An oil-on-canvas painting by French artist douard Leon Cortes (1882-1969) sold for $25,960, more than doubling the high estimate, and two oil-on-beaverboard works by iconic Nova Scotia painter Maud Lewis (1901-70) combined for $60,180 in two days of online auctions held Oct. 12 and 13 by Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., based in Ontario, Canada. All figures quoted in this report are in Canadian dollars and include an 18-percent buyers premium. The Cortes painting, titled Paris at Dusk, was the top achiever in the Oct. 12 Canadiana auction, which featured 371 lots of furniture, decoys, pottery, stoneware, Canadiana and coin banks. The Maud Lewis paintings (there were seven total in the auction) were star lots in the Oct. 13 Canadian Folk Art sale, which featured 242 lots of folk art and carved decoys. The ca. 1908-25 Cortes painting, a fine example of his work, was the expected top lot in the Oct. 12 auction and it did not disappoint, as it blasted through its $10,000-$12,000 pre-sale estimate. The 13-by-18-inch painting depicted Pariss rain-soaked streets at twilight, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. Maud Lewis is no stranger to Miller & Miller Auctions. Numerous paintings by the artist have been featured in past sales, always with impressive results. The market is strong. The two top earners in this auction were Train Station in Winter ($31,860) and Men on Wharf ($28,320). Last weekend was proof that collections curated by astute and renowned collectors command great attention, said Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., adding that 64 percent of the top 50 lots in the Oct. 12 auction exceeded the high estimate. Furniture, decoys, weathervanes, and choice pottery were the top performers. Items in an untouched original state performed very well. Of the Oct. 13 auction, Miller said that 42 percent of the top 50 lots surpassed high estimates, adding that noted folk artists Wilfred Richard, Collins Eisenhauer, Cyril Hirtle, Barbara Clark-Fleming and Aime Desmeules pushed their high watermarks. We are already excited for the Canadiana and Folk Art sales in 2025, Miller said confidently. A total of 859 online bidders placed a combined total of 12,737 bids. Internet bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller Auctions website. Of the 613 total lots up for bid, 99 percent were sold. A mid-20th century wood carved and painted black rooster by the Nova Scotia folk artist Collins Eisenhauer (1898-1979), unsigned (as was much of his early work, but definitely by his hand according to Miller), achieved $5,310 against a high estimate of $1,500. An early 19th-century footstool in original blue paint and having chamfered bootjack ends, with a deeply carved red, white and blue star at the center of the top that also had a scalloped border carved in relief, likely made in Nova Scotia, rang up $12,980, blowing past the $1,200 high estimate. The makers name (A.E. Bowden) was lettered in paint on the front skirt. A fraktur drawn by Anna Weber (Ontario, 1814-88), just months before her death, showing two birds facing each other perched on the branches of a stylized floral tree, sold within estimate for $11,800. The signed, dated fraktur exhibited strong colors, with the inclusion of a pink tone, not often found in her work, all within a multi-colored perimeter diamond border, and a painting by Joe Norris (Nova Scotia, 1924-96), titled Sunset with Three Yawls, finished within estimate for $10,030. The work was a serene and evocative landscape capturing a sunset over the Nova Scotia coastline and an outstanding example of what makes Joe Norriss work popular. For more information, email info@millerandmillerauctions.com or visit www.millerandmillerauctions.com.