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RECENT LOCAL AUCTIONS
February 6th, 2025 – Original Lithographs, A. J. Casson Prints, Signed Canadian Artist Monographs, and Botanical Prints.
Our first double auction of 2025 was a success! Thank you to everyone who registered and congratulations to all the bidders who won.
We are working on a new local auction coming up in March. Stay on the loop following our Instagram account @torontobookauctions and check our website regularly for any updates.
See you soon!
Toronto Book Auctions
ONLINE CATALOGUES FROM PAST AUCTIONS
November 11, 2024 – Original Lithographs; Framed prints; Art books, Franklin Library and Easton Press leather bound books.
March 7th, 2024 – Art & Photo Books; Artist’ Books & Multiples; Military (non) Fiction; Art Prints And Photographs; Glass Art; And More.
An eclectic collection of books and unique finds, such as [WW1] Canadian (CSEF) Siberia 1918-1918 Photo Album. We have over 350 lots and adding new material every day until auction begins.
This time we offer:
Art & Photography Book Monographs (Lots: 1 to 120);
Photography Book Monographs with an emphasis on Chinese photo-books & Landscape photo-books (Lots: 121 to 220);
Wilbur Smith Signed 1st editions (Lots: 220 to 247);
Robertson Davies Signed 1st editions (Lots: 246 to 264);
Group lots from The Notable Trials Library (Lots: 265 to 280);
An extensive library of Military Fiction, Non-fiction & Canadiana Books collected by a Toronto Lieutenant Colonel (Lots: 281 to 350);
Art & Photo Books (Lots: 351 to 399);
Artists’ Books & Multiples (Lots: 400 to 420)
Art Prints and Photographs. (Lots: 421 to 449 (Rauschenberg, Edward Weston, William Kurelek, & others)
Miscellaneous, including a few Rare Japanese Ref. books (Lots 450 on)
June 20th, 2023 – Art, Photography and Antique Books & Maps.
A Collection of Art & Photography Monographs, including a Selection of Catalogue Raisonné. General Antiquarian Books & Maps. Including a Selection of Early 1600s-1700s Vellum Bindings. Warhol Early Interview Zines and other Ephemera.
December 6th, 2022 – Art and Antique Books, Prints and Multiples.
This auction features an eclectic collection of Artist’s Books and Multiples; Art Book Monographs and Catalogue Raisonnes; a small collection of Arctic Exploration and Early Travel; a collection of Limited Edition Canadian Art Books, including some original prints.
July 19th, 2022 – Art/Photo Books, Antique Maps, WOBO Heineken.
Presenting our very first book auction, featuring a collection of highly sought-after art and photo books from a noted Canadian art dealer. A collection of Canadian and other antique maps from a private collection in Brighton, Ontario.
An extremely rare first edition of the Manifesto of The Communist Party in Esperanto [MANIFESTO DE LA KOMUNISTA PARTIO DE KAROLO MARKS KAJ FREDERIKO ENGLES] translated by Arturo Baker. Chicago, 1908.
Lastly, a unique and rare find, the ultimate expression of Mid-Century Modern design, a collection of over 200 Heineken World Bottles (or WOBO), the “brick bottle”. These iconic bottles were produced in 1963 by Alfred Heineken after a trip to the Caribbean where Heineken noted the vast waste of discarded bottles and the lack of inexpensive building materials. He ingeniously came up with the idea of designing bottles that were made to interlock as bricks.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST AUCTIONS
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