Folk furnishings from single-owner collection boosted day’s total at Miller & Miller

Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A circa-1820 Quebec armoire in alligatored yellow paint that earned it the family nickname Armoire Crocodile sold for $29,500, and a Louis XIII armchair from the Bastien family on the Huron-Wendat reserve in Loretteville, Quebec achieved $21,240 at the sale of the Jean-Marc and Danielle Belzile collection held May 13 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., online and live in Quebec, Canada. It featured 359 lots of 18th- and 19th-century Quebec furniture, folk art, sculpture and Canadiana in a sale that grossed $351,079. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.Continue reading

Double-series of Canadian prints quadruples high estimate at Forum Auctions

One from a double series of 12 aquatint views of Quebec and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, by British military artist Major General James Pattison, £162,500
One from a double series of 12 aquatint views of Quebec and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, by British military artist Major General James Pattison, £162,500
One from a double series of 12 aquatint views of Quebec and the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, by British military artist Major General James Pattison, £162,500

LONDON – There were huge gasps in the saleroom at Forum Auctions on May 26 as a double-series of 12 aquatint views of Canada by military artist Major General James Pattison (British, 1779-1847), sold in an auction of Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper for £162,500 (about $205,100) against an estimate of £30,000-£40,000.

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