Exceptional Results
This page provides details of a selection of works of art which achieved exceptional results in our past auctions. Select an artwork below for further details. All posted results include Buyer's Premium.
FREDERIC MARLETT BELL-SMITH
Strawberry Picking, Oakville, circa 1900
oil on canvas
signed lower left
25 x 36 ins ( 63.5 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $48,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
Ukrainian Proverb
mixed media on board
signed with initials lower right, inscribed “He who chases two rabbits at the same time catches neither” in Ukrainian and English; dated 1974 and titled (twice) on the reverse
10 x 4.5 ins ( 25.4 x 11.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $41,400.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
BILL RONALD REID
Bear Cub Pendant (1990)
22k gold pendant with abalone inlay and 18k gold clasp
hand signed, dated 1990 and numbered 2/15 on the reverse
1 x .75 ins ( 2.5 x 1.9 cms ) ( including clasp )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Hudson Bay Trader (Early Trading with the Indians), circa 1845-47
oil on canvas
signed lower right
11.5 x 15.5 ins ( 29.2 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Iceberg & Floes
oil on canvas
signed lower right; dated “980717” (July 17, 1998) on the reverse
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Night Blue Red - B
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1981 on the reverse
54 x 45 ins ( 137.2 x 114.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Skinner’s Cave and Owl’s Head Mountain, Lake Memphremagog
oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “Quebec 1861” lower right; inscribed “Note on the original canvas: Skinners Cave, Owls Head Mtn. 2800 ft., Lake Memfremagog, Can., Orford M. in distance” on the reverse
13.25 x 18.25 ins ( 33.7 x 46.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $47,200.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
YVES GAUCHER
Gris et Bleu
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated Nov/Dec 1972 on the reverse
80 x 90 ins ( 203.2 x 228.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $46,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
MAUD LEWIS
Covered Bridge in Winter
oil on board
signed lower right
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $43,200.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
RONALD ALBERT MARTIN
Phase III, To Foil Oils, #13
winton and newton oils on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1997 on the stretcher
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $43,200.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
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: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $42,480.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Quarter Moon
gouache on paper
signed and dated 1975 lower right; signed and inscribed “Jack Bush – Toronto”, titled and dated June 1975 on the reverse
29 x 21 ins ( 73.7 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $41,400.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre (PM16)
oil on canvas
signed with initial; signed on the reverse
16.25 x 13 ins ( 41.3 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $41,400.00
Sale date: November 25th 2015
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
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