Bidding in a Winter Wonderland
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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 )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $400.00 - $600.00
Current bid: $200.00Next bid is: $210.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Current bid: $300.00Next bid is: $325.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Current bid: $2,000.00Next bid is: $2,200.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Current bid: $6,600.00Next bid is: $7,100.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Current bid: $2,200.00Next bid is: $2,400.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Three Christmas Cards
one colour screenprint and two photolithographic reproductions
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Blue Flag Iris”; initialed and dated 1979; 6.25 x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 x 12.5 ins (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / ”Old Davenport Station, 1930”; titled and dated 1930; 4.25 x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.25 x 15.5 ins (unfolded);
- “Casson Lake, In the Killarney Provincial Park”; 4.75 x 6 ins;
each unframed
6.25 x 4.75 ins ( 15.9 x 12.1 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Three Christmas Cards
three photolithographic reproductions
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Old Mill at Elora”; dated 1967; 4.25 x 6.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 12.5 ins. (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / ”Untitled (Old Farmhouse)”; dated 1932; 4.25 x 6.25 ins (folded); 4.25 x 15.5 ins (unfolded);
- “Christmas Eve in the Village” signed and dated 1990; 5 x 7 ins. (folded), 5 x 14 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
4.25 x 15.5 ins ( 10.8 x 39.4 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Three Christmas Cards
one colour screenprint and two photolithographic reproductions
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Blue Flag Iris”; initialed and dated 1979; 6.25 x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 x 12.5 ins (unfolded);
- “Nöel”; dated 1982; 4.75 x 6.25 ins (folded), 4.75 x 15 ins (unfolded);
- “Casson Lake, In the Killarney Provincial Park”; 4.75 x 6 ins (folded); 4.75 x 12 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
4.75 x 15.5 ins ( 12.1 x 39.4 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Four Christmas Cards
two colour screenprints and two photolithographic reproductions
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Pitcher Plant”; dated 1964; 6.25 x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 x 12.5 ins (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Trailing Arbutus”; dated 1964; 6.25 x 4.75 ins (folded), 6.25 x 12.5 ins (unfolded);
- “Nöel”; dated 1982; 4.75 x 6.25 ins (folded), 4.75 x 15 ins (unfolded);
- “Casson Lake, In the Killarney Provincial Park”; 4.75 x 6 ins (folded); 4.75 x 12 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
4.75 x 15 ins ( 12.1 x 38.1 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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 )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Three Christmas Cards
two photolithographic reproductions and one colour screenprint
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Prairie Lily”; dated 1965; 4.25 x 6.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 12.5 ins. (unfolded);
- “Winter Evening Ride”; dated 1991; 5 x 7 ins. (folded), 5 x 16 ins. (unfolded);
- “Algoma” dated 1975; 7.25 x 8.25 ins. (folded), 14.5 x 8.25 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
14.5 x 8.25 ins ( 36.8 x 21 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Four Christmas Cards
four photolithographic reproductions
- “Nöel”; dated 1982; 4.75 x 6.25 ins (folded), 4.75 x 15 ins (unfolded);
- “With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year” / “Quebec, 1946”; dated 1946; 4.25 x 6.25 ins. (folded), 8.5 x 12.5 ins. (unfolded);
- “Farm, Near Vandorf, 1955”; dated 1981; 5.75 x 7 ins (folded), 11.5 x 7 ins (unfolded);
- “Old store at Salem”; dated 1984; 5.75 x 6.75 ins (folded), 5.75 x 13.5 ins. (unfolded);
each unframed
5.75 x 13.5 ins ( 14.6 x 34.3 cms ) ( largest )
Estimated: $500.00 - $700.00
Next bid is: $300.00
Closes December 12th at 02:15:00 PM EST
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