Saturday, May 21, 2005
Sotheby's Canadian Art
Ritchies Too
Sotheby's in Association with Ritchies Important Canadian Art
Monday, May 30, 2005
Ritchies
Sotheby's in Association with Ritchies Important Canadian Art
Monday, May 30, 2005
Ritchies
Heffel Spring Sale
Vancouver
Maud Lewis, Carr, Paul Peel, G7 highlights of Spring Auction, May 25, 2005.
Heffel.com Live Auction Lots Preview
Maud Lewis, Carr, Paul Peel, G7 highlights of Spring Auction, May 25, 2005.
Heffel.com Live Auction Lots Preview
Joyner Waddington's Canadian Fine Art
Spring Auction
Canadian Art catalog of 215 lot, painting and sculpture, now online. Auction June 30-31, 2005.
G7, Kreighoff, etc.
Waddington's
Canadian Art catalog of 215 lot, painting and sculpture, now online. Auction June 30-31, 2005.
G7, Kreighoff, etc.
Waddington's
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Grey Cup Ring on Block
"The 1948 Grey Cup ring once owned by Calgary Stampeders lineman Dave Tomlinson is for sale on eBay. "
SLAM! Sports
SLAM! Sports
Mickey Auction
"COLLEGE TEACHER Sandy Foster has made a Mickey Mouse donation to Sick Kids hospital.
But it was no Minnie gift.
The avid collector presented most of his 30-year horde of the Disneyesque -- including 1930s and '40s tinplate figures, dolls, watches, even a painted pewter chess set -- to the hospital where he regularly takes his daughter for treatment.
For three years, the collection wowed hundreds of children during visits to the renowned University Ave. facility, with Foster lovingly switching items for lobby displays that regularly changed.
Then renovations began. Mickey, Minnie, Snow White, Pluto, Donald Duck, Beauty and the Beast went to never-again land.
'We decided to sell it all off and use the money for children,' Michael O'Mahoney, president of the Sick Kids Foundation, said yesterday at the sale's launch by Toronto firm Auctionwire.
O'Mahoney, calling Foster's generosity 'absolutely phenomenal,' said 800 items worth about $126,000 will be offered on eBay. "
TorontoSun.com
But it was no Minnie gift.
The avid collector presented most of his 30-year horde of the Disneyesque -- including 1930s and '40s tinplate figures, dolls, watches, even a painted pewter chess set -- to the hospital where he regularly takes his daughter for treatment.
For three years, the collection wowed hundreds of children during visits to the renowned University Ave. facility, with Foster lovingly switching items for lobby displays that regularly changed.
Then renovations began. Mickey, Minnie, Snow White, Pluto, Donald Duck, Beauty and the Beast went to never-again land.
'We decided to sell it all off and use the money for children,' Michael O'Mahoney, president of the Sick Kids Foundation, said yesterday at the sale's launch by Toronto firm Auctionwire.
O'Mahoney, calling Foster's generosity 'absolutely phenomenal,' said 800 items worth about $126,000 will be offered on eBay. "
TorontoSun.com
Ruling on Thomson Heiress Overturned
Urns Sale Update
A British appeal court has overturned a 2004 ruling that deemed Christie's auction house 'negligent' in its duty to Canadian heiress Taylor Thomson before she bought two antique urns at auction in London for almost $4.3-million in 1994.
Released yesterday, the 84-page decision, written by Lord Justice Anthony May, said that High Court Justice Ian Jack was 'inconsistent' in May, when he ruled that the urns were, as Christie's originally claimed, from the era of French King Louis XV and at the same time awarded Ms. Thomson potentially millions of dollars in damages because Christie's had failed to give her 'a fuller picture' about the objects, including the possibility they could be 19th-century copies.
Had the ruling by Mr. Justice Jack been upheld this week, some art observers felt it would have huge implications for the way fine art is consigned, promoted and bought in the resale market."
The Globe and Mail
A British appeal court has overturned a 2004 ruling that deemed Christie's auction house 'negligent' in its duty to Canadian heiress Taylor Thomson before she bought two antique urns at auction in London for almost $4.3-million in 1994.
Released yesterday, the 84-page decision, written by Lord Justice Anthony May, said that High Court Justice Ian Jack was 'inconsistent' in May, when he ruled that the urns were, as Christie's originally claimed, from the era of French King Louis XV and at the same time awarded Ms. Thomson potentially millions of dollars in damages because Christie's had failed to give her 'a fuller picture' about the objects, including the possibility they could be 19th-century copies.
Had the ruling by Mr. Justice Jack been upheld this week, some art observers felt it would have huge implications for the way fine art is consigned, promoted and bought in the resale market."
The Globe and Mail
Roadshow Hits the 'Peg
"It was just like old times at The Canadian Antiques Roadshow's early taping at the Manitoba Museum yesterday morning. A power outage left the CBC show in the dark for an hour until technicians fired up a gas-powered generator to shed light on the situation.
Not that it mattered to show fans who hauled their treasures in for expert appraisal."
Winnipeg Sun:
Not that it mattered to show fans who hauled their treasures in for expert appraisal."
Winnipeg Sun:
Friday, May 13, 2005
Upper Canadian Purchased
Venerable Trade Paper Changes Hands
Grimsby, Ont.
The bimonthly Upper Canadian magazine, journal of record for Canadian antique dealers and collectors, has been sold. Some details published in the latest issue.
The new owner's plans include a new website to serve as "a powerful antiques industry portal," according to the website blurb.
The Upper Canadian.com
Grimsby, Ont.
The bimonthly Upper Canadian magazine, journal of record for Canadian antique dealers and collectors, has been sold. Some details published in the latest issue.
The new owner's plans include a new website to serve as "a powerful antiques industry portal," according to the website blurb.
The Upper Canadian.com
McGee Gun News
Museum's petty cash plea snubbed
By Susan SHERRING, Ottawa Sun
"It's really quite easy to understand why council made the incredibly moronic decision yesterday to reject a request to help bid on an important piece of Ottawa history.
At the centre of the council debate was the gun believed to have been used to shoot Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Confederation, on Sparks St.
The killing makes McGee, an early and strong supporter of Confederation, the only Canadian federal politician to ever have been assassinated.
And Patrick Whelan, who was convicted in his killing and owned the Smith and Wesson revolver in question, was the last person in this country to be publicly hanged.
The gun is now in the hands of a private owner in southern Ontario, who has put it up for sale at an auction to take place next Friday.
Calls of interest have come from around the world , so the Bytown Museum is leading a community-based effort to raise $55,000 to bid on the gun to keep it in Ottawa where it rightfully belongs.
To date, they've collected $15,000 from the community and were hoping for a $10,000 pledge from the City of Ottawa to leverage other support in time for next Friday's auction. ""
Ottawa Sun Online
Background: CBC
By Susan SHERRING, Ottawa Sun
"It's really quite easy to understand why council made the incredibly moronic decision yesterday to reject a request to help bid on an important piece of Ottawa history.
At the centre of the council debate was the gun believed to have been used to shoot Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Fathers of Confederation, on Sparks St.
The killing makes McGee, an early and strong supporter of Confederation, the only Canadian federal politician to ever have been assassinated.
And Patrick Whelan, who was convicted in his killing and owned the Smith and Wesson revolver in question, was the last person in this country to be publicly hanged.
The gun is now in the hands of a private owner in southern Ontario, who has put it up for sale at an auction to take place next Friday.
Calls of interest have come from around the world , so the Bytown Museum is leading a community-based effort to raise $55,000 to bid on the gun to keep it in Ottawa where it rightfully belongs.
To date, they've collected $15,000 from the community and were hoping for a $10,000 pledge from the City of Ottawa to leverage other support in time for next Friday's auction. ""
Ottawa Sun Online
Background: CBC
Sunday, May 08, 2005
The Globe and Mail: Here comes the eBay bride
Short piece on buying online.
"It's a gamble each time she buys, she acknowledges. The trick is to check out specialty sellers, inquire about return policies and ensure they answer all questions, she adds. Surf around for what similar items sell for and consider taxes, insurance and shipping costs"The Globe and Mail:
"It's a gamble each time she buys, she acknowledges. The trick is to check out specialty sellers, inquire about return policies and ensure they answer all questions, she adds. Surf around for what similar items sell for and consider taxes, insurance and shipping costs"The Globe and Mail:
Thursday, May 05, 2005
NS Sports Card Dealer Profiled: Critical of New "Collectibles"
"'It amazes me that you can make a card, put it in a pack, somebody pulls it out a week later and sells it for $800,' Pottie said. 'It just behooves me how somebody can get all excited about it and want it for hundreds and hundreds of dollars when you can get a gorgeous Jean Beliveau rookie - one of the five greatest hockey players of all time - for $1,000 or less.
'Card companies say, 'Oh, we're only making 900 of them, that's why it's so expensive.' There aren't 900 mint Jean Beliveau rookies out there.'"
canadaeast.com
'Card companies say, 'Oh, we're only making 900 of them, that's why it's so expensive.' There aren't 900 mint Jean Beliveau rookies out there.'"
canadaeast.com
Preview of Edmonton Roadshow
"Now The Canadian Antiques Roadshow is on the move again. It's headed to Edmonton for the first time on Saturday, May 14 as part of a six-city tour for the second season that will air in the fall.
Host Valerie Pringle and team of more than 25 appraisers - including Cripps - will be on hand at the Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway, to examine the paintings, jewelry, pottery and other knick-knacks that locals tote along. "
Edmonton Sun
Host Valerie Pringle and team of more than 25 appraisers - including Cripps - will be on hand at the Alberta Aviation Museum, 11410 Kingsway, to examine the paintings, jewelry, pottery and other knick-knacks that locals tote along. "
Edmonton Sun
Another Ebay Drop-Off Business Profile
"TORONTO, May 3 /CNW/ - Imagine This Sold (www.imaginethissold.com),
Canada's first eBay drop-off store franchise, challenges Canadians to re-think
traditional community garage sales. Imagine This Sold provides hassle-free
online auctions to sell quality items and let consumers clean out their
garages for profit."
Canada NewsWire Group
Canada's first eBay drop-off store franchise, challenges Canadians to re-think
traditional community garage sales. Imagine This Sold provides hassle-free
online auctions to sell quality items and let consumers clean out their
garages for profit."
Canada NewsWire Group
CBC News: 200-year-old pistol stolen from new museum
OTTAWA - The new Canadian War Museum hasn't even opened its doors yet, but someone has already walked off with a 200-year-old artifact.
Museum director Joe Geurts says police are interviewing about 150 staff, as well as a number of contract workers, in an effort to locate an antique flintlock pistol, worth about $5,000.
CBC News
Museum director Joe Geurts says police are interviewing about 150 staff, as well as a number of contract workers, in an effort to locate an antique flintlock pistol, worth about $5,000.
CBC News
LTVNEWS.COM - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - Local Television that Clicks!
"The St. Joseph Island Museum is running its 6th annual Ask an Expert event, which is an appraisal show similar to TV's Antiques Roadshow.
Several appraisal experts from the Sault, St. Joe and Goulais have experience appraising dishes, coins, tools, lamps, and other antiques and collectibles.
The doors are open from 10:00am to 4:00pm, and it's $5 to get each item appraised, and just $2 to observe."
Proceeds support the St. Joseph Island Museum village, which has over 5000 artifacts in six historic buildings.
LTVNEWS.COM - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Several appraisal experts from the Sault, St. Joe and Goulais have experience appraising dishes, coins, tools, lamps, and other antiques and collectibles.
The doors are open from 10:00am to 4:00pm, and it's $5 to get each item appraised, and just $2 to observe."
Proceeds support the St. Joseph Island Museum village, which has over 5000 artifacts in six historic buildings.
LTVNEWS.COM - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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