Auctions and Events
Fine Wine
September 14 - 22, 2020
September’s Fine Wine Auction features close to 500 lots of high desirability and diversity, including a superb selection of Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Port and Italian. These Old and New World Wines include the rare Aubert Chardonnay, a collection of European dessert wines, verticals of Solaia, 100 point Sassicaia and many full wooden cases. There are wines for every collector: to cellar, to impress, to drink now and to treasure.
Waddington’s is pleased to offer Second Harvest’s charity donated wines in this auction, lots 363-376. Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue charity, helping to nourish people through school programs, seniors’ centres, shelters, food banks, and regional food hubs.
Due to COVID-19, Second Harvest was unable to hold their annual Live Charity Wine Auction earlier this year. We are proud to play a small part in helping them achieve their fundraising goals.
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Fine Spirits
September 14 - 22, 2020
Our September Spirits Auction offers some very old and rare whiskies along with many single malts from now-closed distilleries, Japanese whiskies and beloved bourbons. This auction is a collector’s delight!
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Decorative Arts & Design
September 19 - 24, 2020
Encompassing a wide assortment of items, this auction includes property from local estates and private collections, including the Estate of Richard LaPrairie, Toronto, the Estates of Edie and Eddie Creed, King City and the Collection of Margaret and Bill Munn, Victoria, BC.
Collectors can expect a good selection of Georgian, Victorian and later English silver and Old Sheffield Plate; Continental European, Asian, American and Canadian silver; selected French, Bohemian, Scandinavian, English, Irish, American and Canadian glass; early English porcelain from an important private collection; Continental European and Russian Imperial porcelain; selected work by Canadian potters; bronze and marble sculptures; antique clocks and garnitures; miniature portraits; enamels, pewter, copper, brass and other metalwork; Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau furniture; textiles, works of art, prints, maps, mirrors, lighting and decorations.
Please contact us to arrange a preview appointment.
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International Art
September 19 - 24, 2020
This auction is composed of a superb collection of paintings, drawings, and sculptures from Europe, the Americas, and South Asia. Highlights include an excellent still life by Edward Ladell, large works by Edward Seago, and an early portrait attributed to Jan de Bray from the collection of Toronto architect Henry Sproatt. Other lots of interest include a marine by André Hambourg, a still life by Stuart Park, a landscape by Marnius Adrianus Koekkoek, and several military genre works.
This auction also includes a selection of modern and contemporary painting and sculpture by artists such as Daniel Libeskind, Herbert Zangs, André Bauchant, Manmohan Samant, and M.F. Husain, as well as works from the Helen and Walter Zwig Foundation Collection including an oil by Karl Appel and bronzes by Käthe Kollwitz and Eduardo Oropeza.
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Waddington’s West: Canadian Art from Private Collections
September 19 - 24, 2020
This auction features a diverse selection of Canadian art with works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in a variety of mediums. The auction is mostly West Coast in flavour with representation of artworks by Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, Toni Onley, Roy Arden, Stephen Waddell, Graham Gillmore, Karin Bubas, Attila Lukacs, Robert Genn, Beau Dick, Bill Reid and Robert Davidson. The Rockies and Prairies are represented by Dorothy Knowles, Alfred and Barbara Leighton.
Also included are works by Kenojuak Ashevak, Tim Pitseolak, Sheouak Petaulassie, and Toonoo Sharkey amongst many others.
All artworks are located in Vancouver and shipping will be the responsibility of the successful bidders.
We are pleased to offer private previews by appointment only. Please contact jd@waddingtons.ca for condition reports or to book a preview appointment. Please note that health and safety protocols are in place.
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Contemporary Art
September 26 - October 01, 2020
Our first Contemporary Art auction of the fall features a mix of collecting categories and a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture.
Highlights include work by Kent Monkman, Edward Burtynsky, Chris Cran, Wanda Koop, Steve Driscoll, Rodney Graham, Philip Iverson, Mara Korkola, Kevin Sonmor and James Lahey—an excellent opportunity to collect work by Canadian powerhouses.
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Jewellery
September 26 - October 01, 2020
We are pleased to open our fall Jewellery season with an exciting auction featuring an eclectic selection of 19th century and contemporary items, from classic staples to bold statement pieces. This auction includes approximately 200 lots of bracelets, rings, earrings, necklaces, brooches, and jadeite jewellery, in yellow, white, and rose gold, set with various diamonds and coloured gemstones.
Please contact us for more information.
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The Grapes for Humanity, Save Hospitality Fine Wine Charity Auction
September 28 - October 07, 2020
This auction, presented by Waddington’s, features over 300 lots of exceptional wines, winery tours and two guitars donated by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Rush.
Bid on Château Latour 1945, 1982 and 1990 and tour at the Château; a vertical of Penfolds Grange and visit to the winery; and 4 Barrels of Cuvée from the Heart created by 25 Ontario winemakers to support Ontario’s hospitality industry.
Proceeds will directly benefit Ontario Hospitality front-line workers through the Toronto Restaurant Workers Relief Fund; the Bartender’s Benevolent Fund; and independent Ontario restaurants through savehospitality.ca. To find out more about Grapes for Humanity, visit grapesforhumanity.com.
Waddington’s is a proud sponsor of this auction.
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SNAP Photography Auction
October 03 - 08, 2020
The SNAP Online Auction represents Winners and Jury Selections from SNAP’s annual Photo Competition. These contemporary, lens-based works are selected from among hundreds of entries by a jury of talented professionals in the fields of photography, printing and framing.
Proceeds from this auction will support ACT (AIDS Committee of Toronto) in its mission to reduce new HIV infections in Toronto, and promote the independence, dignity, health and well-being of people living with HIV and AIDS and those at increased risk of HIV. Waddington’s is proud to support ACT.
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Inuit Art
October 03 - 08, 2020
Our October Inuit Art auction showcases works from private collections and local estates, including that of Richard LaPrairie, from which proceeds will be generously donated by the Estate to Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium to benefit children living with cancer.
Collectors can expect a superb selection of stone cut prints, stone and whalebone sculpture and several Tupilaks from across the Canadian Arctic. The auction features work by prominent artists including Lucy Quinnuayuak, Luke Anguhadluk, Kananginak Poootoogook, Kenojuak Ashevak, Kiakshuk, Joe Talirunili, Kiawak Ashoona, Nuna Parr, Seepee Ipeelee, Davie Atchealak and more.
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Indigenous Art featuring Selections from the Estate of Richard LaPrairie
October 03 - 08, 2020
We are pleased to present a stylistically and geographically diverse selection of Canadian Indigenous art, ranging from the Northwest Coast of Canada to the Woodland artists of Ontario. Highlights include works by Beau Dick, Benjamin Chee Chee, Jane Ash Poitras, Tim Paul, Robert Davidson, and an impressive Thunderbird by Norval Morrisseau.
A large portion of the auction is from the Estate of Richard LaPrairie, from which the proceeds will be generously donated by the Estate to Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium to benefit children living with cancer.
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Canadian Art Select: The Canadian Salon
October 17 - 22, 2020
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It’s Elemental: Line and Colour in Contemporary Art
October 24 - 29, 2020
A beautifully cohesive auction with expressive works by established artists, “It’s Elemental” focuses on the intersection of line and colour in contemporary art. Carefully curated over many months, this auction asks collectors to reconsider the basic principles of design and how they manifest in the work of this diverse group of artists.
Canadian artists of note include John Hartman, Wanda Koop, Thomas Sherlock Hodgson, Yves Gaucher, Melanie Authier, Nicole Katsuras, Greg Hardy and Angela Leach. Ahead of 2021, which has been proclaimed as the Year of Public Art in Toronto, collectors should keep an eye out for Shayne Dark’s maquette for “Double Take,” a public sculpture located on Ted Rogers Way.
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Fine Wine
November 23 - December 01, 2020
Consignment Deadline: September 18, 2020
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Fine Spirits
November 23 - December 01, 2020
Consignment Deadline: September 18, 2020
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The Cabinet of Curiosities including World History and Culture
December 05 - 10, 2020
Spanning a wide range of cultures and historical eras, highlights from this sale include an important letter by Mahatma Gandhi; Islamic and Middle Eastern pottery; pre-Columbian pottery from Central and South America; a good collection of engraved powder horns from the French, Indian and American Revolutionary Wars; and early NASA lunar photographs. The auction also includes an assortment of antique cameras, pistols, swords, knives, daggers, maps and fossils, as well as a variety of other curious objects.
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