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 records were set in the May 31st second session online auction helping to push the sale total to over $1,913,000.

“We are thrilled with the $1,913,000 million dollar sale in our second session online auction of Fine Canadian Art, there were numerous bidding wars and many records were set” says Robert Heffel, vice-president of Heffel Fine Art Auction House. “This clearly demonstrates the success of our online auctions and our marketing systems.”

The highest selling lot in May’s online session was Marc-Aurèle de Suzor-Coté’s painting Pont Bourbeau sous la neige. This piece showcased Suzor-Coté’s fine eye for moody winter atmospheres and his impressionist approach to the landscape. Pont Bourbeau sous la neige had a conservative opening bid of $120,000 and sold for $218,500 including buyer’s premium (all figures include the 15% buyer’s premium).

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Posted: 06|23|08 at 8:34 am. Filed under: Auction News.