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.
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 )
Sold for $69,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
KIM DORLAND
Green Tree Blue Tree
oil, acrylic and spray paint on wood panel
signed, titled and dated 2009 on the reverse
60 x 60 ins ( 152.4 x 152.4 cms )
Sold for $66,000.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Afterglow, Moose Lake
oil on canvas
signed lower right
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Sold for $63,250.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSON
Non Objective (Bluish)
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
41.5 x 23.25 ins ( 105.4 x 59.1 cms )
Sold for $60,000.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Tableaux sans paroles #3
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1973 on the reverse
40 x 40 ins ( 101.6 x 101.6 cms )
Sold for $59,000.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Five Colour Prints (1965 Portfolio)
complete set of five colour serigraphs
“Red Sash- New York 1962”, “Red Stripes- New York 1962”, “Red Orange Green- 1963”, “Nice Pink- 1965”, “Stripes to the Right- 1965”; each signed, dated 1965 and numbered 57/100, housed in the original portfolio
26 x 20.5 ins ( 66 x 52.1 cms ) ( each )
Sold for $57,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
HENRY GEORGE GLYDE
Alaska Highway, Northern British Columbia
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Sold for $54,280.00
Sale date: June 1st 2021
KENNETH CAMPBELL LOCHHEAD
Colour Rotation
acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1964 on the reverse
80 x 67 ins ( 203.2 x 170.2 cms )
Sold for $54,280.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
EMILY CARR
Arbutus Trees
watercolour
signed and dated 1908 lower left
14.5 x 10.75 ins ( 36.8 x 27.3 cms )
Sold for $52,900.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre, 1970
oil on board
11.75 x 6.75 ins ( 29.8 x 17.1 cms )
Sold for $52,800.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Snow-Covered Trees
gouache
a signed inscription by A.J. Casson reads “This is an original by Lawren Harris Sr. 1929” within the lower margin
5.5 x 4.5 ins ( 14 x 11.4 cms ) ( subject )
Sold for $50,600.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MARCELLE FERRON
Sans titre
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1973 lower left; signed and dated on the reverse
45 x 57 ins ( 114.3 x 144.8 cms )
Sold for $49,560.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Prints of Sampson Matthews (& Related Work) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Books & Reference (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 17, 2021
- People & Places
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 9, 2021
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- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 1, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 27, 2021
- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 30, 2021
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- From the Archives of Sampson-Matthews Ltd. (& Related Material) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 23, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 2, 2021
- Artwork from a Canadian Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 15, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: December 3, 2020
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- Canadian & International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 17, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 27, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 29, 2020
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 11, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 14, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
- Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 12, 2020
- Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 14, 2020
- Works on Paper, Prints & Books (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 18, 2020
- From the Collection of Paul Duval (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2020
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2019
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2019
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 20, 2018
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2018
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 23, 2017
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 25, 2017
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2016
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2016
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 25, 2015
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2015
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 28, 2014
- Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: May 29, 2014
- Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 29, 2013
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