Three original paintings by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) combined for $92,360; an 1859 marine watercolor by famed folk artist Captain Alexander McNeilledge (1791-1874) brought $24,780; and a monumental three-piece plant stand from Jacobi Pottery from Waterloo County, Ontario, fetched $8,260 in three sessions of auctions held on two days (Oct. 9 and 11) by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. All prices reported are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyers premium. Titled, the post-war Canadian folk art auction was held on Oct. 9 and featured 90 lots of folk art. A Canadiana session ran on Oct. 11, containing 359 lots, highlighted by the Louise and late Robert Levesque collection, and an evening session held later that day comprised a tidy 34 lots and showcased the David and Karen Jacobi collection. The common elements to these sales were items being fresh to the market, pieces coming from old collections and pieces that had been previously documented in publications, said Ben Lennox of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.These elements created excitement leading up to, and during, the sales. We witnessed feverish bidding across all three sales, with many rare and unique items exceeding estimates. The market continues to see strength in better and best pieces. Since Canadiana encompasses a broad range of collecting categories, it creates a wave in the collecting community as we work to ensure we have a strong offering across those categories, added Lennox. The Maud Lewis paintings were sold in the first session. They included Bear River Autumn Scene, a ca. 1960 oil-on-beaverboard work thats a rare serial image and considered one of her masterpieces ($38,350); White Cat, an oil-on-masonite from ca. 1965-66 depicting Mauds cat Fluffy ($33,040); and Ox and Cart, an early 1960s oil-on-beaverboard ($21,240). Following are additional highlights from the auctions, ones in which 919 registered bidders combined to place 13,614 bids. Nearly all lots were sold, and 68 percent of the top 50 lots across all three sales exceeded estimate. Overall, the auctions grossed $866,061. Online bidding was via LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller website (www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com). The first session featured paintings by notable Canadian artists from 1950 to the present, many of them curated to include artists from Quebec, Ontario, and the Maritime Regions. A 1987 enamel-on-plywood coastal scene by the Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, artist Joe Norris (1925-1996), titled Summer Cove, Flowers in Bloom, realized $23,600. An acrylic-on-canvas by the British-born Canadian artist Ted Harrison (1926-2015), titled Dawson City Evening (1987), encapsulated the spirit of Canadas North with a depiction of a wildly beautiful Yukon sky, signed and titled, sold for $17,700, and a 9-foot-wide pencil-and-marker-on-paper banner by Halifax, Nova Scotia, artist Joe Sleep (1914-1978), titled Fish Trawlers, Sailboat and Marine Life, signed and dated (Joseph Sleep 1977) lower edge, garnered $7,080. Also that session, an early 18th-century Quebec, French Regime Louis XIII armoire in very good condition, made from butternut, rose to $14,160; while an 18th-century early Quebec bonnetiere, a single-door, six-panel armoire in old black paint over the original oxidized dark blue paint, and restored cornice molding, commanded $11,210. Also, an early 20th-century pipe tomahawk with original ash handle and carved mouthpiece, 23 inches long, brought $10,620. The third-session Canadian Historical Pottery auction featured items consigned by descendants of Jacobi Pottery of Waterloo County, Ontario, which operated from 1874-1905. One standout was a monumental three-piece plant stand, nearly 30 inches tall, boasting a spectacular glaze with heavy green and brown mottling over a peach color base. It sold for $8,260. A Jacobi Waterloo creamer, 3.5 inches tall with extraordinary glaze, checked all the boxes for the winning bidder who purchased it for $3,245: glaze, form, rarity, condition and size. Also, an Adam Bierenstihl (Bridgeport, Ontario) miniature pitcher with a cream-colored glaze, brown and green mottling, marked on the bottom in pencil, Canada, Made Around 1883, realized $3,245. For additional information, email info@millerandmillerauctions.com.