AUCTION

Historical First Nations & Inuit Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
September 3 at 2pm ET

Featuring historical objects made both for sale and for everyday use, the works in this auction spotlight continuities and innovations in diverse First Nations traditions. Highlights include an important rediscovered 1786 Portrait Miniature of Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) believed to have been commissioned by Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings, a pair of significant 19th-century figural canoe cups collected in Quebec by King’s Counsel Ivan Tolkien Wotherspoon, and Northwest Coast and Plains art from the collection of fur trader and Strathcona Alderman John Gaddis Tipton.

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AUCTION

First Nations Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE:
September 3 at 2pm ET

This auction represents a diversity of First Nations visions from the Northwest Coast to the Eastern Woodlands. Highlights include works by artists Norval Morrisseau, Eddy Cobiness, Kent Monkman, Joseph Sánchez, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Terry Starr, Christian Morrisseau, Jack James, Arthur Shilling, Jacob Ezra Thomas, and Carl Beam.

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AUCTION

An Important Collection of Art from Africa and Oceania

BEGINS TO CLOSE: 
September 3 at 2 PM ET

This significant collection from a prestigious Toronto collector is underscored by impeccable provenance, with items originating from noted collectors Josef Müller, James Thomas Hooper, Jay C. Leff, Edward Wolfe, and Professor Frank Willett, as well as early missionary and field collectors. Highlights include the James Thomas Hooper Yoruba Epa Helmet Mask attributed to Master Carver Agbonbiofe, a Fang Eyema Byeri Figure with mount by Kichizô Inagaki, and a Luba Caryatid Stool collected by Captain Fritz Crowe, which was subsequently pictured alongside James Hooper in an iconic portrait.

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AUCTION

Discovery Art

BEGINS TO CLOSE: 
September 3 at 2 PM ET

Featuring a large selection of paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and mixed media works by artists including, Hortense Gordon, F.M. Bell-Smith, Arthur Lismer, Joachim Gauthier, Philip Craig, Bruno Bobak, James Henderson, Leonard Brooks, Ronald York Wilson, Nori Peter, Hagop Khoubesserian, Andrew Posa, Florence Vale, William Topham, Michael Ouzikov, Alberto De Castro, Willard M. Mitchell, Fred H. Brigden, Bruce Le Dain, Léo Ayotte, Roland Gissing, Marthe Rakine, among others.

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Bruno Joseph Bobak
Winter Evening
Estimate: $1,800—2,000 

AUCTION

Fine Wine

BEGINS TO CLOSE: 
September 15 at 6 PM ET

Our September Wine auction showcases over 600 lots of desired Burgundy, Classified Bordeaux, Rare Champagnes, Super Tuscans, 100 point wines and exceptional OWCs. Also featured are iconic Napa wines including Bond, Harlan and Dominus, Châteauneuf du Papes from the Rhône, and numerous large format selections. These are special wines for special occasions, for long-term cellaring, and for drinking pleasure.

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We’re accepting consignments for our November Fine Wine auction.

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AUCTION

Fine Spirits

BEGINS TO CLOSE: 
September 15 at 4 PM ET

Our highly anticipated September Spirits auction features over 50 lots of rare and popular Macallan, including The Macallan Folio #1, 25 and 30 year olds, M Black, and Distil Your World: London and New York editions. Also offered are American Bourbons, Japanese Whiskies, bottles from the Canadian Club Chronicle Series, older French Cognacs, Rémy Martin Louis XIII, Tignanello Grappa, and single malts from Independent Bottlers. This auction offers spirits for every imbiber and collector.

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EVENT

Valuation Day Toronto

Wednesday, September 9

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EVENT

We're Closed for Labour Day

Monday, September 7

Our offices will be closed on Monday, September 7. We look forward to assisting you when we return to regular business hours on Tuesday, September 8.

Franz Johnston painted “Waterfall, Algoma” in the autumn of 1920, following a sketching trip with Lawren Harris and J.E.H. MacDonald.

He wrote about his experience: ”It was very wonderful down there sketching by the gorgeous falls pounding down… they seemed to fascinate you and the great roar of the water withal being a bright sunny day it made the place like an enchanted land…”

Sold in our May 2016 Canadian Fine Art auction, “Waterfall, Algoma” remains one of our favourites.

Frank Hans Johnston (1888-1949), Canadian
WATERFALL, ALGOMA, 1920