Past Auction Highlights

Artwork by Robert Wakeham Pilot, Meeting the Ferry at Quebec (circa 1924)
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Meeting the Ferry at Quebec (circa 1924)

oil on canvas
signed lower right
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $50,000.00$30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $84,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Arthur Henry Howard Heming, The Caribou Hunter
ARTHUR HENRY HOWARD HEMING
The Caribou Hunter

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1930 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse of the frame
15 x 20 ins ( 38.1 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $10,000.00$8,000.00 - $10,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023

Artwork by David Brown Milne, Young Cedars (1919)
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Young Cedars (1919)

oil on canvas
signed and dated “Dec. 25, ‘19” lower right; titled and inscribed “Loaned by Mrs I.H. Weldon” on the stretcher (by Douglas Duncan); Milne catalogue raisonné no. 201.10
18 x 22.25 ins ( 45.7 x 56.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $350,000.00$250,000.00 - $350,000.00
Price Realized $792,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

Artwork by Alexander Young Jackson, Coldwell, Lake Superior
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Coldwell, Lake Superior

oil on panel
signed lower right; 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 $21,600.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022

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Artwork by Alex Simeon Janvier, Dene (The People)
ALEX SIMEON JANVIER
Dene (The People)

acrylic on canvas
signed upper right; signed, titled, dated 1991 and inscribed “Cold Lake” on the reverse
60.25 x 48 in ( 153 x 121.9 cm )

Auction Estimate: $70,000.00$50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $120,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024

Artwork by Lawren Stewart Harris, Red House, Barrie, 1924
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Red House, Barrie, 1924

gouache
signed with initials lower right (beneath the mat)
6 x 7 ins ( 15.2 x 17.8 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $22,000.00$18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized $66,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023

Artwork by James Williamson Galloway Macdonald, Daybreak (Modality Series)
JAMES WILLIAMSON GALLOWAY MACDONALD
Daybreak (Modality Series)

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1936 lower left; signed and titled on the reverse; signed, titled and inscribed “May Morning” on the stretcher
21.75 x 17.5 ins ( 55.2 x 44.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $90,000.00$70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $69,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016

Artwork by William Perehudoff, AC-69-29
WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF
AC-69-29

acrylic on canvas
signed and inscribed “AC-69-#29” on the reverse
63.5 x 78.75 ins ( 161.3 x 200 cms )

Auction Estimate: $30,000.00$20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $51,920.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019

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