'Sotheby’s Canada is getting out of what it calls the “theatre” of auctions as a way to sell important Canadian art after an often tumultuous run of more than 45 years.' Read the whole article by James Adams from the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/sothebys-citing-weak-margins-quits-live-auctions/article8285168/

On Saturday, November 27, 2011 the Toronto Star printed the article 'Art auction brings couple $70000 lifeline', which is reproduced in part at the bottom of this page (but not available online). Galerie Walter Klinkhoff submitted the following correction to the editor: 'Contrary to your report but according to [the...

Did you see this written by Globe and Mail art writer James Adams describing the May 27, 2011 Joyner Waddington’s Canadian Art auction? “A hefty 35 per cent of its offerings - 89 lots - went unsold on Friday, and those that did sell more often than not went for...

Lawren Harris, 'North Shore, Lake Superior, Pic Island II', one of eight Lawren Harris landscapes offered in the Vancouver auction. Estimated at between $250,000-$350,000, it sold for a hammer price of $230,000.

Vancouver auction review On Tuesday night in Vancouver, Eric, Alan and I attended the first of the major spring auctions of important Canadian art. There were few surprises. Post-war and contemporary art continued to receive ever-more attention, however, the somewhat erratic participation of novice buyers and speculators was reflected in...

The Globe and Mail recently interviewed Alan Klinkhoff on the subject of one auction house's controversial new practice of ink-stamping works of art with their commercial details. The following is an excerpt from the article Heffel to stop ink-stamping artworks by James Adams. Alan Klinkhoff agrees. President of Montreal’s venerable...