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
32nd Chester Auction
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2nd– ONLINE BIDDING OPENS – 8 AM ET
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8th – STAGGERED SOFT CLOSE BEGINS – 6 PM ET (7 PM NS AST)
Paintings and watercolours by Maurice Cullen, Dusan Kadlec, Bruno Coté, Anthony Law, René Hébert, John Cook, Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Arthur Lloy Hal Ross Perrigard, Jack Humphrey, William Yorke, John Little. Estate jewellery, 18k, 14k & 10k gold including chains, rings, pendants, watches, 50 lots in all. Oriental carpets, rugs, runners, Lorenzen mushrooms, Royal Crown Derby porcelain, Waterford & Nova Scotia crystal, sterling silver including George III waiter, Wm. IV coffee pot, sterling flatware sets, candlesticks, Tiffany vase. Antique & vintage perfume bottles, good campaign chest, c.1835, antique modern & vintage furniture, Lorenzen, Deichmann & Nita des Barres pottery, musical instruments.
PICKING UP YOUR ITEMS
Pickup Times: 9:30 – 3:30 pm – Saturday, August 10th, 2024
9:30 – 3:30 pm – Sunday, August 11th, 2024
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 applicable to furniture or large rugs but reasonably priced trucking can be arranged.
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
TIMED ONLINE AUCTION
Fri Nov 20 – ONLINE AUCTION PREVIEW
Collection of Moorcroft Pottery, Nova Scotia glass, jewellery & artwork
Fri Nov 27 – ONLINE BIDDING OPENS
Sat Nov 28 & Sun Nov 29 – LIVE PREVIEW
Location: Details to follow
For further information, contact us at 902-860-0111 or email: office @crowther-brayley.com
How to Register to Bid
- Find the current auction on our website crowther-brayley.com homepage
- Click on the “View Auction & Bid” button
- Select “Register to Bid” at centre of black bar at bottom on the same line as “View Catologue” (see image below)
- Note: The top green bar has a “Login/New Bidder” option. Using this option registers you as a new bidder on HiBid but does not register you to bid at the Crowther & Brayley Chester 2020 Auction.
- Enter your email address
- Confirm the email address entered
- Complete the registration form including “nickname”
- Choose your username and password
- Check the box if you wish to hide your username from public
- Check the box if you wish to receive email notifications from HiBid
- You will receive email confirmation of your registration to bid at Crowther & Brayley’s Chester auction
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
