Allan Brooks Sold at Auction Prices

Animal painter, b. 1869 - d. 1946

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Jul. 29, 2023
Magpie on Branch, Allan Brooks
Est: $300 - $500
Allan Cyril Brooks (1869-1946). Magpie on a branch. Watercolor on paper. Signed lower left. Sight 14" x 21", overall 21 1/2" x 28 1/2".
Copake Auction Inc.
Aug. 31, 2022
Allan Brooks 1869-1945 Ducks Watercolor Painting
Est: $500 - $800
Allan Brooks (Canadian, 1869-1945). Original watercolor painting on paper. An ornithological bird study work depicting drake and hen ducks enjoying the water. Artist signature in lower left. Dated 1912. Housed in a gold gilt frame with matting and gold gilt fillet. Work Size: 11 x 14 in. Dimensions: 17 X 20 X 1 in. Condition: Good to fair overall condition having normal surface wear. Frame having mild storage wear to edges and corners. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery offers in-house ground contiguous USA domestic shipping, excluding New Mexico, for $95 plus insurance. Gallery will refer third party shippers for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request. Got something to sell? Contact us at HillAuctionGallery.com
Hill Auction Gallery
Mar. 06, 2021
Allan Cyril Brooks - Deer in Winter Landscape
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Deer in Winter Landscape
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Aug. 22, 2020
Pintails in California, Allan Brooks (1869-1945).
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Pintails in California, Allan Brooks (1869-1945). Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed and dated 1933 lower right. Purchased from the daughter of a caretaker of a California gun club. Professionally framed and matted. Measures 19.5 by 14.
Guyette & Deeter
Oct. 03, 2019
Allan Brooks (Canadian 1869 – 1946), Pronghorn
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Below is an excerpt from "Allan Brooks: Artist Naturalist" by Hamilton M. Laing describing Brooks' experience hunting Pronghorns in Alberta. (Pages 92 and 93) "Brooks started late this year (1909) on his autumn big game hunt. But then he was headed for the plains and a pronghorn antelope hunt at Brooks, Alberta, and the season did not open till October 1st. Of all his big game hunts, I suspect he got the least excitement of the chase on this adventure. Perhaps he got his biggest thrill on September 30th when, after arranging for Charles Blazier to guide him, he went out alone and spent the day making observations and a page of notes on these marvellous creatures that, after mountain caribou, must have seemed mere hoofed jack rabbits of the prairie. On the morning of October 1st they rode off to try their luck with the fleetest footed animal of the Great Plains, the creature said to have the eagle's vision in his lustrous eyes and the speed of the wind in his slender shanks. But the picture elements do not compose well. Brooks astride a pony, the bearded huntsman of the coastal jungles, the little mountains of the Okanagan, and the alplands of the Selkirks, led by a prairie guide! At 9 a.m. Blazier spotted a buck antelope travelling fast, so turned aside, keeping under cover of the ridge to try to head him off. Soon he dismounted, peeped over the ridge, then signalled his comrade to come on. The buck had stopped 200 yards off and Allan, disregarding instruction to wait for a closer range, fired at once and dropped the animal with a single shot. On their return trip they sighted another lone buck with a good head and duplicated the stalk. Two shots, two antelope; the hunt was over, except for the skinning!" Allan Cyril Brooks, naturalist, artist, soldier (b at Etawah, India 15 Feb 1869; d at Comox, BC 3 Jan 1946). Born into a prominent naturalist family, he received his early education in England. His family moved to Milton, Ontario, in 1881, and then to Chilliwack, BC, in 1887. Allan Brooks spent most of his remaining life in the Okanagan Valley and on Vancouver Island. Drawings and paintings of birds, some of which survive from his fifth year, form his greatest legacy; he was illustrator of A. P. Taverner's books on Canadian birds and of several American ornithological and popular works. An ardent hunter and collector, he carefully prepared bird skins as taught by Thomas McIwraith and mounted his own big-game heads, selling many specimens to museums. His scientific publications number about 130 and concentrate on faunistics and taxonomy. Allan Brooks travelled widely, especially in North America, and was known for his boundless enthusiasm. In World War I he quickly rose to the rank of major and received the Distinguished Service Order. His paintings brought him a gold medal from the Canadian National Museum and his research an Empire membership in the British Ornithologists' Union. (from The Canadian Encyclopedia)
4th Meridian Fine Art
Feb. 27, 2019
Allan Brooks (1869-1946) Canadian. Mountain Goats, with an Eagle Flying in the Valley of a Mountain, Gouache, Signed, 14.25" x 10.25".
Est: £200 - £400
Allan Brooks (1869-1946) Canadian. Mountain Goats, with an Eagle Flying in the Valley of a Mountain, Gouache, Signed, 14.25" x 10.25".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Apr. 07, 2018
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) watercolor gouache Perched Hawk on a Pine Tree written lower left: Ac Relox from life To Harry L
Est: $800 - $1,200
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) watercolor gouache Perched Hawk on a Pine Tree written lower left: Ac Relox from life To Harry L. Ferguson from Allan Brooks Xmas 1925 sight size: 9 1/4" x 8" Provenance: From the Estate of Charles B. Ferguson of Bloomfield, Connecticut
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jul. 30, 2016
Allan Brooks (1869-1945 Canadian)
Est: $900 - $1,200
Four birds perched on branches, signed and dated lower left: Allan Brooks / 1913, each bird is individually numbered in pencil 1 through 4, watercolor on paper under glass, oval size: 11'' H x 9'' W, est: $900/1200.
John Moran Auctioneers
Apr. 18, 2016
Allan Brooks (1869 - 1945) Watercolor, Bufflehead Ducks
Est: $600 - $800
A lake scene with five Bufflehead ducks, signed and dated for 1899 at the lower left corner.
Locati LLC
Apr. 18, 2015
Trio of Songbirds
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Allan Brooks (1869-1946). Watercolor on Paper, signed. (left to right) 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches; 13 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches
Arader Galleries
Feb. 10, 2014
BROOKS, ALLAN CYRIL. 1869-1946.- 5 original illustrations of beavers and dam-building, comprising:
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
5 original illustrations of beavers and dam-building, comprising: watercolor on paper with white highlight, 227 x 350 mm, signed ("Allan Brooks") at lower left. Matted. * 2 watercolors on paper with white highlight, 270 x 185 mm and the reverse, signed with monogram at lower left. Matted. * 2 pen and ink drawings, 150 x 107 mm and 197 x 152 mm, signed with monogram. Matted together.
Bonhams
Feb. 10, 2014
BROOKS, ALLAN CYRIL. 1869-1946.- 9 original illustrations, 1909-c.1923, including:
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
9 original illustrations, 1909-c.1923, including: 3 original watercolors on paper with white highlights, 183 x 268 mm to 223 x 296 mm (sheet), two signed with monogram and one signed "Brooks," being a Burrowing Owl adult and young, a flock of Black Swifts, and a Finch. * 6 original pencil sketches on paper, 107 x 137 mm to 272 x 183 mm, most signed, being a falcon, a bear's head from front and in profile, with a group of elk drinking at a stream on the verso, an elk's head, a duck, and a ram's head.
Bonhams
Feb. 10, 2014
BROOKS, ALLAN CYRIL. 1869-1946.- 2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white:
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white: 1. Sandpipers, 192 x 267 mm, signed with monogram lower left. 2. Crested Auklets, signed ("Allan Brooks") lower right, slight toning, laid down to board with mat residue in margin not affecting image, old pale dampstaining at upper left corner.
Bonhams
Feb. 10, 2014
BROOKS, ALLAN CYRIL. 1869-1946.- 2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white: 1. Two Greater Snow Geese on the shore with flocks in the air and on the ground in the background, 357 x 252 mm, signed ("Allan Brooks") lower left, laid down to board. Matted. 2. Ravens feeding on Agave Blooms, San Benitos Islands, Baja California, 280 x 380 mm, signed ("Allan Brooks") lower right, captioned in pencil on verso with additional text reading "scene suggested by J.R. Pemberton for whom picture was painted July 26, 1938." Matted.
Bonhams
Feb. 10, 2014
BROOKS, ALLAN CYRIL. 1869-1946.- 2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white:
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
2 original watercolors on paper, with touches in white: 1. Two Ducks Flying over the Water, 251 x 353 mm, signed ("Allan Brooks") lower left and dated 1932. 2. Geese Landing on the Water, 250 x 345 mm, signed ("Allan Brooks") lower left and dated 1933. Both matted. Canadian ornithologist and wildlife artist Allan Brooks was among the finest bird illustrators of the first half of the 20th century. He provided the illustrations for Dawson's Birds of California of 1923 (see lots 12 &13), Taverner's Birds of Canada , 1934, and Phillips's Natural History of Ducks , 1922-26, and many other ornithological works. "The accuracy, quality, and appeal of Allan Brooks's bird paintings are universally appreciated. The knowledge behind [them] is immense..." (Shushkewich More than Birds p 107).
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2013
Allan Brooks Gulls on the Shore, Yellow Point, B.C.
Est: $500 - $700
Gulls on the Shore, Yellow Point, B.C.
Westbridge Fine Art Auction House
Dec. 06, 2012
Allan Brooks (1869-1945)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) Auks and Their Northland Neighbors signed 'Allan Brooks' (lower left) gouache on paper laid down on board 14¼ x 10 in. (36.2 x 25.4 cm.) Executed in 1933.
Christie's
Dec. 06, 2012
Allan Brooks (1869-1945)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) California Condors signed 'Allan Brooks-' (lower left) gouached on paper laid down on board 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 06, 2012
Allan Brooks (1869-1945)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) Carolina Parakeet and Thick Billed Parrot signed 'Allan Brooks-' (lower right)--inscribed 'Flycatcher Series I' (along the upper margin)--inscribed with title (along the lower margin)--dated 'June 1936' and inscribed/Flycatchers/Series XI/Plate I' (on the reverse) goauche on paper laid down on board 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.) image, 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm.) sheet overall
Christie's
Dec. 06, 2012
Allan Brooks (1869-1945)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Allan Brooks (1869-1945) Flamingos signed 'Allan Brooks-' (lower right) gouache on paper laid down on board 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 21, 2010
Allan Brooks (1869-1946), Stag in the snow; stag
Est: £80 - £120
Allan Brooks (1869-1946), Stag in the snow; stag by a lake, a pair, watercolour, both signed, each 17cm x 25cm.(2)
Bellmans Auctioneers
Sep. 24, 2009
ALLAN BROOKS WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, 1912, watercolour;
Est: $400 - $600
ALLAN BROOKS WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, 1912, watercolour; signed, unframed 11 ins x 9 ins; 27.5 cms x 22.5 cms
Waddington's
Sep. 24, 2009
ALLAN BROOKS RUDDY HORNED DUCK, watercolour;
Est: $400 - $600
ALLAN BROOKS RUDDY HORNED DUCK, watercolour; signed; dated "27 Jan 89" on the reverse, unframed 9 1/2 ins x 11 ins; 23.8 cms x 27.5 cms
Waddington's
Sep. 24, 2009
ALLAN BROOKS SPOTTED TOWHEE, watercolour; signed
Est: $400 - $600
ALLAN BROOKS SPOTTED TOWHEE, watercolour; signed with initials; dated "17 Feb 1911" on the reverse, unframed 11 ins x 9 ins; 27.5 cms x 22.5 cms
Waddington's