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.
GEORGE AGNEW REID
Toronto Waterfront, 1886
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1886 lower left
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $216,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Lake O’Hara
oil on board
signed and dated 1925 lower left
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $216,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
WILLIAM KURELEK
A Little Girl and Her Snowman, 1973
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1973 lower right; inscribed "The painting expresses that endearing quality children have of investing inanimate things with life - even human life as you will note in the future when you have your own little ones. The child in the picture is addressing her little snow man once in a while as she pulls him along. - Bill Kurelek" on a wedding card affixed to the reverse which is signed by the Kurelek family, "Bill, Jean, Barbara, Cathy, Steve, Tom"
9.5 x 13 in ( 24.1 x 33 cm )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $216,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
JAMES EDWARD HERVEY MACDONALD
Cedars, Little Turtle Lake, 1922
oil on wood-pulp board
signed, titled and inscribed “Studio Building, 25 Severn St.” on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $204,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Autumn Tangle
oil on beaverboard
inscribed “No. 28” with the artist estate stamp on the reverse
9.75 x 12 ins ( 24.8 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00
Price Realized $204,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
A Bridge in London (ca. 1913-15)
oil on board
“Studio / J.W. Morrice” stamp on the reverse
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $192,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Canadians Preparing for Town
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1862 lower left
13.75 x 20 ins ( 34.9 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $125,000.00 - $175,000.00
Price Realized $192,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Totem Poles, Kitwanga
oil on panel
signed lower left; NJG Inventory No. 653 inscribed on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $192,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
HENRY SANDHAM
Low Tide, Murray Bay
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1884 lower right; inscribed “Murray Bay / Hy Sa… / Low Tide” on a label on the stretcher on the reverse
20 x 34 ins ( 50.8 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00
Price Realized $192,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
ARTHUR LISMER
Autumn in Algonquin (1914)
oil on panel
signed lower right
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $180,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
FERNANDO BOTERO
Compotier aux fruits
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1980 lower right; signed, titled and dated on two gallery labels on the backing on the reverse
62.5 x 43.5 ins ( 158.8 x 110.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $175,000.00 - $225,000.00
Price Realized $150,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
ANDY WARHOL
Mick Jagger (F&S II.144)
screenprint on arches aquarelle (rough) paper
signed by the artist, numbered 157/250 and signed by Mick Jagger in the lower margin; printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York; published by Seabird Editions, London, England with their inkstamp on the reverse
43.5 x 29 in ( 110.5 x 73.7 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $140,000.00 - $180,000.00
Price Realized $180,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY
Early Spring, Algonquin Park
oil on board
signed lower left
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $168,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD
Still Life with Plant
oil on canvas mounted on board
signed and dated 1948 lower right
19.75 x 14 ins ( 50.2 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $168,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
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
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