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 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
GORDON APPELBE SMITH
West Coast #2 (1974)
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, inscribed “April” and stamped with the artist’s name on the stretcher; dated 1974 on the gallery label on the reverse
56 x 65 ins ( 142.2 x 165.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $40,120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
BRUNO COTE
October at the Camp
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; unframed
47.75 x 71.5 ins ( 121.3 x 181.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $39,100.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
FREDERICK NICHOLAS LOVEROFF
Evening, Algonquin
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $38,520.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
HOMER RANSFORD WATSON
The Old Mill
oil on canvas
signed and indistinctly dated lower right
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $38,400.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
CORNELIUS KRIEGHOFF
Indian Trappers, Lake St. Charles
oil on canvas
signed and indistinctly inscribed “Quebec 1854” lower right
12 x 18 ins ( 30.5 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $50,000.00
Price Realized $31,500.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
TAKAO TANABE
Autumn Foothills
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1983 lower right; signed, titled, dated “3/83” and inscribed “Errington” on the reverse
26 x 72 ins ( 66 x 182.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $37,760.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
MAUD LEWIS
Three Black Cats
oil on masonite
signed to the right
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $36,800.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Old Hotel, Elora
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1929 on the reverse
9.5 x 11.25 ins ( 24.1 x 28.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $36,800.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
ARTHUR HENRY HOWARD HEMING
A Rocky Mountain Packet
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the stretcher
32 x 48 ins ( 81.3 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $36,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Go Home Bay
oil on canvas
signed lower right
21 x 25.25 ins ( 53.3 x 64.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $35,400.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Arden Village
oil on board
signed lower right; signed (twice), titled (twice) and dated 1957 on the reverse
9.25 x 11.25 ins ( 23.5 x 28.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $35,400.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
WILLIAM KURELEK
Stop Thief!
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the reverse
7.25 x 8.75 ins ( 18.4 x 22.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $34,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- 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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