Robert McVittie

Canadian (1935 - 2002)

Robert McVittie was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Robert McVittie's estimated art value is C$2,000 (*)

Robert McVittie's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$100 - C$10,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Robert McVittie (1935-2002) was C$6,490 - paid for "In a Brisk Wind" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Jun 30, 2016.
ArtValue.ca has 85 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$10,000.

A Following Breeze, The Yankee Clipper Black Hawk
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 61 cms x 91.4 cms (24 ins x 36 ins)

Lot for sale by Heffel Auction House, Vancouver
Lot# 216
Thu, May 26, 2022

Estimate $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for CAD $1,500

Heffel Auction House Biography and Notes

A brochure on Robert McVittie's work accompanies this lot, along with a handwritten and signed note by the artist that reads: "Not too much is known of the history of this vessel, what is known is that she was built for the California trade in 1859 by William H. Webb of New York for Messrs. Bucklin and Crane. She was a medium sized vessel of 1108 tons and was commanded by a Captain Bowers. It is recorded that she made some very fine passages round Cape Horn in her early years after which she disappears from record and her future fate is unknown. Enough to say that she was a fine example of the 'Down East' clippers of that era."

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top oil painting sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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