Auction underway for some of Hudson's Bay's most valuable artworks | CBC

"The auction for some of the finest pieces in the Hudson's Bay Company's art collection is underway. Heffel Fine Art Auction House will sell 27 paintings in a live auction in Toronto, with many of the paintings expected to garner $10,000 or more. The star of the auction is expected to be an oil painting by Winston Churchill, estimated at between $400,000 and $600,000."

"We just had our highest sale yet: $475,000 for Barnston and Ballantyne at Tadoussac by Charles Fraser Comfort, an oil painting from 1846. Auctioneer David Heffel stopped the bidding briefly before presenting Lot 16. He said it's getting cold in here, reached under the podium and threw on a Hudson's Bay Company coat with its signature stripes. The room burst into laughter."

"We're a little over halfway through the auction at this point, with The Spring Fur Brigade Leaves Lachine by George Franklin Arbuckle selling for $80,000. But we've still to see some of the more high-profile paintings up for grabs today, like Lights of a City Street by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith and the Winston Churchill painting Marrakech."

Heffel Fine Art Auction House is selling 27 paintings from the Hudson's Bay Company collection in a live Toronto auction. Many paintings are expected to fetch $10,000 or more, and a Winston Churchill oil titled Marrakech is estimated at $400,000–$600,000. The auction has produced high sales, including $475,000 for Barnston and Ballantyne at Tadoussac by Charles Fraser Comfort and $80,000 for The Spring Fur Brigade Leaves Lachine by George Franklin Arbuckle. The items being sold are among the most sought-after of some 4,400 artifacts following Hudson's Bay's recent closure.

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