Category Archives: auction

for want of a nickel …

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … a camera is lost. Our PHSC fall auction is coming up fast (November 9th) and we will be posting photos and possibly a lot list when received from our auctioneer. Meantime, don’t forfeit a desired lot next month … Continue reading →

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old nature photos

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. While the image at left is far too new to be collectible today, many other bird, animal, fish, landscape, etc. photos from a century or more ago are collectible images. Collectors haunt our shows to discover old photos that … Continue reading →

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our fall auction – Nov 9, 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our 2025 events wrap up with our November 9, 2025 Museum Auction featuring lots from the Sherman Hines Museum plus some estate items. Sorry, no consignment lots. Questions? Drop auctioneer Clint a note at auction@phsc.ca.

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pictures at an auction

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Multi-talented newsletter editor, Patrick Gunn decided to take and share selected photographs at our spring auction. Like many auctions, the audience was able to browse the individual lots and decide on which ones to bid and what value ceiling … Continue reading →

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PHSC Spring Auction – May 4th 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Robert

  Toronto.  Coming fast – our Spring 2025 Auction, tomorrow, Sunday, May 4, 2025 in Long Branch (south west Toronto) at the usual venue BUT at the slightly later time (see poster) – free parking [OVERFLOW AT GO TRAIN LOT … Continue reading →

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shades of 1997

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In 1997, editor Bob Lansdale took the ‘bull by the horns’ and did his own photography of our events for the journal. This quartet of photos was featured in issue 23-1 to record the auction held that spring. In … Continue reading →

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I can hear it coming …

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … our spring auction (May 4th), of course. See the poster below for times and place. Email Clint at auction@phsc.ca with your questions (poster is jpeg and as such sans links).

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a book for November …

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. .. to paraphrase the Walter Lord tale, “A Night to Remember” about the Titanic – I Read it about sixty or so years go. One of the books in today’s auction is CAMERAS by the late Brian Coe, curator … Continue reading →

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by any other name …

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One of my co-workers commented years ago that a client (he was in the debt consolidation business at the time) had given him a new ‘Leica’ and the accessory lenses. Well, that sparked my interest. My family visited his … Continue reading →

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lots and lots to list

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our fall estate auction is coming up quickly (this coming Sunday, Nov 24, 2024). In addition to the slide show of lots, Clint has provided a list of items in the auction. Both the photos and list are updated … Continue reading →

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