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 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 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 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 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 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 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 116

six antique gilt framed portrait prints

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $132.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:56 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 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 113

pair of early 20th century colour lithographs of niagara falls

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:53 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 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 110

three chinese woodblock prints, smuggled out of china during cultural revolution

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $108.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:52 PM PT

Lot 109

craig, d.1980, oil on canvas, "rural service center"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:49 PM PT

Lot 108

craig, d.1981, oil on canvas, 16" x 20", "a summer day"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $66.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:48 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 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 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 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 103

19th century portrait miniature of a young woman signed porter, 3 3/4" x 3"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $120.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:43 PM PT

Lot 102

19th century portrait miniature of napoleon after paul delaroche, 3" x 2 1/2"

Estimate $300 - 400 CAD

Sold for $180.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:42 PM PT

Lot 101

19th century miniature portrait of a woman with blue hat, 3" x 2 1/2"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $120.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:41 PM PT

Lot 100

19th century portrait miniature of a young man, 2 1/2" x 2 1/4"

Estimate $150 - 250 CAD

Sold for $90.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:40 PM PT

Lot 99

19th century portrait miniature of a young lady, 2 1/2" x 2"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $156.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:39 PM PT

Lot 98

19th century portrait miniature of a young woman, 3 1/2" x 2"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $192.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


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

Lot 97

19th century portrait miniature of a lady, 2 1/2" x 2"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD


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

Lot 96

19th century miniature painting 4 1/2" x 3 1/2", "classical scene with figures"

Estimate $200 - 300 CAD

Sold for $156.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:36 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 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 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 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 91

john turo (1952-1997), oil painting, d.1920, "shaman and eagle"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:31 PM PT

Lot 90

richard hunt (b.1952), d.1990, silkscreen #137/150, "kwa-gulth owl"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $78.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:30 PM PT

Lot 89

patrick amos, limited edition print #31/150, "split eagle"

Estimate $75 - 100 CAD

Sold for $156.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


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

Lot 88

roy salopree (b.1954), dated 1999, oil on canvas, "looking forward"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:28 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 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 85

chinese watercolor and ink, 19" x 26", flowering branches and birds"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $30.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:25 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 75

john snow (1911-2004), screenprint #8/28, 18" x 11", ""red jug"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $288.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:22 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 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 72

early 20th century painting on fabric, 29" x 18", "full length portrait of a young lady"

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $24.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:12 PM PT

Lot 71

walter james baber (1855/56-1924), dated 1906, oil on panel, 23 1/4" x 36", "street scene"

Estimate $100 - 150 CAD

Sold for $42.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:11 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 69

john sugden tempest (1864-1941), watercolour, 19" x 13", "untitled landscape" - the art emporium label verso

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $84.00
*Includes Buyer's Premium


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

Lot 68

19th century watercolour, unsigned, 13 1/2" x 20", "falls of niagara - from below the clifton notch"

Estimate $100 - 200 CAD

Sold for $103.20
*Includes Buyer's Premium


Bidding Closed: April 23 2025 at 3:11 PM PT

Lot 67

19th century hand painted photograph, 5" x 8", "garden scene" - won as second place prize tuiere troop otago hussars 1895

Estimate $50 - 100 CAD

Sold for $78.00
*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 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 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

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