Heffel
Rediscovered Emily Carr painting bought for $50 sells for 5,000 times original price
The Carr painting was one of the star attractions at the Heffel Fine Art Auction House’s marquee autumn sale in Toronto, alongside works by Tom Thomson, Marcelle Ferron, Kenojuak Ashevak and Chief 7IDANsuu James Hart
Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction
The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain
‘Electric’ mood at Heffel’s spring sales in Toronto leads to new auction records for Mary Pratt and Takao Tanabe
Works by Jean Paul Riopelle, Emily Carr, Tom Thomson and other titans of Canadian art history contributed to the evening’s total take of C$22.6m
Works by Canadian abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle rack up $8m at Heffel’s evening sale in Toronto
The two-part auction, coinciding with the centenary of Riopelle's birth, took in $17.2m in total
Paintings by Alex Colville and Emily Carr top the bill at Heffel’s big spring auctions in Toronto
The Canadian auction house also saw strong results from works by members of the Group of Seven and a soaring Warhol print
Queen Elizabeth II portrait makes $853,000 in Toronto—a record for a Warhol print at auction
Healthy bidding at Canadian auction house Heffel also achieved strong results for painter Lawren Harris
Riopelle outshines Motherwell at Canadian auction house Heffel’s major spring sales
The auctions also saw major results for Alex Colville and Emily Carr, and a new auction record for Rita Letendre
Works by Emily Carr and Paul Kane are the big tickets at marquee Canadian auction
High demand for Canadiana, from a historic ceramic dessert set to Group of Seven paintings, drove Heffel’s major autumn sale in Toronto
At $6.8m, Picasso hits the high mark at Toronto sale
Portrait of Dora Maar eclipses other auction offerings at Heffel