Auctioneer and Appraisal Services
Our friend and mentor, Roger Crowther, passed away on October 16th.
As a founding partner in Crowther & Brayley, he brought a wealth of knowledge to the business and an enthusiasm that was inspiring. His personal charm as well as his great wit and humour ensured that he was a favourite in the auction room.
Most importantly, we were favoured with his friendship for more than forty years. We will remember him fondly as will all his friends, colleagues and students.
FALL ONLINE AUCTION
500 PLUS LOTS
CATALOGUE ONLINE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025
BIDDING OPENS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2025
BIDDING CLOSES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH 6 PM AT
Featuring rare Halifax Explosion material, 100 lots of gold & sterling jewellery, art glass including Tiffany, antique Turkish & Persian rugs, folk art, Nova Scotia pottery including Lorenzen, Jim Smith, Jane Donovan, Homer Lord as well as Lorenzen mushrooms, paintings and watercolours by Mabel Day, Anthony Law, Joe Sleep, Arthur Lloy, Marguerite Zwicker and more…
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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
