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We're Taking An Extra-Long Weekend!


In addition to Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1, we will also be closed on Monday, June 30.

Wishing everyone a great weekend – long or short!

We look forward to connecting with you Wednesday, July 2.

Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian
LE PIQUE NIQUE, 1968 (detail)

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Ethnographic Arts & Artifacts


BEGINS TO CLOSE:
July 10 at 2 PM ET

This auction features a diverse collection of masks, figures, weapons, and utilitarian items, primarily from Africa but extending to Oceania, India, and Papua New Guinea. Highlights include Asmat and Eastern Highland shields, a Dogon Toguna house post, an Aboriginal bark painting by John Menerrdje Guymala, a Tikar bronze elephant headdress, a Bamileke beadwork elephant mask, a Mangbetu Trumbash throwing knife with figural ivory handle, a Dan Gagon mask, and African art reference books.

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ONLINE AUCTION

Rugs & Carpets


BEGINS TO CLOSE:
July 10 at 2 PM ET

Featuring over 150 rugs, carpets, and runners from Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus region, China, Tibet, India, and Afghanistan. Highlights include a Feraghna Sarouk rug and an Armenian Kazak rug, both dating back to the early 20th century, a Joshagan rug from the 1920s, a fine mid-century Qum silk and wool carpet, and a fine silk Qum hunting rug, circa 1970.

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ONLINE AUCTION

Discovery Art


BEGINS TO CLOSE:
July 10 at 2 PM ET

Discover a large selection of paintings, drawings, prints, bronzes, and Inuit and First Nations art by featured artists including Arthur Shilling, Allen Sapp, Tom Roberts, John Kasyn, Carl Schaefer, Robert Genn, Franklin Arbuckle, Alan Collier, John W. Beatty, Jacques Tonnancour, George Thomson, John Russell, Toller Cranston, Anthony Law, Ken Kirkby, Antoine Bittar, Michael Ouzikov, Henry Sandham, Frederick Verner, Ronald York Wilson, and others.

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Sell With Us for Superb Results


We’re always looking for exceptional items for our auctions.

With almost 100 auctions a year, we provide the broadest range of opportunities to sell desirable items to an international network of buyers.

Let’s work together—contact us at [email protected].

Jack Hamilton Bush
SOLO SOPRANO #1, 1975
Price Realised: $208,150

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Invitation to Consign: Major Fall Auction


We’re delighted to welcome consignments to our major Canadian & International Fine Art auction.

Contact us to arrange a complimentary auction appraisal.

Alexander Calder (1898-1976), American
RED SERPENT, 1965
Estimate: $80,000—100,000

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Notable Sales

After Fu Baoshi

After Fu Baoshi

MOUNTAINOUS RIVER LANDSCAPE


December 02, 2013

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $807,500

Rare Ming-Style Blue and White Vase, Meiping, Qianlong Mark and Period (1736-1795)

Rare Ming-Style Blue and White Vase, Meiping, Qianlong Mark and Period (1736-1795)


December 05, 2011

Estimate $150,000-$250,000

Realised: $692,500

A Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Painted Mirrors, 18th Century

A Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Painted Mirrors, 18th Century


December 06, 2018

Estimate $20,000-$30,000

Realised: $132,000

Le Pho

Le Pho

黎譜 (1907-2001) 花 油彩 画布


May 20, 2021

Estimate $70,000-$90,000

Realised: $144,000

A Blue and White and Iron-Red Decorated Square Vase, Qianlong Mark, Mid 20th Century

A Blue and White and Iron-Red Decorated Square Vase, Qianlong Mark, Mid 20th Century


December 02, 2021

Estimate $800-$1,200

Realised: $132,000

A Large Cloisonné Enameled and Gilt Bronze-Inlaid Double-Gourd Vase, 18th/19th Century

A Large Cloisonné Enameled and Gilt Bronze-Inlaid Double-Gourd Vase, 18th/19th Century


June 09, 2022

Estimate $4,000-$6,000

Realised: $348,000

An Imperial-Style Famille Rose Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle, Mid 20th Century

An Imperial-Style Famille Rose Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle, Mid 20th Century


June 29, 2023

Estimate $3,000-$5,000

Realised: $102,750

A Small White Jade Figure of an Apsara, Yuan Dynasty or Later

A Small White Jade Figure of an Apsara, Yuan Dynasty or Later

元或更晚 白玉洒金皮飞天像


November 21, 2024

Estimate $6,000-$8,000

Realised: $122,750

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Auctions & Events

Discovery Art

Begins closing: July 10, 2025 AT 2:00 PM

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Ethnographic Arts & Artifacts

Begins closing: July 10, 2025 AT 2:00 PM

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Rugs & Carpets

Begins closing: July 10, 2025 AT 2:00 PM

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No Blank Walls

Begins closing: July 17, 2025 AT 2:00 PM

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