A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals: Major Art Books Auction, 40126, Toronto

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 01, 2026 - April 01, 2026
Page Size: 174 items in 7 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2001 Robert Motherwell

Spoleto Festival 1968

1968 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
2002 Robert Mangold

Yellow Curled Figure (2002)

2002 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 952.50
2003 Tom Wesselmann

Seascape, Miami (1991)

1991 CAD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 CAD 6,096.00
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
2006 Sam Francis

Poemes dans le ciel 6

N/A CAD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,397.00
2007 Victor Vasarely

Axo

N/A CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 825.50
2009 Ringo Starr

Two Ye (2008)

2008 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 698.50
2011 Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur III

N/A CAD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 CAD 5,588.00
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
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
2017 Jean-Pierre Yvaral

Untitled (Geometric Composition)

N/A CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 412.75
2018 Yaacov Agam

Spirit Of America

N/A CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 603.25
2019 Victor Vasarely

Composition with Red & Blue Circles

N/A CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 381.00
2020 Victor Vasarely

Bi-Dagg

N/A CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 317.50
2021 Robert (1953) Longo

The Entertainer (1986)

1986 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,524.00
2022 Reuben Nakian

Leda and Swan (ca. 1970)

ca. 1970 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
2023 Henry (1898) Moore

Seated Mother and Child (1975)

1975 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 1,206.50
2025 Pablo Picasso; Introduction by Wilhelm Boeck

Picasso Linoleum Cuts. Bacchanals, Women, Bulls & Bullfighters

New York 1962 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 2,032.00
2026 Pablo Picasso; Foreword by Georges Boudaille

Picasso’s Sketchbook: A Limited Edition in Facsimile

New York 1960 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,651.00
2027 Gaston Bachelard

Marc Chagall. Drawings for the Bible [Verve 37-38]

New York 1960 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 2,286.00
2028 Marc Chagall, Julien Cain, and Fernand Mourlot

The Lithographs of Chagall

Monte Carlo / New York 1960 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,079.50
2039 Richard E. Filipowski

Untitled Abstract Earrings & Pendant

N/A CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 317.50
2040 Richard E. Filipowski

Suite: Earrings and Pendant

N/A CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 254.00
2049 Jean Paul Riopelle

Ombre Verte

N/A CAD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 2,540.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.