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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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t’row da book at him!

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our society was founded in 1974 during the rapid growth of Photographic Historical Societies –  essentially like-minded folk who collected cameras and possibly old  photographs. Over time ranks swelled as people interested in the history of photography joined, followed … 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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where oh where has my …

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … little dog gone? As the singer sang so sadly. At left is one of two glass slides of terriers with no date, purpose, etc. Photo collectors often group their collection by kind and search shows, fairs, auctions, antique … Continue reading →

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fair weather coming …

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In response to our newsletter editor’s request, president Clint Hryhorijiw promptly offered this list of coming fairs and auction of interest to photographic collectors everywhere: PHSC Toronto auction (date to be determined) London Ontario Vintage Film Camera Show on … Continue reading →

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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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if it moves, shoot it ….

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The old military expression was “If it moves salute it; fi it doesn’t, paint it” In this post I had in mind movie cameras. Our coming auction this Sunday has a wealth of lots – camera, lenses, movie cameras, … Continue reading →

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lots of little boxes

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our fall auction on November 24th (Sunday)  will have many box lots – this feature means a successful bid will take all in the box (the auctioneer will emphasize the rare case when a box lot is not so … Continue reading →

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