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Ontario Roadshows Spring 2006 |
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SARNIA Roadshow - Ontario In March: Always set to impress, Sarnia did it again as hundreds flocked to Lambton Mall
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Art Deco dressing table set
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Quality was in profusion in the city of Sarnia and is typified by this wonderful Art Deco dressing table set. (Left)
We were privileged to see some quite remarkable treasures that ranged from Tiffany on one hand through to Tibetan Thangkas (Prayerflags) on the other. This went right across the collectibles board to irreplaceable art works by Honour Daumier, Donato de Creti, 1671-1749, Fernand Leger and Fritz Gartner to this quite charming painting by the remarkable Canadian artist Maud Lewis 1903-1970.
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Maud Lewis |
Maud Lewis |
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis lived with her husband Everett in a one room house with sleeping loft and without benefit of electricity or plumbing. Suffering from physical handicaps all her life, she would make hand drawn Christmas cards & brightly coloured paintings which she sold to help overcome their poverty.She is the subject of an excellent book:"The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis" and several TV documentaries. Her works are in Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Lambton Mall Security Guard |
'The Evening Song' 53 x 35" |
Chilean artist painting 'Carmen Cereceda
A real eye catcher was this specially commissioned and enormous work by Chilean muralist Carmen Cereceda. Carmen Cereceda was assistant to and trained under the hugely famous Mexican painter Diego Rivera who was a social realist and muralist and considered the greatest Mexican painter of the twentieth century. Cereceda exhibited all over the world, from Brazil to New York, Spain, Italy, the USSR, China & Canada and is still working painting murals and frescos in South America. This specially commissioned work along with its conceptual drawings has been recently inherited by a Sarnia man. Simply put, it's quite superb. |
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Crazy quilt of the decade.
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Riocans 'Shoppers World' became the second, Sell Out' host of the year in February.
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One of the weirdest items we've ever seen, was this 'Desert Rose' (left)) which the owner was told was 'petrified camel urine' that forms flowers under desert sands with the passage of time. Or the passage of camels in this case! It 'petrifies' me to hear that people believe old wives tales like that. 'Rosette' or 'Desert Rose' as its better known, is simply a mineral formation of Barite or sometimes Gypsum with concentric aggregates resembling rose flowers and usually brown in colour.
Definitely not camel.......sorry. |
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This lovely hand decorated, dedicated teaset is Meissen c.1770 and undoubtably the oldest set of table ware we have seen here to date.
A superb French school oil painting given to the owners grandfather. |
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A pair of photographs taken by a fan were autographed by the 'King' himself and are definitely one off's |
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| OTTAWA: Riocans-Lincoln Fields
In January, was a spectacular four day sell out, as hundreds flocked to the centre, braving the appalling -28 conditions which completely messed up our gearbox and befuddled the brakes! The dramatic and valuable heirlooms we saw are too numerous to mention so here's just a few stars: Filming for: Treasures that Talk.
Paintings: Jacob Maris, Circle of Guido Reni, Leonardo Cremonini, C.F,Ulrich, Stanhope Forbes, Elizabeth Adelle Forbes, Franz Johnston, M. Macdonald, J.H Hill, Walter Langley, W.Casley, G. Armfield. Degas and Picasso drawings |
An Articulated Oriental Wooden Dragon
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This stunningly carved - a 3 foot long articulated wooden dragon with silver eyes, (shibuichi) stole the show hands down for quality. It was truly magnificent, with every joint and feature moving in sympathy. It kept the secret of its origins hidden away right until now. We are able to set this straight by informing the owner that it's not Chinese as he was told by the Museum, nor is it 400 years old!. It's Japanese. As far as I know, the Chinese simply did not make similar articulated dragons, snakes, or any other amphibians at any time in their art history. Wooden articulated beasties like this one were crafted, often by netsuke carvers, who usually worked in ivory, thus the quality. They often fashioned works of art in the style of the famous (and very expensive) iron pieces after the MYOCHIN family some 300 years before! I date this one around early in the Meiji period (1868-1912) circa 1870-80. |
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Jacob Maris.1837-1899-Dutch
If only it had proved to be authentic, this lovely oil on canvas of a Dutch city signed 'J Maris' would have been another remarkable find here in Canada. Maris was one of the leaders of the Hague School and easily its most celebrated artist. This is visually typical of his Dutch sky-line paintings, which Maris' extra elements of Dutch town sceneries adds to get a optimal expression of the townscape. This type of painting fits with the highlights of the works of Maris. One positive point is, most of them were sold to the U.S.A. Paintings of this type and quality are seldom seen with only one is in the possession of the Municipal Museum of the Hague and two in private collections.
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A hand carved wooden crucifix.
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Old may not necessarily be valuable in every case, but 'old' this time was certainly beautiful. Dating from 1754, this simple hand carved wooden crucifix was found on top a beam in an old barn in the Ottawa valley. Could there be a dramatic link here between the early European missionaries and Canada's First Nation or is it simply folk art pioneer handiwork? By 1635 the Jesuits had established at Quebec the celebrated boys' school in which they would teach for some 140 years. Their 'cours classique' would become a model for many other Catholic colleges and of course eventually the Collège des Jésuites would evolve into Laval University, the oldest institution of higher learning in North America. By 1760, three hundred and thirty Jesuits had arrived. Their effort in New France, both in missionary activity and in education, is unmatched. But like the whole of the grande épopée, it was ultimately doomed. After the British Conquest, they were not allowed to accept novices and they simply died out. The last was Jean-Joseph Casot, who had come in 1757 who died at Quebec, 16 March 1800. |
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Some memorable Ottawa stories A piece of a rock- possibly Canada's oldest known Tool. Likely hard to prove. An exceptionally valuable Drawing by Degas. A real shame the gentleman did not bring it back in to be filmed for TV. Was this the missing one?
Very suspicious.
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The lady with a Plate that 'almost' went down with the Titanic. The story goes. Great Aunty 'nearly' went on the Titanic but changed her mind at the last minute. Of course, if she had, then the plate surely would have been with her & would have likely gone forever in its special box. That is if she hadn't changed her mind! Question is; Does that then make it more valuable?" We don't think so but the box might have been!" Dry humour courtesy our confused appraisers. |
There were many life time missions to find out more info: Notably
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Oshawa & Cobourg Roadshows |
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Charlotte Brontë (1816-55) Victorian authoress of Jane Eyre, painted this watercolour portrait at the tender age of seventeen. It was subsequently used as the cover illustration for the Penguin classic- Charlotte Brontë 'Juvenallia'. It featured in the New Yorker magazine and was recently inherited by a local family. |
Charlotte Brontë watercolour
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Art Deco Storks fashioned for the Czar.
Paintings: Wonderful landscape paintings by Breanski, Daubigny & Eberhardt Viegener, alongside fine works by Stanhope Forbes, Franz Johnston, Rysselberghe, Serrure, Maccord, Koets, Dominguez, Robillot, and Fleury amongst others, took the fine art values to over $750,000 at the two Riocan malls.
It was the weird and wonderfuls time yet again, a rams head pass around Snuff Mull designed for the officers mess.(below) Contrary to popular myth...it has nothing to do with the Mull of Kintyre!
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British-Marine Artist Phillip. J. Ouless 1817-1885 "Father Mattheu"
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Rams head pass around Snuff Mull
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The painting above ^ depicts a Canadian ship 'Father Mattheu 'owned by the Hon. John Le Coutillies Jasper, an ancestor of the paintings current owner. The Hon John, had the ships 'portrait' painted in 1848 to celebrate it's innagural voyage and is depicted off the coast of Jersey ( probably St Hellier) and shows its pilot being rowed out in a lighter. Interestingly, 'Ouless' signed his name on the back of the rowing boat to try and fool us! Incredibly, the current owner has all ships documentation, logs and paraphernalia to add to this historic find, one of Canada's earliest twin masted trading vessels. |
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