Bonhams, held its first ever Canadian sale on Thursday 19 June 2008, in Toronto. Collectors eager to snap up paintings by some of the country’s most revered artists ensured that the sale was a roaring success, with over 91% of the items selling by value – bringing a final auction total of CAD$1,705,938.
Bonhams has had [...]

On May 31st Heffel’s May second session online auction of Fine Canadian Art set numerous artist records and brought in $1,913,000. Heffel’s first session live auction of Fine Canadian Art held on May 22nd brought in $12,024,975, making the total for the first and second session an impressive $13,938,000 in the spring 2008 season. Numerous [...]

Bonhams held its first ever sale on Canadian soil on Thursday 19 June, in Toronto. Collectors eager to snap up paintings by some of the country’s most revered artists ensured that the sale was a roaring success, with over 91% of the items selling by value – bringing a final auction total of CAD$1,705,938.

British Columbia raised $213-million from natural gas explorers keen to secure exploration acreage in the northeastern area of the province, announced the B.C. government yesterday.
The take from the blind auction of exploration rights increased the total for 2008 to $972-million, almost beating the annual record of $1-billion set last year in just six months.

Heffel Fine Art Auction House has announced it will run, in Toronto, their inaugural live auction of Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art to be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the Queen’s Park Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Hotel in Toronto. Heffel’s will be the first auction house in Canada to hold bi-annual live sales [...]

The portrait of an Irish aristocrat goes on the auction block Saturday. Experts are still undecided wether it was painted by Gainsborough.
Expert Hugh Belsey is unconvinced. “In my opinion, it’s not a Gainsborough,” said the British art historian who is creating a catalogue of the artist’s portraits and recently discovered a long-lost Gainsborough that’s expected [...]

The 320 lots being auctioned at Christie’s New York on July 17 include a wide range of memorabilia, from letters to a moon-shaped couch and a black cape emblazoned with the R & B legend’s name, valued between 15,000 and 20,000 dollars.
Other items include the jeans outfit Brown wore before the historic boxing match [...]

Rogers Communications Inc. was the biggest spender through 22 rounds with 35 high bids totaling $634 million. Other high bidders include Telus Communications Co. with 60 high bids totaling $558 million and 9193-2962 Québec Inc. with 22 high bids totaling $491 million.
According to Ric Prentiss at Raymond James & Associates, the Canadian AWS auction soared [...]

Ritchie Bros presented a CA$100,000 cheque to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation during its multi-million dollar heavy equipment auction in Kelowna, B.C. today (June 3, 2008). The funds came from Ritchie Bros., Dave Ritchie and Russ and Ellen Cmolik. The auction attracted more than 1,600 registered bidders from eight countries as well as a number [...]

Bidders from dozens of countries helped deliver global market pricing at the unreserved public auctions conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers at its permanent auction sites in Orlando, Florida and Edmonton, Alberta last week. The May 28 & 29, 2008 Orlando auction generated more than US$57 million in gross auction proceeds. The May 28, 29 & [...]