Miller & Miller's Oct. 9 & 11 auctions featured post-war Canadian folk art, early Canadian furniture, decoys, stoneware

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario - Oct. 16, 2025 - PRLog -- Three original paintings by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) combined for $92,360; an 1859 marine watercolor by famed folk artist Captain Alexander McNeilledge (1791-1874) brought $24,780; and a monumental three-piece plant stand from Jacobi Pottery from Waterloo County, Ontario fetched $8,260 in three sessions of auctions held on two days (October 9^th and 11^th) by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.

All prices quoted here are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyer's premium.

A Post-War Canadian Folk Art auction was held on Thursday, October 9^th, that featured 90 lots of folk art. A Canadiana session that began on Saturday morning, October 11^th, contained 359 lots, highlighted by the Louise and late Robert Levesque collection; and an evening session held later that day comprised a tidy 34 lots and showcased the David and Karen Jacobi Collection.

"The common elements to these sales were items being fresh to the market, pieces coming from old collections and pieces that had been previously documented in publications," said Ben Lennox of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. "These elements created excitement leading up to, and during, the sales."

The Maud Lewis paintings were all sold in the October 9^th session. They included Bear River Autumn Scene, a circa 1960 oil on beaverboard work that's a rare serial image and considered one of her masterpieces ($38,350); White Cat, an oil on Masonite from circa 1965-66 depicting Maud's cat "Fluffy" ($33,040); and Ox and Cart, an early 1960s oil on beaverboard ($21,240).

Following are additional highlights from the auctions, ones in which 919 registered bidders combined to place 13,614 bids. Nearly all lots were sold, and 68 percent of the top 50 lots across all three sales exceeded estimate. Overall, the auctions grossed $866,061. Online bidding was via LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller website (www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com).

The October 9^th session featured paintings by notable Canadian artists from 1950 to the present, many of them curated to include artists from Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime Regions. A 1987 enamel on plywood coastal scene by the Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia artist Joe Norris (1925-1996), titled Summer Cove, Flowers in Bloom, in an adorned white frame, finished at $23,600.

To watch a brief YouTube video showing some of the Canadiana highlights, please click here: https://youtu.be/HTdPdbn5DPA



To learn more about Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. and the firm's upcoming auctions, visit www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com.