
1125 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Three Heads of Women, One Asleep (1637)

1637 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,524.00
1127 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Dutch, 1606-1669)

Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel (1636)

1636 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,270.00
1124 LUCAS I CRANACH (German, 1472-1553)

Penitence Of Saint Jerome (1509)

1509 CAD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,016.00
1301 LUIGI ROSSINI (Italian, 1790-1857)

Lot of three architectural engravings Veduta del Monumento Sepolcrale detto degl'Orazi, e Curiazi tra Albano, e Aricia (1825)

1825 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 825.50
1302 GEORG ANDREAS BOCKLER (German, 1617-1687)

Six engravings excerpted from "Fountain Studies" (1664)

1664 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 508.00
1407 BASILIUS BESLER (1561-1629)

PAIR OF BASILIUS BESLER (1561-1629) PRINTS

CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 508.00
1230

PAIR OF FRAMED LATIN HYMNS ON PARCHMENT

medieval CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 381.00
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