Heffel's autumn sales, including auction of art from collection of Canada's oldest company, tally $22.1m

"In all 16 artists' secondary market records were broken over the four-session sale, which began mid-afternoon and went until the late evening. Heffel vice-president Robert Heffel, who shared auctioneering duties with his brother and the auction house's president David Heffel, allowed himself mere minutes between the latter sessions. It was time well spent, with Heffel taking in over C$31m ($22.1m)."

"All 27 works from the Hudson's Bay Company collection were snapped up, many at prices much higher than their estimates, breaking nine artists' auction records along the way. Rober Heffel called it "a defining moment in Canadian history". The artists who emerged with new top auction prices were mainly lesser-known historical figures including W. J. Phillips, Adam Sherriff Scott, Franklin Arbuckle, John Innes, Frederic Bell-Smith, William Berczy, Charles Comfort, Francis Holman and Charles Pachter."

Heffel Fine Art Auction House held a marathon four-session autumn sale in Toronto's Yorkville on 19 November, featuring works from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Lillian Mayland McKimm collection, and multi-owner Canadian, Impressionist, modern, post-war and contemporary sales. Sixteen artists set new secondary-market records across the sessions. All 27 works from the Hudson's Bay Company collection were sold, many above estimates, and several lesser-known historical Canadian artists achieved new top auction prices. Auctioneering duties were shared by Robert and David Heffel, and total proceeds exceeded C$31 million.

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