Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Douglas Gibb Morton, Two with Grey (1965)
DOUGLAS GIBB MORTON
Two with Grey (1965)

oil on canvas
artist name, titled and dated 1965 to a label on the stretcher
60 x 80 ins ( 152.4 x 203.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $18,000.00$14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Sugar Maple, Brownsburg, QC
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Sugar Maple, Brownsburg, QC

oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “September 1965” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $22,000.00$18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized $22,800.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2022

Artwork by Alfred Joseph Casson, The Camel’s Hump, Lake of Bays
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
The Camel’s Hump, Lake of Bays

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “circa 1983” on a label on the stretcher
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $72,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by William Kurelek, Snow Showers and Horses Foraging
WILLIAM KURELEK
Snow Showers and Horses Foraging

gouache
signed with monogram and dated 1966 lower right
14 x 18.75 ins ( 35.6 x 47.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $25,000.00$20,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

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Artwork by Franklin Carmichael, Study of Trees, Autumn (circa 1920-22)
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Study of Trees, Autumn (circa 1920-22)

oil on beaverboard
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “Sketch” and “OS39” with the artist estate stamp on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $80,000.00$60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $60,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022

Artwork by William Kurelek, Pioneer Homestead on a Winter’s Evening
WILLIAM KURELEK
Pioneer Homestead on a Winter’s Evening

mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1971 lower right; titled on the reverse of the artist’s frame
24.5 x 19 ins ( 62.2 x 48.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $70,000.00$50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Southern Alberta Town
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Southern Alberta Town

oil on board
signed and inscribed indistinctly lower left
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Algoma Sketch XCII (Algoma Autumn)
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Algoma Sketch XCII (Algoma Autumn)

oil on panel
titled on a label on the reverse; a cross in a circle inscribed on the reverse
10.25 x 13.75 ins ( 26 x 34.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $250,000.00$150,000.00 - $250,000.00
Price Realized $130,000.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019

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