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.
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
October Morning, Épisy (1909)
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1909 and inscribed “810”, “2158”, “Exhibited at Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Liverpool”, “No. 1” and “His Frame” (struck) on the stretcher; titled and inscribed “Owned by EJ Jackson, Lethbridge” on a label on the stretcher
21.5 x 25.5 ins ( 54.6 x 64.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $90,000.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
EFA PRUDENCE HEWARD
Mrs. Decco (1940)
oil on canvas
signed upper right; the artist’s name and address inscribed on a label on the reverse; a portrait sketch of a woman on the reverse
24 x 20.25 ins ( 61 x 51.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $90,000.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
MAUD LEWIS
Car Ride through Town
mixed media on board
signed lower right
12.25 x 13.75 ins ( 31.1 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $18,000.00 - $22,000.00
Price Realized $90,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Les fiançailles no. 5
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1976 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
72 x 72 ins ( 182.9 x 182.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $88,500.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Ruisseau Jureux
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1931 on the stretcher
21 x 26 ins ( 53.3 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00
Price Realized $88,500.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
JEAN ALBERT MCEWEN
Rose traversant les jaunes
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1978 lower right; titled on the reverse
88 x 68 ins ( 223.5 x 172.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $88,500.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
EDWIN HEADLEY HOLGATE
Autumn Leaves
oil on canvas
signed lower left
17 x 21 ins ( 43.2 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00
Price Realized $75,000.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
MAUD LEWIS
Three Black Cats
mixed media on board
signed to the right
11.5 x 11.75 ins ( 29.2 x 29.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $84,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Delta Ice House
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “Hart House ‘42” on the stretcher
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
WILLIAM KURELEK
Threshing Outfit Being Brought Lunch
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1972 lower right; titled on the reverse
5 x 15.5 ins ( 12.7 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
WILLIAM KURELEK
Pioneer Homestead on a Winter’s Evening
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1971 lower right; titled on the reverse of the artist’s frame
24.5 x 19 ins ( 62.2 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
GUIDO MOLINARI
Tri-sériel rouge
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1964 on the reverse
46.75 x 23.5 ins ( 118.7 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Petite Californie, 1962
oil on canvas
signed lower right
23.75 x 23.75 ins ( 60.3 x 60.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $70,000.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
WILLIAM KURELEK
Behold Man Without God (#3)
mixed media on board
signed with monogram lower right; inscribed “XX” on the reverse; titled and dated 1972 on the reverse of the artist’s frame
38 x 24 ins ( 96.5 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $78,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Brigus, Newfoundland
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the stretcher; dated “900720” (July 20, 1990) on the reverse
36 x 48 ins ( 91.4 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $78,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- The Art of Barbara Mercer (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 23, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Cities & Towns (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 19, 2022
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- From the Estate of Robert Markle (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 28, 2022
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: June 15, 2022
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- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 31, 2022
- April Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 19, 2022
- Inuit and First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 22, 2022
- Canada & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 1, 2022
- Post War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Canadian Winter (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 1, 2022
- Works on Paper, Books & Tapestries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Holiday Charm (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 14, 2021
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Auction to Benefit the Art Gallery of Alberta (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 30, 2021
- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art
- Sale Closed: November 22, 2021
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- October Abstractions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 26, 2021
- Indigenous & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- Art of Quebec: La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 28, 2021
- 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 (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Prints & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 20, 2021
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Auction of International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2021
- Spring Live 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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