Holiday Charm Highlights

This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Holiday Charm which concluded on December 13, 2022. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.

JOHN GEOFFREY CARUTHERS LITTLE
Skating Rink (circa 1966)

oil on canvas
signed lower right (signed by the artist in 2022); signed on the stretcher
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $12,000.00$8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $10,800.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Christmas Eve, Yonge Street, Looking North from Richmond Street, Toronto

oil on canvas board
14.25 x 10 ins ( 36.2 x 25.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $5,000.00$3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $10,800.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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BRUNO CÔTÉ
St. Tites des Caps

oil on board
signed and dated 1987 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )

Auction Estimate: $7,000.00$5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,040.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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ERIC RIORDON
Valley Farm

oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,500.00$1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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ALLEN SAPP
Playing Hockey

acrylic on canvas
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,880.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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CLAUDE LANGEVIN
Winter Village with Horse and Sleigh

oil on canvas
signed lower left
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,640.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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VLADIMIR HORIK
Une Toilette de Charlevoix (”Modelle Rustique”)

oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,000.00$800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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JOHN MCNAUGHTON
Snow Plow, Greene Avenue, Montreal; Delivering Milk, Dorchester St., Westmount, Montreal

two watercolours
“Snow Plow, Greene Avenue, Montreal” - signed lower right; titled and dated March 1884 on the reverse of the framing (7 ins x 10.75 ins sight);

“Delivering Milk, Dorchester St., Westmount, Montreal” - signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the framing (4.75 ins x 7.75 ins sight); both inscribed ‘Presented to P.E. Jarman by A.J. Piers, 1 Nov. 1934’ on the reverse of the framing
7 x 10.75 ins ( 17.8 x 27.3 cms ) ( (sight - larger of the two) )

Auction Estimate: $3,000.00$2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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GEORGE THOMSON
A March Scene

oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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CLAUDE LANGEVIN
Fin de Journée

oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $2,000.00$1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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GRENFELL LABRADOR INDUSTRIES
Returning Home

hooked rug mat
unframed
22 x 26.5 ins ( 55.9 x 67.3 cms ) ( overall )

Auction Estimate: $500.00$300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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ARTO YUZBASIYAN
Allen Avenue, Toronto

watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1982 lower right
13.25 x 19.75 ins ( 33.7 x 50.2 cms )

Auction Estimate: $900.00$700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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THOMAS HAIG CHATFIELD
The Homestead

oil on board
signed lower left; titled and inscribed “A-0325” on the reverse
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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RAYNALD LECLERC
L’église de Baie Saint Paul

oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
20 x 20 ins ( 50.8 x 50.8 cms )

Auction Estimate: $800.00$600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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GRAHAM NOBLE NORWELL
Laurentian Dream

oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label and and dated 1972 on the reverse
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )

Auction Estimate: $1,500.00$1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022

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Previous Auctions

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April Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Select Canadian Prints (Online Auctions): Sale Closed: April 18, 2023
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction): Sale Closed: March 21, 2023
Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Three Dimensions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Canada & Abroad (Online Auction): Sale Closed: February 28, 2023
Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Canadian Winter (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Books & Reference (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
From the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction): Sale Closed: January 31, 2023
Holiday Charm (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
Coast to Coast (Online Auction): Sale Closed: December 13, 2022
An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2): Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian Art (Session 1): Sale Closed: December 1, 2022
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Canadian Group of Painters (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Fall Auction of International Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Post-War & Contemporary Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: November 22, 2022
October Abstractions (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Little Pictures (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction): Sale Closed: October 25, 2022
La belle province (Art of Quebec) (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Prints, Photography & Multiples (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction): Sale Closed: September 27, 2022
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
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
Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 23, 2020
Canadian & International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: June 2, 2020
Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction): Sale Closed: April 14, 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

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