BRAVO! CELEBRATES CANADA'S FAMOUS FACES WITH
NEW ORIGINAL SERIES STAR PORTRAITS, PREMIERING SEPT. 12

Canadian celebrity muses include Alex Trebek, Ashley MacIsaac, Elvis Stojko, Enrico Colantoni,
Dr. Roberta Bondar, Senator Pamela Wallin, and Colin Mochri

TORONTO (August 13, 2009) - Bravo! marries Canadian celebrity and Canadian art in the new series STAR PORTRAITS. 

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Lydia Medeiros joins Joyner Canadian Fine Art as a Canadian Fine Art Specialist

We are pleased to announce that Lydia Medeiros has joined the Joyner team as a fine art specialist effective immediately.


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SIGNATURE PIECE BY CHARLES PACHTER
ACHIEVES NEW RECORD AT JOYNER SPRING AUCTION OF IMPORTANT CANADIAN ART

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TORONTO (May 26, 2009) - The Painted Flag, an iconic 1981 canvas by Toronto artist Charles Pachter sold for $37,760 (all prices include buyer's premium) during Joyner Canadian Fine Art's Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art, a new auction record for a work by the artist.

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RARE PIECE OF CANADIAN POP ART BY CHARLES PACHTER
HIGHTLIGHTS JOYNER WADDINGTON'S SPRING AUCTION OF IMPORTANT CANADIAN ART

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TORONTO (May 4, 2009) - The Painted Flag, an iconic 1981 canvas by Toronto artist Charles Pachter, is expected to generate spirited bidding when it is offered by Joyner Waddington's Canadian Fine Art later this month. 

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The Other Harris' Arwork, Toronto Star

Editorials and Opinion. Patrick Corrigan/Toronto Star  

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Harris painting sells for record $2.2M, National Post

National Post (May 30, 2001) - TORONTO - A paining by Group of Seven member Lawren Harris sold for $2.2-million last night, shattering the price record for a Canadian picture.  

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Harris painting sale a $2.2 minion record, The Toronto star

The Toronto star (May 30, 2001) - The record for the highest price ever paid for a Canadian painting at an auction was not just broken last night, it was smashed to bits. 

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Art world buzzing as Harris price tops $2-million

Globe & Mail (May 30, 2001) - A world-record price for a Canadian painting was set last night when the hammer came down on a classic oil on canvas by Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris at the Joyner sale of Canadian art. 

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Painting by numbers

The Toronto star (June 06, 1999) - Canadian art is finally fetching prices found elsewhere in the art world. And not just star painters. 

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Superior Art

Globe&Mail (June 02, 1999) - This Lawren Harris work, Lake Superior III, last night fetched a total price of $1,056,000, a record for art sold at auction in Canada. 

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Harris painting fetches record

Globe&Mail (June 02, 1999) - Tempers flared; bids ricocheted around the room, and records for the price of Canadian art toppled at last night's Joyner auction of Canadian art in Toronto. The audience exploded into applause when the hammer finally fell on a staggering $960,000 for Lawren Harris' Lake Superior III. 

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Canadian art market enjoying renaissance

Globe&Mail (May 23, 1998) - With records set for two paintings by David Milne and a brisk bidding war culminating in a decent price for a vintage Paul-Emile Borduas, the Canadian art market is springing back to life after slumping in the early half of the decade.

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Canadian art market enjoying renaissance

Art Market Report Volume 24, Number 3, (June/July 1998) - Toronto (lOBP) "A certain seriousness was present at the previews and at the sale itself." said Linda Rodeck, vice-president of Joyner Fine Art commenting on her company's very successful May 22 Canadian art auction. "Unlike last season, which seemed more frantic with perhaps as many spectators as buyers, we got a very strong impression early on (this year) that the people who came, came to buy."

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Demand for Canadian art remains high
Joyner auction in Toronto exceeds expectations with sales totalling $1.5 million

Globe&Mail (May 25, 1996) - The art collector's appetite for Canadian art, remained healthy after the Joyner auction last night.

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Record price set for Canadian artwork sale

The Toronto Star (May 27, 1995) - Toronto auctioneer Geoffrey Joyner's life and career reads like a one-of-a-kind Canadian success story.

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Ten Canadian paintings bring $900,000 at auction sale

The Globe and Mail (May 27, 1992) - Ten Canadian paintings from a private Toronto collection fetched more than $900,000 at an auction sale last night.

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Group of Seven painting sells for $190,000

The Globe and Mail (November 27, 1991) - A Toronto street scene with falling snow painted by a member of the Group of Seven sold for $190,000 last night - making it the most expensive painting of this fall's sluggish Canadian art sales.

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Single Joyner art session promises value, quality

Fine Art & Auction Review (May, 1991) - Toronto - If there's one factor that has remained constant throughout the current recession it is the continuing strength of well-priced, quality works of art. For the most part this means pieces valued between $20,000 and $150,000. It's always been tough to sell above this price level in Canada, recession or not, and therefore, while it is always a feather in the cap for a saleroom to offer works in this upper price range their omission from most of this spring's catalogues will have little effect on the main thrust of market support and activity.

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Market Analysis FINE ART

Fine Art & Auction Review (Fall, 1990) - The 1990 fall season got off to a smooth start with sales in Montreal indicating the market is stable and prepared to pay for the right pieces. Coming close to the Canadian record for a Riopelle canvas was the $416,250 bid at Hotel des Encans in October for a fine 1950's composition. The same salesroom also created a stir when they conducted their first sale in New York with excellent results.

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Joyner set to electrify market

Fine Art & Auction Review (Fall, 1990) - Toronto - Joyner's major fall auction of Canadian art, to be held on November 20th and 21st, will offer 450 lots which are expected to fetch $6 million. The current record total for a sale of Canadian paintings was $5.5 million, set by Joyner's three years ago.

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Gagnon painting sold at auction for $495,000 sets 2 records

Globe and Mail (November 29, 1989) - A painting by Quebec artist Clarence Alphonse Gagnon set two Canadian records last night when it fetched almost $500,000 at an art auction in Toronto.

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Important paintings from Canadian estates highlight Joyner's spring sale

Canadian antiquer and collector (May, 1989) - TORONTO - Joyner's spring auction of Canadian Art on May 16th and 17th will feature over 400 works, many from private collections and estates and never offered for saIe until now.

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Top dollar paid for big names at Joyner Fine Arts Auction

The Globe and Mail (November 23, 1988) - In its first test since Monday's Federal election, the market in traditional Canadian painting has come through moderately bullish, if not exactly rambunctious.

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Long-Lost Lawren Harris canvas of ‘Bylot Island’ Featured at Joyner's Fall Sale

Canadian antiquer and collector (November, 1988) - TORONTO - Joyner's fall auction of Canadian Art on November 22nd and 23rd will offer major works by all of the Group of Seven as well as their contemporaries, David Milne and Emily Carr.

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Joyner Holds Record $5.6 Million Art Sale

Fine Art & Auction Review (Jenuary, 1988) - Toronto (10BP) - Two years after conducting their first auction, Joyner Fine Art Inc. set the record for an auction of Canadian art during their November sale. The previous record of $4.2 million set in Montreal in October, 1986 was exceeded by almost $1.5 million with the total net (actual) sales plus buyer's premium (10%) reaching $5.6 million.

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Record Canadian Art Auction Nets $5.2 Million

The Toronto Star (November 26, 1987) - At the Joyner Fine Art auction yesterday, more than $5.2 million changed hands, the largest amount ever spent at a single auction in Canada.

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A Record-Smashing Art Auction

Globe & Mail (November 26, 1987) - The auction market for traditional Canadian art, lackadaisical in recent seasons, suddenly pulled itself together last night at St. Lawrence Hall, making the first session of Joyner Fine Arts' fall sale a record-smashing event. A total of $5.2-million was exchanged for 181 paintings and works on paper, a record for a single evening's sale of Canadian art, surpassing by $l-million the previous high.

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Pitfield Sale Champions 19th C. Canadian Works

The Fine Art & Auction Review (December / January, 1987) - Toronto - There were no more than 100 people in attendance at the single session sale of selected works from the estate of the late Mrs. Ward C. Pitfield conducted by Joyner Fine Art Inc. Monday, December 1st in the St Lawrence Hall, Toronto. But, when all those present are buyers, 100 is all you need! The sale of primarily historical Canadian works consisted of 63 lots, and took exactly one hour to complete. But, within that hour some amazing prices were recorded, and, yet again, more individual artist records fell.

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Joyner's First Sale Resounding Success

The Fine Art & Auction Review (December 1985 / January 1986) - Toronto - The historic St. Lawrence Hall on King Street in Toronto was an appropriate setting for the inaugural preview and auction sale of Canadian art by Joyner Fine Art Inc., November 26th and 27th. It was standing room only on both evenings as dealers and collectors from across the country witnessed possibly the most successful first sale of any auction house in Canada when the final hammer fell on a gross sale total of approximately $1,600,000.

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