“Still Life in Blue and White” by Peter Plamondon (1944–2020), oil on canvas, 36 by 30 inches, realized $15,360 ($1/1,500).

PROVINCETOWN, MASS. — On March 16, James R. Bakker Antiques conducted its End of Winter Live Online Auction. Exceeding expectations, the curated collection of mostly Cape and Provincetown art and artists brought 2,300 registered bidders to their virtual doors with very active early bidding. Nearly 70 percent of the 160 lots had bids before the start of the auction, indicating the auction would be off to a great start. Live participants then took over, raising the bids even higher on many pieces that had already exceeded auction estimates during the early bidding period.

“Still Life in Blue & White” by Peter Plamondon, whose work has graced the walls of and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, blew away the previous $6,000 auction record, hammering for twice that amount to achieve a total of $15,360. The painting, along with 10 other pieces in the auction, came from the White Horse Inn in Provincetown, an iconic landmark containing decades of history of the art colony.

“Portrait of Irene Urdang de Tour, 1963” by Paul Resika (b 1928), oil on canvas, 25 by 20 inches, finished at $3,328 ($400/600).

“Portrait of Irene Urdang de Tour,” 1963, by Paul Resika sold four times its high estimate for a total of $3,328. Before she was sent to a labor camp in Berlin, de Tour kept her family’s jewelry store in Poland running at night during the Nazi invasion of Poland. A known resistance fighter, she emigrated to the United States eventually becoming an important figure in the New York art scene.

“Provincetown” by Anne Packard (b 1933), oil on Masonite, 3 by 6 inches, achieved $3,840 ($1,5/2,000).

A remarkable 3-by-6-inch painting of Provincetown by Anne Packard, one of the smallest Bakker has ever sold, reached an astounding $213 per square inch for a total of $3,840.

“The Moors” by John Dowd (b 1960), oil on linen, 18 by 24 inches, achieved $7,040 ($4/6,000).

Bringing much attention and subsequent active bidding were two John Dowd pieces. “The Moors (Provincetown)” brought $7,040, and “Evening Light, Florida” reached $5,760.

Also breaking a record was Nanno de Groot’s still life, “White Flowers,” which, with a total price of $3,840, set a new $48 per square inch record, proving again that a painting doesn’t have to be big to be mighty.

Painted table by Peter Hunt (1896–1967), 1963, oil on wood, 16 by 21¾ by 15¼ inches, soared to $4,480 ($500/700).

A local Cape favorite, Peter Hunt was once a fixture in high-end department stores of the 1940s that sold his painted wood furniture and accessories. Having workshops in Provincetown and Orleans, Mass., his small pieces always bring competitive bidding, as shown by the $4,480 realized for a small painted table from 1964 with an estimate of just $500/700.

“Male Portrait” by Charles Allan Winter (1869–1942), oil on canvas board, 10 by 8 inches, made $7,040 ($1,5/2,000).

Finally, reaching beyond the shores of Cape Cod and Provincetown to Cape Ann, Mass., a stunning 10-by-8-inch male portrait by Charles Winter Allen crossed the block for $7,040, putting it toward the top of the list of auction records for works by the artist sold in the last decade.

All prices include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. The next auction is scheduled for June 1; consignment deadline of April 20. For information, 508-413-9758 or www.bakkerproject.com.