Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Robert Harris, The Unruly Guest (Portraits of Children of G. Stethem, Esq.), 1880
ROBERT HARRIS
The Unruly Guest (Portraits of Children of G. Stethem, Esq.), 1880

oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the stretcher on the reverse
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, La Mare, Baie St. Paul, 1920
CLARENCE ALPHONSE GAGNON
La Mare, Baie St. Paul, 1920

oil on panel
certified by Lucile Rodier Gagnon (no.358) on a label on the reverse
4.75 x 7 ins ( 12.1 x 17.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $20,000.00$15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $23,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019

Artwork by Ozias Leduc, Nature morte au livre (Crépuscule de Michel-Ange)
OZIAS LEDUC
Nature morte au livre (Crépuscule de Michel-Ange)

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1940 lower right
16 x 24 ins ( 40.6 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $70,000.00$50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $45,600.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Tom Thomson, Giant's Tomb, Georgian Bay, Summer 1914
TOM THOMSON
Giant's Tomb, Georgian Bay, Summer 1914

oil on composite wood-pulp board
signed lower right; catalogue raisonné no. 1914.23
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )

Auction Estimate: $700,000.00$500,000.00 - $700,000.00
Price Realized $888,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024

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Artwork by Frederick Grant Banting, Village in Winter
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
Village in Winter

oil on panel
signed lower right
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $35,000.00$25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $34,500.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017

Artwork by James Edward Hervey MacDonald, Gull River in Coboconk
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Gull River in Coboconk

oil on board
signed with initials and dated 1924 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse and on a label on the reverse; a landscape with trees on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023

Artwork by Wanda Koop, Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Still); Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Capital), 2017
WANDA KOOP
Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Still); Standing Withstanding (Infrared-Capital), 2017

two acrylics on canvas (diptych)
each signed, titled and dated 2017 on the reverse
40 x 30 in ( 101.6 x 76.2 cm ) ( each )

Auction Estimate: $40,000.00$30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $33,600.00
Sale date: May 28th 2025

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Lac Millette, Quebec (Winter Landscape)
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Lac Millette, Quebec (Winter Landscape)

oil on board
signed lower left; titled and inscribed “National Council of Jewish Women” on the reverse and inscribed “A.Y. Jackson” on the frame on the reverse
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 $26,400.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

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