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Two sons curate a father’s passionate collection

Two sons curate a father’s passionate collection

Optometrist Marty Osler had a trained eye for art

Miller and MillerOctober 4, 2022Comment

Distinguished collectors, memorable friendships

Distinguished collectors, memorable friendships

Important folk art pieces soon to change hands

Miller and MillerOctober 4, 2022Comment

A quest for the best

A quest for the best

Meet the Tuers

Miller and MillerOctober 3, 2022Comment

Maud Lewis painting brings $350,000

Maud Lewis painting brings $350,000

Once traded for grilled cheese

Miller and MillerApril 28, 2022Comment

Auctioning a hand-carved rarity by Francis Tansel

Auctioning a hand-carved rarity by Francis Tansel

The patriarch of the Tansel family of powderhorn carvers

Miller and MillerApril 1, 2022Comment

Carole and Howard Tanenbaum: True to Their Eyes

Carole and Howard Tanenbaum: True to Their Eyes

A 55-year collection inspired by aesthetics and rarity comes to market

Miller and MillerMarch 10, 2022Comment

Antique phonographs, music machines and records from two renowned collectors

Antique phonographs, music machines and records from two renowned collectors

From the strange and quirky to the exotic and magnificent

Miller and MillerMarch 9, 2022 Comments

Jim Burridge: The ‘collector’s collector’

Jim Burridge: The ‘collector’s collector’

A noble passion for preserving history and culture

Miller and MillerMarch 7, 2022Comment

From rags to riches: The tobacco king who kept on ‘rolling’

From rags to riches: The tobacco king who kept on ‘rolling’

50 Tuckett’s Tobacco advertising lots sold at auction

Miller and MillerNovember 22, 2021 Comment

Ready, aim, fire: Rare antique guns come to auction

Ready, aim, fire: Rare antique guns come to auction

Set your sights on the late Don Blyth’s 80-year firearm collection

Miller and MillerSeptember 24, 2021Comment

Gunsmith James Jones

Gunsmith James Jones

Canada’s first Black gunsmith, his part in the Underground Railroad, and his rifle

Miller and MillerSeptember 24, 2021 Comment

Canadiana artist Joseph Swift immortalized Scottish-bred Clydesdale horses in watercolour

Canadiana artist Joseph Swift immortalized Scottish-bred Clydesdale horses in watercolour

A rare, reunited pair of 19th Century paintings is being auctioned

Miller and MillerSeptember 23, 2021Comment

From billions to extinction

From billions to extinction

A ‘rare bird’ comes to auction

Miller and MillerSeptember 22, 2021Comment

The ‘Fraktur’ Art of Anna Weber

The ‘Fraktur’ Art of Anna Weber

‘Tree of 22 Birds’ comes to auction

Miller and MillerSeptember 21, 2021Comment

Fred Kolishenco and his Clocks

Fred Kolishenco and his Clocks

Friends considered him a horological wizard

Miller and MillerSeptember 20, 2021Comment

Don Farmer. Visual impairment did not impair this man’s passion for restoration

Don Farmer. Visual impairment did not impair this man’s passion for restoration

Impressive offering of vintage bicycles comes to auction

Miller and MillerSeptember 8, 2021Comment

Don Blyth: 80 years collecting the finest

Don Blyth: 80 years collecting the finest

“A skilled negotiator who could have written a book on the art of the deal”

Miller and MillerMay 27, 2021Comment

A woman's legacy comes to auction

A woman's legacy comes to auction

Joyce Blyth sells the pottery that built her book

Miller and MillerMay 27, 2021Comment

Market for advertising is 'on fire'

Market for advertising is 'on fire'

‘I’m flabbergasted’ says long-time collector

Miller and MillerMay 27, 2021Comment

The Guelph Ginger Beer Bottles

The Guelph Ginger Beer Bottles

The Blyth ginger beer collection comes to market

Miller and MillerMay 26, 2021Comment