Auction 1129: Canadian and International Paintings & Prints

Wednesday, April 16 at 9AM PT to Wednesday, April 23 at 2PM PT 2025
Auction 1129 - Online Only


Over 120 lots of Canadian and International paintings and prints from several estates including the personal collection of long time Vancouver Island resident Les Kellow.  Les Kellow was the owner of Willow Point Old and New in Campbell River for over 40 years, he was a corner stone in the art and antiques buisness on Vancouver Island for more than half a century.

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Auction Preview Tuesday April 22nd 10am - 4pm

Bidding Opens Wednesday April 16th at 9am

Auction starts to close Wednesday April 23rd at 2pm

Lots start closing one at a time every minute, bidding extended for three minutes if active bidding at closing time.

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Successful Bidders Pick-up on Scheduled Pick-up Days or By Appointment

Pick-up day Thursday April 24th 9am-5pm & Friday April 25th 10am-2pm


Lot 57

m. robbie, watercolour, 5" x 2 1/4", "view from vancouver island"

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $14.40
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:57 PM PT

Lot 84

mgginnis, d.1980, print #1/1, "mountains"

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:24 PM PT

Lot 86

dorothy oxborough (1922-2014), pastel, 16" x 12", "little indian girl"

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $84.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:28 PM PT

Lot 95

"botero" by pierre restany

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $96.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:38 PM PT

Lot 104

phillis webb de henri, watercolour, 9" x 12", "mountain landscape"

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:44 PM PT

Lot 111

two 19th century watercolours, 7" x 9 1/2" and smaller

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $16.80
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:51 PM PT

Lot 112

two early 20th century watercolours

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:55 PM PT

Lot 115

five watercolours and prints

Estimate $20 - 30 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:57 PM PT

Lot 48

19th century gilt framed hand coloured print "queen victoria coronation robes", overall 9" x 7 1/4"

Estimate $30 - 40 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:48 PM PT

Lot 64

a.h.rowe, watercolour, 10 1/2" x 6 1/2", "mountain landscape"

Estimate $30 - 40 CAD

Sold for $19.20
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:04 PM PT

Lot 107

arthur j.f. bond (1888-1958), drypoint etching, 4 3/4" x 12", "tower bridge"

Estimate $20 - 40 CAD


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:47 PM PT

Lot 31

wallace hester, watercolour, 9" x 12", "st. agnes, cornwall"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $19.20
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:32 PM PT

Lot 43

a. langford, dated 1904, watercolour, 10 1/4" x 16", "street scene"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:43 PM PT

Lot 47

bearing initials c.w.e., dated 1890, watercolour, 7" x 9 1/2", "stillife" - alex fraser galleries label verso

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:47 PM PT

Lot 51

three watercolours bearing initials n. mc., 2 3/4" x 4", "vanguard bay", "campbell river" & "bowen island"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $48.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:55 PM PT

Lot 52

d.j. pullen, two watercolours, 4" x 5" and smaller, "vanvouver island sea scapes"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:55 PM PT

Lot 53

bearing initials e.r.m., pair of watercolours, 5 1/2" x 3 1/2", "arrow lake" & "mt. baker"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:54 PM PT

Lot 54

bearing initials e. m., watercolour, 7" x 5 1/2", "vancouver island - fall landscape"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $19.20
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:54 PM PT

Lot 55

early 20th century watercolour, unsigned, 7" x 4 1/2", "oyster bay - vancouver island"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $24.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:56 PM PT

Lot 56

early 20th century watercolour bearing initials a.m.h., 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", "sea scape from vancouver island"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:59 PM PT

Lot 59

w. sands, watercolour, 4 1/2" x 8", "thatched cottages"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:59 PM PT

Lot 60

m. blair, watercolour, 5" x 6 1/2", "mountain landscape"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:00 PM PT

Lot 70

early 20th century canadian school watercolour, unsigned, 13 1/2" x 17 1/2", "winter river scene"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:10 PM PT

Lot 76

theo tobiasse (1927-2012), lithograph, 20" x 26", "wedding scene"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:16 PM PT

Lot 78

robinson, d.1965, print in coulours, 17" x 11 1/2", "stillife", isaacs gallery label verso

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $16.80
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:20 PM PT

Lot 80

bill reed, woodcut #5/6, 9" x 9", "geometric forms"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:20 PM PT

Lot 82

t. pedersen, oil on board, 20" x 16", "stillife in red"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:23 PM PT

Lot 83

signy cohen, d.1984, colour print, "surf"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $24.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:28 PM PT

Lot 94

"david hockney - a retrospective" by maurice tachman and stephanie barron

Estimate $30 - 50 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:34 PM PT

Lot 105

unsigned watercolour, 8" x 10", "st. marks church, salt spring island, bc"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:45 PM PT

Lot 106

unsigned watercolour, 5" x 7", "foothills of the rockies - alberta"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $21.60
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:46 PM PT

Lot 114

five framed prints - some antique

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $12.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:54 PM PT

Lot 117

two antique paintings

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 4:01 PM PT

Lot 118

a.h. reed, three watercolours, 7" x 9 1/2", "marine studies"

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $36.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:59 PM PT

Lot 119

lot of four antique prints and a painting

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $48.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 4:02 PM PT

Lot 120

five antique framed watercolours

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $16.80
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 4:00 PM PT

Lot 121

five antique framed watercolours

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 4:01 PM PT

Lot 122

five antique framed watercolours

Estimate $25 - 50 CAD

Sold for $16.80
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 4:02 PM PT

Lot 44

early 20th century scottish school, oil on board, 18" x 10", "highland landscape with cattle"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:44 PM PT

Lot 45

pair of gilt framed 19th century english school watercolours, 18" x 10", "landscapes"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:45 PM PT

Lot 46

early 20th century english school unsigned oil on canvas, 8" x 10", "thatched cottage by seaside"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:46 PM PT

Lot 58

early 20th century watercolour, unsigned, 7" x 10", "wild flowers"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $19.20
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:58 PM PT

Lot 61

three early 20th century watercolours, 7" x 5" and smaller

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $72.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:05 PM PT

Lot 65

j. le. breton, watercolour, 9" x 12 1/2", "armed knights - lands end"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $72.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:07 PM PT

Lot 66

19th century watercolour signed baldini, 7" x 5 1/4", "interior - man with maps"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:06 PM PT

Lot 79

hamilton, d.1953, 9" x 12", "bottles"

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:19 PM PT

Lot 93

"william kurelek - the messanger" by mary jo hughes, tobi bruce & andrew kear

Estimate $40 - 60 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:37 PM PT

Lot 33

early 20th century unsigned oil on canvas, 18 1/2" x 12", "portrait of a boy"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:33 PM PT

Lot 49

gertrude l. pew (1876-?), colour drawing, 4 1/2" x 3", "portrait of a young lady - new york"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $54.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:52 PM PT

Lot 73

ernest t. potter, pair of watercolours, 12" x 17 1/2", "english thatched houses"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:13 PM PT

Lot 74

karin holdegauld, d.2005, 16" x 48", "vein"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:14 PM PT

Lot 77

allison skelton, d. 1982, serigraph, #6/15, 14" x 19", "moon message"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $60.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:17 PM PT

Lot 80A

peter templeton, d.1990, oil on wood, 20" x 3 1/2", "jack bush"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $21.60
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:21 PM PT

Lot 81

j.m. clark, watercolour, 14 1/2" x 23", "matukitaki valley - south island, new zealand"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $78.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:29 PM PT

Lot 87

gnen kikcio, silkscreen #2/99, 17" x 21", "moonlight shaman"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:27 PM PT

Lot 92

"charles edenshaw" by robin k. wright & diana augaitis & "raven traveling - two centuries of haida art"

Estimate $50 - 75 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:32 PM PT

Lot 14

unsigned watercolour, 15" x 9 1/2", "portrait of a young lady" - partial dedication verso

Estimate $75 - 100 CAD

Sold for $108.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:18 PM PT

Lot 15

thomas william fripp (1864-1931), watercolour, 5" x 6 1/2", "lake scene"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $132.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:21 PM PT

Lot 17

pair of 19th century gilt framed oil on canvas paintings, unsigned, 10" x 8", "surrey country scenes"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $180.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:26 PM PT

Lot 18

early 20th century canadian school unsigned double sided oil on board, 7 1/2" x 10", "west coast forrest" & "west coast shoreline"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 2:18 PM PT

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