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A painting by B.C. artist Emily Carr that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched $290,000 at a Toronto auction.
Heffel Fine Art Auction House says Masset, Q.C.I. sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night. Thatโs above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000, and does not include auction house fees.
The oil on canvas painting depicts a carved grizzly bear atop a memorial totem pole in the village of Masset on Haida Gwaii.
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