Auctions
Fall 2016 Auctions Hit New Peak
New energy revved up the November art auctions with much attention focused on the new record established for a Canadian painting, "Mountain Forms" by Lawren Harris, which sold for $11.2 million. Read more
AUCTIONS: Spring 2016 Spring sales offer some gems for collectors amid interesting changes
Full disclosure: the Chris Cran retrospective at the National Gallery in Ottawa took me east and not, therefore, west for the Heffel sales in Vancouver. But thanks to the Internet and streaming video, I was able to view the entire Heffel sale. Read more
Image courtesy Levis Fine Art Auctions.
AUCTIONS: Fall 2015 Rare offerings of great art fetch record prices at fall sales
Did someone say recession in terms of Alberta, Western Canada, or even the country as a whole? Well, my perception is that art has not suffered at the auction level. Why, you might ask? Read more
AUCTIONS: Fall 2014 Quiet season for abstracts from the 1950s and 1960s
The Internet is a great source of information, but the fall auction season featured a veritable tsunami of art offered for sale online by auction houses across Canada. Read more
AUCTIONS: Spring 2014 market restrained, but buyers step forward for best works
It was a long awaited spring in Canada this year. Although the New York results did little to further prominent sales in Canada, spring auctions in Canada did hold their own. Read more
AUCTIONS: Spring 2013 a shifting season in the Canadian art auction business
The dawn of the spring auction season arrived with the first catalogue in my mailbox. Of course, it was from Heffel in Vancouver, which is never late. Read more
AUCTIONS Fall 2012 Review
As we approached the fall auctions, I was predicting a soft market based somewhat on spring sale results. So I was surprised initially with Heffel’s results, then ecstatic, for a moment, with Joyner’s results, and shocked by Sotheby’s lack of results Read more
Image courtesy of Heffel Fine Art
AUCTIONS Fall 2011 Review
After an “incredible, amazing” auction season in New York, it seemed the “world economy” was just fine. The major Canadian auctions, taking place in Toronto at the end of November, hoped this wave of optimism would carry over. Read more
Courtesy Heffel Fine Arts Auction
AUCTIONS Spring 2011 Review
With auction sales in the larger markets of London, New York and Hong Kong hitting huge highs, our Canadian market sometimes pales in comparison. Still, Canadian art is attracting a larger audience and higher values at auctions across the country. Read more