Past Auction Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold through past Cowley Abbott Canadian Art auctions or through the private sale process. Select an artwork for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
TOM THOMSON
Giant's Tomb, Georgian Bay, Summer 1914
oil on composite wood-pulp board
signed lower right; catalogue raisonné no. 1914.23
8.5 x 10.5 in ( 21.6 x 26.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500,000.00 - $700,000.00
Price Realized $888,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Burch's Store, 1916
watercolour
titled on a label on the reverse; catalogue raisonné no. 107.28
11 x 15 in ( 27.9 x 38.1 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $33,600.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
MARCELLE FERRON
Sans titre
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed on the stretcher
7.5 x 9.5 in ( 19.1 x 24.1 cm )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $22,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
MAUD LEWIS
Harbour Scene, c.1960
mixed media on board
signed lower right
12 x 13 in ( 30.5 x 33 cm )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $20,400.00
Sale date: March 25th 2025
BERTRAM RICHARD BROOKER
Delta Ice House
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “Hart House ‘42” on the stretcher
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00
Price Realized $82,600.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
DOROTHY ELSIE KNOWLES
Soft Greens in May
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1979 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “AC-9-79” on the reverse
78 x 49 ins ( 198.1 x 124.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $29,900.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
EDWARD SEAGO
Morning Sunlight on the Orwell
oil on masonite
signed lower left and titled on a frame plaque; titled on a label on the reverse
20 x 30 ins ( 50.8 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $50,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Ephraim Kelloway's Night Door, 1989-1990
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1990 lower left; signed, initialled (twice), titled, dated 1989-1990 and inscribed "painted Feb 18 1990" on the reverse
48 x 40 in ( 121.9 x 101.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00
Price Realized $132,000.00
Sale date: November 27th 2024
DAVID BOWIE
Nail-Head of Trent Reznor
oil and mixed media on canvas
titled and annotated with lyrics; signed, titled and dated 1995 on the reverse
11 x 8.5 ins ( 27.9 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $35,000.00 - $55,000.00
Price Realized $38,400.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
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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