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Upcoming Auction
MARCH 2025 ONLINE AUCTION
THE ESTATE COLLECTION OF TONY SAULNIER 450 LOTS
CATALOGUE ONLINE – FRIDAY, MARCH 7TH
BIDDING OPENS – FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH
BIDDING CLOSES – THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH
Featuring artwork by Mabel Day, Lucy Jarvis, Helen Weld, Edith Smith, Marguerite Zwicker, Marion Bond, Anthony Law, Robert Annand, Arthur Lloy, Henry Rosenberg, Early Bailly, John Cook. Pottery including Walter Ostrom, Steve Taylor, Lorenzen, Homer Lord, Jim Smith, Jane Donovan, Beveridge & Brother Thomas Bezanson. Gold, diamond & sterling silver jewellery, bakelite jewellery, Nova Scotian maple, birch & mahogany stands, chests of drawers, tables, Danish teak furniture, Tiffany table lamp, c.1920, Various decorative glass & china items.
THE ALFRED ‘TONY’ SAULNIER COLLECTION AUCTION
Tony mentored me for 48 years, particularly in the work of Nova Scotia women artists and everything he knew about pottery & furniture. As we work to catalogue his collection, that mentorship continues to this day as I encounter items which I have never seen before.
One of Tony’s first lessons was to buy what you like, buy in good condition and to spend what you have on one good single item rather than many lesser ones. In this way, you will collect quality over quantity. This dictum was certainly applied by Tony in his disciplined collecting. His lifetime collection exhibits both quality and good condition and also embraces quantity in respect to his extensive collection of Nova Scotia pottery. This collection will take several sales to disperse.
I truly admired Tony’s collector’s eye and dedication to Nova Scotian craftsmanship. For forty-eight years, I enjoyed his outspoken, straightforward, and sometimes playful manner as well as his kind and thoughtful disposition.
Bill Brayley
Many more items from the Estate of Tony Saulnier will be offered in subsequent sales this year.
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Crowther and Brayley Services
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
