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Our COVID-19 Update
UPDATED April 19, 2021
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While public access is restricted to Waddington’s Toronto gallery at this time, please contact a specialist for auction details, additional photographs, condition reports or virtual consultations.
We are pleased to provide safe options for picking up your purchased items, as well as dropping off consignments, Mondays through Fridays. Please note that all appointments require two business days’ notice. To find out more or to book an appointment, please contact us.
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We've Made Our Online Auctions Even Better
April 23, 2021
We’re excited to launch a streamlined bidding experience, complete with helpful, new account features. Browse the galleries and sign into your account to bid, all from our main website.
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ONLINE AUCTION
Essential Travel: An Artful Journey Presented by ParkerArtSalon
MAY 6 — 16
ParkerArtSalon is Vancouver’s much anticipated annual fine art event featuring over 60 artists from the Parker Street Studios, a cultural landmark and mammoth warehouse boasting four floors of artists diverse in both style and discipline. In such an environment the buzz of creativity is ongoing night and day, and it is here where a unique community of les beaux arts thrives.
Waddington’s is proud to sponsor this auction.
This auction is offered under the Terms & Conditions of ParkerArtSalon
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Asian Art
MAY 15 - 20
Led by an important oil painting by modern Vietnamese artist Le Pho (1907-2001), this auction features a superb collection of early Chinese ceramics from the estate of H.H. Pao, owner of Pao & Moltke Ltd., Toronto. Other highlights include the Larry Caplan collection of Japanese netsuke, jade carvings from the Estate of Lois Orkin, and the final installment of blue and white export and Nanking Cargo porcelain from the Estate of Johannes Van Wees.
Please contact us for auction details, additional photographs, condition reports or virtual consultations.
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Fine Wine
MAY 24 - JUNE 1
This Fine Wine auction is quite possibly our best auction yet, featuring large assortments of Super Tuscans, Burgundies, hard-to-find verticals, and niche California cult wines.
To help make it easier to find the vintages and cuvées you’re looking for we have put together a searchable spreadsheet, and as always, the Wine Finder tool is available for you to enjoy.
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If you have any questions please do not to hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
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Fine Spirits
MAY 24 - JUNE 1
Our Spring Fine Spirits Auction offers over 170 lots of exceptional whiskies and spirits with outstanding collector’s bottles, rarities, and affordable treasures. Highlights include a 50 year old Balvenie, the famous Final Edition Black Bowmore, and for Bourbon collectors the extremely rare Second Release Double Eagle Very Rare. Look for gems from closed distilleries and independent bottlers nestled amongst everyone’s favourites.
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For more information please contact us at [email protected].
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Canadian Fine Art
MAY 29 - JUNE 3
We invite new and established collectors worldwide to discover works of art by sought-after artists such as Jack Hamilton Bush and his Painters Eleven counterparts, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, Paul Peel, Peter Clapham Sheppard, members of the Group of Seven, and many other important works from significant private collections from across the globe.
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To find out more please contact us at [email protected]
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Katilvik
Inuit & Canadian Indigenous Art Resource
A virtual resource place to discover, learn, and research unique works of art and the artists who create them.
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Notable Sales
A NORTHERN LAKE, ca. 1936-37
December 10, 2020
Estimate $20,000-$30,000
Realised: $55,200
FORT EDMONTON, 2003
September 17, 2020
Estimate $30,000-$50,000
Realised: $40,800
SPEEDWAY, 1934
November 24, 2014
Estimate $45,000-$60,000
Realised: $106,200
500 METRES, 2000
November 18, 2019
Estimate $15,000-$20,000
Realised: $19,200
UNTITLED, 1956-58
December 10, 2020
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
Realised: $9,000
CROSSING THE ICE WITH THE ROYAL MAIL, QUEBEC (CIRCA 1862)
May 28, 2018
Estimate $225,000-$275,000
Realised: $456,000
A QUIET SUMMER EVENING, c.1913
September 17, 2020
Estimate $250,000-$350,000
Realised: $360,000
Landscape with Red Bar
April 11, 2016
Estimate $20,000-$30,000
Realised: $40,230
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Auctions & Events
Essential Travel: An Artful Journey Presented by ParkerArtSalon
May 06 - 16, 2021
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