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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26thKetterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000 -
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USDSotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USDSotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USDSotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USDSotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & ManuscriptsSotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USDSotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBPSotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBPSotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR -
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
![Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dc0b1dc0-f7c8-40b6-a5a6-870689484c07.jpg "<b>Gonnelli:</b> Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€")
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A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Modern Art and Design
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Modern Art and Design | Total Sales (CAD) | 69,532.50 |
| Auction Date | February 25, 2025 - February 25, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 46,050.00 |
| Sale Number | #614444 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) | 70,750.00 |
| Total Lots | 65 | ||
| Sold Lots | 50 | Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 56,450.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 76.92% | High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) | 86,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 15 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 80.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904-1989) | Set of 3 color |
1976 | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 6,985.00 |
| 1006 | WILLEM DE KOONING (Dutch / American, 1904-1997) | Nine |
1988 | CAD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | CAD 6,350.00 |
| 1015 | BOB DYLAN (American, b. 1941) | Nowhere and Anywhere (2017) |
2017 | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 5,842.00 |
| 1145 | YOUSUF KARSH (Armenian / Canadian, 1908-2002) | The Roaring Lion |
CAD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | CAD 5,842.00 | |
| 1064 | DAVID BLACKWOOD (Canadian, 1941-2022) | January visit home (1975) |
1975 | CAD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | CAD 5,588.00 |
| 1067 | PABLO PICASSO. | LE GOUT DU BONHEUR. LIMITED EDITION |
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970 | CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | CAD 4,064.00 |
| 1003 | BOB DYLAN (American, b. 1941) | Manhattan Bridge, Downtown New York (2017) |
2017 | CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 3,810.00 |
| 1004 | ELISABETH FRINK (English, 1930-1993) | Man on horseback |
CAD 600.00 - 800.00 | CAD 3,810.00 | |
| 1014 | JOAN MIRO (Spanish, 1893-1983) | Migratory Bird IV |
CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | CAD 3,810.00 | |
| 1230 | EDWARD JOHN BARTRAM (Canadian, b. 1938) | Spring Sans Souci (1978) |
1978 | CAD 500.00 - 700.00 | CAD 2,032.00 |
| 1001 | RICHARD DIEBENKORN (American, 1922-1993) | Double X (1987) |
1987 | CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | CAD 1,524.00 |
| 1072 | VICTOR VASARELY (French / Hungarian, 1906-1997) | Rubin, from Lapidaire (1966) |
1966 | CAD 400.00 - 600.00 | CAD 1,397.00 |
| 1151 | ANGEL BOTELLO (Spanish, 1913-1986) | Young girl |
CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 1,397.00 | |
| 1153 | BUGS BUNNY ORIGINAL HAND-PAINTED ANIMATION CEL. From "The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie". |
CAD 300.00 - 500.00 | CAD 1,206.50 | ||
| 1066 | VICTOR VASARELY (Hungarian / French, 1906-1997) | VP |
Editions Denise Rene, Paris | CAD 400.00 - 600.00 | CAD 1,143.00 |
| 1013 | YAACOV AGAM (Israeli, b. 1928) | Abstract |
CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | CAD 1,016.00 | |
| 1231 | EDWARD JOHN BARTRAM (Canadian, 1938-2019) | Georgian Suite #1 (1988) |
1988 | CAD 300.00 - 500.00 | CAD 952.50 |
| 1069 | WILL R. BARNET (American, 1911-2012) | Silent Seasons: Winter |
CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 889.00 | |
| 1070 | WILL R. BARNET (American, 1911-2012) | Silent Seasons: Summer |
CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | CAD 825.50 | |
| 1150 | PETER MAX (German, b. 1937) | Umbrella Man with Cane (2001) |
2001 | CAD 600.00 - 800.00 | CAD 762.00 |
| 1305 | KEIKO MINAMI (Japanese, 1911-2004) | Small Girl with Bird |
CAD 400.00 - 600.00 | CAD 762.00 | |
| 1005 | HERBERT BAYER (Austrian, 1900-1985) | Chromatic Triangulation (1968) |
1968 | CAD 300.00 - 500.00 | CAD 635.00 |
| 1043 | ROBERT BOURDEAU (Canadian, b. 1931) | Austria (1994) |
1994 | CAD 700.00 - 900.00 | CAD 603.25 |
| 1155 | WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CEL |
CAD 600.00 - 800.00 | CAD 603.25 | ||
| 1012 | ARGUSTO ARDILA (Colombian, b. 1938) | Group of three |
1981 | CAD 400.00 - 600.00 | CAD 539.75 |
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/033cf239-2b91-4588-aca2-50ad0a9c43b3.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Roberts (Henry, after). <i>Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ...,</i> [1784]. £500-800")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ecbc3d4-52ef-41c5-8a8d-d4a158a51253.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> World. Ortelius (Abraham), <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> [1598]. £2,000-3,000")
![Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fcfb0b9a-4f59-4dc8-87fd-1dfdf90611dc.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, May 14:</b> Bible [English]. [<i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New...,</i> 1613]. £2,000-3,000")
