Auctioneer and Appraisal Services
ONLINE AUCTION PREVIEW NOW ON
How to Register to Bid
First you need a HiBid account, then you can register for Crowther & Brayley’s auction. Steps are below:
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- Click on View Auction link
- Click on Login/New Bidder
- Create a HiBid account OR
- If you already have a HiBid account, then you can click on the black bar at the bottom of the screen where it says “Register to Bid”
- Enter a payment method making sure that the address you enter is the same as that on the statement of the credit card that you’re using
- Read the terms and conditions and check the agree box
- Submit the registration 8. You will get a notice on the screen confirming your registration
If you are unable to bid on line, we are accepting absentee bids which we will execute on your behalf. Contact us – 902-860-0111 or office@crowther-brayley.com
TIMED ONLINE AUCTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – ONLINE BIDDING OPENS – 8 AM ET
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 – STAGGERED SOFT CLOSE BEGINS – 6 PM (7 PM NS AST)
Artwork by Arthur Lismer, Jack Gray, Maud Lewis, Edith Smith, Dusan Kadlec, Leonard Lane, Joseph Purcell, Robert Boyer, John Cook, Anthony Law, European works, etc. Estate jewellery, brand goods incl. Hermes scarves, variety of Georgian sterling silver hollow & flatware, antique oriental rugs, very good collection of Lorenzen mushrooms, items of Asian interest, decorative items, marine, Inuit including good argillite totem pole, toys and a 6’2” folk art carved figure of Mountie by Ransford Naugler
PICKING UP YOUR ITEMS
Pickup Times: 9:30 – 3:30 pm – Saturday, April 6th
9:30 – 3:30 pm – Sunday, April 7th
OR
At another time by arrangement.
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL AHEAD FOR PICK UP LOCATION AND TO INDICATE WHAT TIME YOU PLAN TO COME SO THAT WE MAY HAVE YOUR ITEM OR ITEMS READY. FOR FURNITURE OR RUGS, PLEASE GIVE ONE DAY’S ADVANCE NOTICE FOR COLLECTION
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
We offer complimentary delivery of smaller items in Halifax, Dartmouth & Bedford. Complimentary delivery is not
PACKING & SHIPPING AVAILABLE BY ARRANGEMENT – CALL OR EMAIL: office@crowther-brayley.com
How to Register to Bid
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- Click on View Auction link
- Click on Login/New Bidder
- Create a HiBid account OR
- If you already have a HiBid account, then you can click on the black bar at the bottom of the screen where it says “Register to Bid”
- Enter a payment method making sure that the address you enter is the same as that on the statement of the credit card that you’re using
- Read the terms and conditions and check the agree box
- Submit the registration 8. You will get a notice on the screen confirming your registration
If you are unable to bid on line, we are accepting absentee bids which we will execute on your behalf. Contact us – 902-860-0111 or office@crowther-brayley.com
Paul Henry
F.H Varley 12×14.5
Crowther & Brayley Ltd. has been in business now for over 30 years. Below are some of the highlights of those years.
- First auction house in Nova Scotia to sell a work of art for over $100,000, not once, but three times.
- First auction house in Nova Scotia to advertise nationally including the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, etc.
- First auction house in Nova Scotia to advertise internationally including the Antiques Trade Gazette, London published weekly, Arts & The Antiques Weekly, USA
- Roger Crowther & Bill Brayley appeared as appraisers on the CBC TV produced program The Antiques Roadshow
- Other highlights include top prices
- $27,000 for Dusan Kadlec, Yarmouth Harbour
- $24,000 for Maud Lewis, Digby Pines, 9 x 11”
- $27,000 for Maud Lewis, Oxen Team Ploughing
- Group of Seven – $75,000 – A. J. Casson
- $60,000 – Frederick Horsman Varley
- Russian silver miniature ciborium, c.1760 – $37,000
- Mosque lamp, $8,700
- Irish Bog, oil on canvas by Paul Henry – $70,000
- Tortoiseshell and pewter inlaid European cabinet – $27,500
- “Playing at the Beach” by Jan Zoetelief Tromp, oil on canvas – $85,000
- Serape oriental carpet, 10 x 14” – $12,000
- Fisherman in a Dory by Jack Gray $42,000
