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 WILSON MORRICE
Study for “The Pond, West Indies” (circa 1916-1919)
watercolour
signed lower left; inscribed “In Trinidad” on the reverse of the card; inscribed “Trinidad, Pond with Palms and Two Figures” on the reverse of the framing; F.R. Heaton Estate No.128
12.75 x 8.5 ins ( 32.4 x 21.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $22,420.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
GERSHON ISKOWITZ
Violet - A
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse
38 x 33 ins ( 96.5 x 83.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $21,850.00
Sale date: November 25th 2015
ANDY WARHOL
The Shadow
screenprint on lenox museum board
signed and numbered 9/200 in pencil lower right; stamped “Copyright Andy Warhol 1981, Publisher Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York” on the reverse; Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York
38 x 38 ins ( 96.5 x 96.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $18,530.00
Sale date: September 24th 2015
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Village in Winter
oil on canvas
signed lower right
22 x 28 ins ( 55.9 x 71.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $25,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
HAROLD BARLING TOWN
Tyranny of the Corner (Hypothesis Set)
oil and lucite on canvas
signed (twice), titled and dated 1962 (twice) on the reverse
81 x 74 ins ( 205.7 x 188 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
ARTHUR LISMER
Tumbled Rocks, Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed and dated 1946 lower centre; signed, titled and dated 1946 on a label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: November 25th 2015
TED HARRISON
Carcross
acrylic on board
signed and dated 1977 lower right; signed, titled, dated 1977 and inscribed “Whitehorse-Yukon” on a copy of a label affixed to the reverse
16.5 x 24 ins ( 41.9 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $20,700.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
PETER CLAPHAM SHEPPARD
Painting Muskoka Rapids (Self Portrait)
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1932 with the artist’s estate stamp on the reverse
13 x 16 ins ( 33 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
FREDERICK HORSMAN VARLEY
Mabou - Cape Breton
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and Varley Inventory Number (441) stamped on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $19,550.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
MARC CHAGALL
Hyménée from Daphnis and Chloé (Cramer 46, Mourlot 349)
colour lithograph
signed and numbered 56/60 within the lower margin; Published by Tériade, Paris
21 x 29.5 ins ( 53.3 x 74.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $18,000.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
MAUD LEWIS
Three Black Cats
oil on masonite
signed on the right
12.25 x 14.25 ins ( 31.1 x 36.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $17,250.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Sombre Day, Lake of Bays
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1979 on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $17,250.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON
Gulf of St. Lawrence
ink & watercolour, heightened with white
signed lower right, titled with notations in the margins; signed, titled and inscribed “Gulf of St. Lawrence (Beston); Illustration for The St. Lawrence, Rivers of America”, “A.Y. Jackson, Studio Bldg., Severn St., Toronto” and “To Farrar and Rinehart, 232 Madison Ave., New York” on the reverse
7.25 x 10.5 ins ( 18.4 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $14,950.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Canadian Prints & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Refocus: Important Photography from Canadian Collections (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Unbound Forms: Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Artwork from a Canadian Corporate Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Banting to Blackwood: A Century of Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 24, 2025
- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (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
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (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
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (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
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Capture (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
- 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
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
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