Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Molly Lamb Bobak, Beach Crowd
MOLLY LAMB BOBAK
Beach Crowd

oil on canvas
signed lower right
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $60,000.00$40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $108,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021

Artwork by Henry Mortikar Rosenberg, Girls Gathering Firewood, circa 1886
HENRY MORTIKAR ROSENBERG
Girls Gathering Firewood, circa 1886

oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “Halifax” lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $8,000.00$6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

Artwork by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, Agawa Canyon, Algoma
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Agawa Canyon, Algoma

oil on board
signed and titled on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $42,480.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018

Artwork by Maud Lewis, The Blacksmith Shop
MAUD LEWIS
The Blacksmith Shop

mixed media on board
signed lower left
11.5 x 16 ins ( 29.2 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $20,060.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018

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Artwork by Léon Bellefleur, Les écluses
LÉON BELLEFLEUR
Les écluses

acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1970 lower left; signed, titled and dated 1970 on the reverse
25.75 x 32.25 ins ( 65.4 x 81.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $22,800.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021

Artwork by Tom Thomson, Fallen Timber (Algonquin)
TOM THOMSON
Fallen Timber (Algonquin)

oil on canvas, laid down on paperboard
inscribed “Gordon Harkness” and signed and inscribed by Thoreau MacDonald on the reverse; catalogue raisonne number 1912.02
6 x 9.25 ins ( 15.2 x 23.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $200,000.00$150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Price Realized $125,000.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017

Artwork by Maud Lewis, Two Deer, Sunset
MAUD LEWIS
Two Deer, Sunset

mixed media on board
signed lower right
12 x 14 ins ( 30.5 x 35.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $66,000.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022

Artwork by Maud Lewis, Winter Landscape with Covered Bridge
MAUD LEWIS
Winter Landscape with Covered Bridge

mixed media on board
signed lower right
11.75 x 13.75 in ( 29.8 x 34.9 cm )

Auction Estimate: $15,000.00$12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: May 21st 2024

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