Tag: Gordon Rayner

  • The February Online Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books: A Guide for Emerging Collectors

    Consignor’s Online Auction of Works on Paper, Prints & Books is a fantastic place to begin for someone new to the world of collecting art. The February sale offers a selection of prints, drawings, oil and watercolour paintings, photography and books to choose from in a broad range of prices, for both the emerging and seasoned collector. Purchasing a work on paper is often a more affordable opportunity to own an original work of art, or a print by a prominent artist whose original works are less accessible.

    Presented below are some great examples of quality artworks offered in the February auction, all of which have estimates below $1000. Browse by your preferred subject matter, from calming landscapes, still lifes and street scenes to bold abstracts and expressive figural works. Keep in mind there is a total of 237 lots in the auction, so please visit our online catalogue for the entire selection.

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    Robert McInnis, Farm in Sunshine

    Lot #219: RFM McInnis
    Farm in Sunshine
    watercolour, 9 x 12 ins
    Estimated: $150.00 – $200.00

    Tom Forrestall, Lumber DealerLot #85: Thomas de Vany Forrestall
    Lumber Dealer
    watercolour, 9 x 12 ins
    Estimated: $700.00 – $900.00

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  • Post-War Canadian Works of Art Soar at Record-Breaking Online Auction

    Price Realized $310,500
    Jack Bush, Summer Lake (1973) – Price Realized $310,500

    (Toronto – May 29, 2014) – Two magnificent canvases by renowned Canadian painter Jack Bush highlighted the record-breaking Consignor Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art, the online sale closing for bidding on Thursday afternoon. Summer Lake (1973), a radiant fifty-by-seventy inch acrylic fetched $310,500 (all prices include 15% Buyer’s Premium), doubling its pre-sale auction estimate of $100,000-150,000, while Pink on Red (Thrust), a spectacular 1961 canvas, sold for $299,000, soaring past its estimate of $175,000-225,000. The pair of paintings not only became two of the three highest priced works by Jack Bush to sell at auction in Canada, they are now also the two most expensive Canadian works of art to ever sell in a Canadian online auction.

    View Selected Highlights from the Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art

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