Passion and Knowledge at your Service
Our Mission
To provide an exceptional client and customer experience through the use of in-depth knowledge and modern selling platforms. We also maintain a high level of trust, and show caring commensurate with the high standards that set Pridham’s | A.H. Wilkens apart from other auction houses.
Our history
Robin Pridham has had a very successful business and military career and won several corporate awards for his excellent strategic business acumen and sales results. For the last 35 years, Robin has been cultivating, liaising and sharing his passion with an important network of well-respected aficionados, buyers, sellers and experts. In 2011, he founded Pridham’s, a top rated auction house by Canadian and international collectors.
In 2012, Robin graduated from Reppert School of Auctioneering located in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a member of the National Auctioneers Association, the Auctioneers Association of Ontario, the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts, and the Canadian Professional Appraisers.
Distinctions
Pridham’s | A.H. Wilkens have sold important estates over the years; of note, we sold the contents of a 16,000 square foot manor, “Tredilion Park”, located in Sutton, Quebec. In August 2015, we conducted the most important on-site auction seen in the province of Quebec in the last 40 years, for the Estate of Henrietta Antony of Westmount and Vignoble Chapelle Ste. Agnès in Sutton, Quebec. Of historical importance, we sold the Estate of the Honorable Louis-Joseph Forget in 2014 in Elgin, Quebec. And in 2013, we appraised and sold the Estate of Thomas Bassett Macaulay, President of Sunlife (1889-1909) and Founder of Mount-Victoria Farm in Hudson, Quebec.
Registered Member
Pridham’s | A.H. Wilkens Ottawa is a member of the National Auction Association, the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts and the Canadian Professional Appraisers.
