March 7, 1917
The asking prices of seven of my artist colleagues for their works in the upcoming 45th OSA Spring Exhibition opening two days from now, on March 9, 1917
My paintings are still in the Shack with no asking price. That’s fine by me but I do find it rather brazen to ask a half year’s wages for a painting during wartime.
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Frank Carmichael
34. Sunlight $600
Lawren Harris (Camp Borden)
58. Decorative Landscape $600
AY Jackson (Overseas)
60. The Cedar Swamp $300
Francis Johnston
69. Spring Song in the North $600
Arthur Lismer (Halifax)
84. Georgian Bay, Spring $500
JEH MacDonald
88. Wilds Ducks $600
Fred Varley
128. Squally Weather, Georgian Bay $500
Tom Thomson's Last Spring 
This is so inreresting. I noticed in an eatlier posting thatThomson sold one for $300, a lot for that time period.
$300 in 1916 is equivalent to almost $6900 in 2016.
Exactly… I had guessed it would be much higher and closer to $30,000 if not $50K if it was a half of a year’s salary. The price of a canvas has not gone up much in a century.