Bidding in a Winter Wonderland Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Bidding in a Winter Wonderland which concluded on December 12, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
TED HARRISON
Bringing Home the Tree
acrylic on paper
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1988 and inscribed “#15” and “Christmas time has arrived and in the North one can often collect a tree close by. Here one need not dream of a while Christmas as the snow remains crisp and white. Snow gives the land a mangle of cleanliness and purity” on the reverse of the accompanying card; unframed
14.5 x 11 ins ( 36.8 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $7,920.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
TED HARRISON
Magic Tree
acrylic on card
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1991 and inscribed “Design for Save the Children Fund of B.C.” in the lower margin; dated with the artist’s studio stamp on the reverse; unframed
12.75 x 9.5 ins ( 32.4 x 24.1 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
TED HARRISON
Season of Joy (Design for Christmas Card)
acrylic on card
signed and dated 1990 lower right; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Design for Xmas Card - ‘Save the Children Fund’ and “Reduce 50%” in the lower margin; unframed
9.5 x 12.25 ins ( 24.1 x 31.1 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,800.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
MURIEL STARK
Cabin Among the Trees; Village in Winter; River in Winter
three hand-painted cards
- “Cabin Among the Trees” signed in the lower margin; inscribed to a past recipient on the inside of the card; 3.75 ins x 2.5 ins (subject);
- “Village in Winter” 4.25 ins x 2.75 ins (subject);
- “River in Winter” inscribed to a past recipient on the inside of the card; 2.5 ins x 3.5 ins (subject);
each unframed
3.75 x 2.5 ins ( 9.5 x 6.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
SAMUEL HERBERT MAW
Christmas is Here; Christmas Carol Singers; The Sandbanks near Picton, Ont.
three etchings
each signed and titled in the lower margin; each unframed and affixed to matting
3.75 x 3.75 ins ( 9.5 x 9.5 cms ) ( each subject )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Christmas Cards
two colour screenprints and one photolithographic reproduction
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Rue Anemone”; 6.25 ins x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 ins x 12.5 ins (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year”/”Wild Lily of the Valley”; titled and dated “1970s” on the reverse; 4.75 ins x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.75 ins x 15.5 ins (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year”/”Farm Scene“ dated “late 1960’s” on the reverse; 4.25 ins x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.25 ins x 15.25 ins (unfolded);
each unframed
4.75 x 15.5 ins ( 12.1 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
THOREAU MACDONALD
Christmas Night
one photolithographic reproduction and two postcards
“Season’s Greetings” / “Christmas Night” 8.5 x 9.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 17 ins. (unfolded); sold together with two postcards from the McMichael Conservation Collection of Art
8.5 x 17 ins ( 21.6 x 43.2 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Three Christmas Cards
three photolithographic reproductions
- “Nöel”; dated 1982; 4.75 x 6.25 ins (folded), 4.75 x 15 ins (unfolded);
- “Silent Night”; 5 x 7 ins (folded), 5 x 16 ins (unfolded);
- “Stumps and Snow”; dated 1977; 4.75 x 6 ins (folded), 4.75 x 12 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
5 x 16 ins ( 12.7 x 40.6 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
MURIEL STARK
Merry Christmas; Winter Landscape with Cabin
two hand-painted cards
- “Merry Christmas” signed with initials “MES” below the image; 4.5 ins x 2.5 ins (subject);
- “Winter Landscape with Cabin” signed in the lower margin; inscribed to past recipient on the inside of the card; 3.75 ins x 2.5 ins (subject);
each unframed
3.75 x 2.5 ins ( 9.5 x 6.4 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $252.00
Sale date: December 12th 2023
Previous Auctions
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- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
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- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
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- 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
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- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
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- 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
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- 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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- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2023
- 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
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