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The painting Marrakech more than doubled its starting bid, selling for $1.3 million in a white glove auction liquidating Hudson's Bay Company's art archive.

  • On Oct. 16, 2025, Heffel Fine Art Auction House in Toronto sold Sir Winston Churchill's oil painting Marrakech for $1.3 million after a heated bidding war.
  • The sale formed part of auctions of Hudson's Bay Company's archive after the retailer shuttered earlier this year, with 4,400 artifacts being liquidated.
  • Marrakech ignited a fierce bidding war with seven-figure bids, and phone bidders ultimately won, prompting loud applause while auctioneer David Heffel donned a Hudson's Bay striped coat to laughter.
  • The auction ended as a white-glove sale, with Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith's Lights of a City Street fetching $575,000, Robert Heffel said.
  • Heffel will also auction more Hudson's Bay items online, as the live sale has raised questions about the fate of Hudson's Bay Company's archive.
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Winston Churchill painting sells for $1.3M as Hudson’s Bay art hits auction block

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Winston Churchill painting sells for double its value at Hudson’s Bay art auction; iconic blankets still on the auction block

Churchill's piece, called “Marrakech,” was expected to bring in between $400,000 and $600,000.

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Winston Churchill painting sells for double its value at Hudson’s Bay art auction; iconic blankets still on the auction block

Churchill's piece, called “Marrakech,” was expected to bring in between $400,000 and $600,000.

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Winston Churchill painting sells for double its value at Hudson’s Bay art auction; iconic blankets still on the auction block

Churchill's piece, called “Marrakech,” was expected to bring in between $400,000 and $600,000.

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Winston Churchill painting sells for double its value at Hudson’s Bay art auction; iconic blankets still on the auction block

Churchill's piece, called “Marrakech,” was expected to bring in between $400,000 and $600,000.

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Cambridge TimesCambridge Times
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Winston Churchill painting sells for double its value at Hudson’s Bay art auction; iconic blankets still on the auction block

Churchill's piece, called “Marrakech,” was expected to bring in between $400,000 and $600,000.

·Cambridge, Canada
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CBC News broke the news in Canada on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
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