# Thoreau MacDonald - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-04T09:00:42.744Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 56
- Lots with prices: 45
- First auction date: 2004-05-31
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-02
- Median realised price: $204
- Price range: $20 to $4,000

## Market Takeaway
Thoreau MacDonald has 56 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $204. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($204\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($108 to $425\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 91.1% (41 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 8.9% (4 sales)
- $10,000\+: 0% (0 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 2
- Previous 12 months sales: 8
- Recent 12 months median: $409
- Previous 12 months median: $475
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-02
- Days since latest sale: 214
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Waddington's: 40 lots
- Auction Network: 3 lots
- J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC: 3 lots
- Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting: 3 lots
- Region Fine Art: 2 lots
- Westbridge Fine Art Auction House: 2 lots
- Greenwich Auction: 1 lots
- Hodgins Art Auctions Ltd.: 1 lots
- Kavanagh Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-08-24 | Thoreau MacDonald Painting Georgian Bay Canada | Kavanagh Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-thoreau-macdonald-painting-georgian-bay-canada-126-c-f064b4395b
2. 2025-10-02 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), LOON | Waddington's | CA$525
3. 2025-09-11 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), GRAZING HORSE; BLACK DUCK; TUG "HOME RULE", GEO. BAY; FALCON; TOWARD HALIBURTON; UPLAND PLOVER | Waddington's | CA$409
4. 2025-03-30 | THOREAU MACDONALD \- Trilliums | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$100
5. 2024-12-05 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), THIS BOOK BELONGS TO | Waddington's | CA$1,187
6. 2024-11-07 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), CARIBOU | Waddington's | CA$400
7. 2024-11-07 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), OTTERS | Waddington's | CA$525
8. 2024-06-27 | Thoreau Macdonald \(1901\-1981\), OWL | Waddington's | CA$4,000
9. 2024-06-06 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1998\), FULL MOON ON A WINTRY NIGHT | Waddington's | CA$425
10. 2024-06-06 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1998\), "DEER ON ALERT" AND "FEEDING TIME" | Waddington's | CA$475
11. 2022-04-28 | Thoreau MacDonald & Joseph Domjan Artist Books | Greenwich Auction | N/A
12. 2021-10-09 | THOREAU MACDONALD \- Winter Evening | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | CA$240
13. 2021-10-09 | THOREAU MACDONALD \- Winter Morning | Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting | N/A
14. 2020-02-25 | Thoreau Macdonald \- Winter Evening \- Wartime Sampson Matthews Silkscreen | Region Fine Art | N/A
15. 2020-02-25 | Thoreau Macdonald \- The Snow Storm \- Wartime Sampson Matthews Silkscreen | Region Fine Art | N/A
16. 2019-07-20 | Thoreau MacDonald \- Loons; Hunter's Cabin | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
17. 2019-05-05 | Thoreau MacDonald \- Loons; Hunter's Cabin | Westbridge Fine Art Auction House | N/A
18. 2017-10-05 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), OLD TIMERS TOLD ME; FALCON, \(TWO WORKS\) FORMER \- LITHOGRAPH; TITLED TOP LEFT; INITIALED LOWER RIGHT \(Image, 2.5” x 3”\) LATTER \- PRINT; INITIALED LOWER LEFT \(Image, 4” x 4”\) | Waddington's | CA$108
19. 2017-03-11 | THOREAU MACDONALD, OSPREYS, oil on board, 8.5 ins x 10.5 ins; 22.2 cms x 27.3 cms | Waddington's | N/A
20. 2016-11-08 | Thoreau MacDonald \(1901\-1989\). 'Winter Morning, 1944' Serigraph on Board. 20" x 27". \(unframed\). Issued by THE NATIONAL GALLERY of Canada. Comments: The silkscreen process used up to 15 oil based colours, meaning real paint was used in the creation. . | Auction Network | CA$950
21. 2016-09-29 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), OLD TIMERS TOLD ME; FALCON, \(TWO WORKS\) FORMER \- LITHOGRAPH; TITLED TOP LEFT; INITIALED LOWER RIGHT \(Image, 2.5” x 3”\) LATTER \- PRINT; INITIALED LOWER LEFT \(Image, 4” x 4”\) | Waddington's | CA$84
22. 2016-09-29 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), TOM THOMSON \- DRAWN BY T.M. FROM A PHOTO BY L.S.H., LITHOGRAPH; TITLED IN PRINT LOWER LEFT; SIGNED AND DATED /65 LOWER RIGHT IN PENCIL, 8" x 6" — 20.3 x 15.2 cm. | Waddington's | CA$132
23. 2016-09-29 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), TOM THOMSON’S SHACK IN WINTER, ZINC PRINT; TITLED IN PRINT; INITIALED IN BLUE INK LOWER RIGHT \(Image, 4” x 4.5”\) Note: Frame with only inner liner. | Waddington's | CA$84
24. 2016-09-29 | THOREAU MACDONALD \(CANADIAN, 1901\-1989\), UNTITLED \(HEADING SOUTH\), BLOCKPRINT; INITIALED LOWER RIGHT \(Image, 5.3” x 6.5”\) Note: No glass | Waddington's | CA$60

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