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Featuring a large selection of Sherlock Holmes books and ephemera from a single owner collection, volumes by L.M. Montgomery including "Emily of New Moon", "Anne of Green Gables" and "The Story Girl", essay proof by Tom Wolfe with handwritten notes and corrections, 18th/19th century examples, Stephen King including first editions, Canada & local interest, signed books (Michael Caine, Larry King, Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Bret Hart, etc.), unique collectibles, artwork, antique maps and more.

NOTE: This special collection of Sherlockiana was accumulated over 50 years by Jack Winn, founder of The Stratford On Avon Sherlock Holmes Society, a scion society of The Toronto Bootmakers, comprised of books, pamphlets, games, assorted ephemera & more; there are bound Strand magazines containing several first edition stories, rare editions including Christ's Irregular Guide and author signed books by such august scholars as Tupper Bigelow and Christopher Redmond; there are two annotated volumes and almost 300 booklets of the Baker St. Journal published in New York that have much of the original scholarship; most major movies and silent films will also be included in this sale.

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20% buyer's premium & 5% book tax is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

BIDDING ACTIVE

Session IV from the estate of Robert Carter, a well-known collector from Hamilton, Ontario with additions featuring exceptional antique & vintage furnishings, unique collectibles, silver, Bohemian glass and crystal, fine china, figurines, Majolica and West German pottery, musical instruments, vintage electronics, stained glass windows, rugs, artwork, lighting and many more items of interest.

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

BIDDING OPENS THIS FRIDAY, MAY 15TH

A large selection of vintage jewellery from a London residence including tested gold and silver, costume, fashion & more, sterling silver objects and rarities from a Chatham collection, uranium art glass, art deco table lamp, amber pendant with fossilized grasshopper, designer handbags, fur coats, men's and women's hats, artwork, bronze incense burner, textiles including Irish linens, French gilt bronze & enamel vase, postcards, old advertising tins, watches, Victorian hat pins, etc.  

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

BIDDING OPENS THIS FRIDAY, MAY 15TH

Featuring sterling silver flatware services, sterling silver punch bowl, pedestal bowl, cutlery, table and vanity accessories, Waterford crystal decanter set and other fine crystal, Royal Doulton figurines including rarities, Lladro figurines, Rosenthal "Bjorn Wiinblad" vases, fine china, art glass, Chinese porcelain and cloisonne bowl, Inuit soapstone carvings, Victorian papier mache sewing box, military medals, coins, interesting curios and collectibles.  

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

A large and interesting selection of artwork featuring works by Florence Helena McGillivray, Greg Curnoe, Donald Carr, Lila Knowles, Jack Atkinson, Hendrikus Bervoets, Ross Bishop, Val Sloggett, Vera Graham, Gilbert Slater, Peter Snyder, Marmaduke Matthews, several Halfred Tygesen oils, Gordon Geza Marich, Jack Young, Donald Gibbs, Sheila Maki, Martin Zimmer, Hugh Thompson, George Baxter, Mary Lampman, Eve Apostoll, Robert Bateman, Ron Bolt, Sampson-Matthews silkscreen prints, quality art books, bronze sculpture & more.  

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Featuring antique, vintage and MCM furnishings, fine art including originals by William St. Thomas Smith, James Keirstead, Matthew Kousal, Sue Tupy, Halfred Tygesen, Guenter Heim, Jack Reid, Robert James Callaghan and more, Limited edition prints by Salvador Dali and Robert Bateman, pair of 18th Century engravings and other fine art, sterling silver flatware and table accessories, approx. 15 rugs (most are Persian), lighting, mirrors, Royal Doulton and Meissen figurines, Chinese porcelain, fine English china including late 18th-early 19th century, art glass and crystal, large box lots of brass and silver plate, antique books, cast iron book press, cast iron garden urns, oak wall telephone collection, clocks, vintage electronics, safe, Edison phonograph, rare antique cash register on oak mechanical drawer cabinet, along with many more unique quality items.

Dimensions are height x width x depth      

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Session V from the Robert Carter Estate, Hamilton, Ontario.  Highly interesting offering including art pottery, old toys, art deco & art nouveau, lighting and much more.

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

From a prominent Hunt Club area London estate with additions from other trust accounts and the Robert Carter estate (Hamilton, Ont.) including Rolex and other wristwatches, gold chains, gemstone rings and much more of equal interest and quality. 

Cover Image: Gentlemen's Piaget "Polo" 18 karat gold wristwatch weighing over 150 grams

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Unique curios & collectibles from London, Windsor, Toronto and other Ontario residences.  

Cover image: an exact full-size replica of the Golden Throne of Tutankhamun

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Session VII from the estate of Robert Carter, Hamilton, Ontario featuring Tiffany glass vase, bookends, African lion rug, art pottery and more.

Cover image: an art nouveau Loetz vase

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

One-owner 2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid with odometer showing approximately 25,330 kms.  Unfortunately, Service Ontario will not update the ownership until probate is finalized; therefore, we are forced to postpone bidding until we can provide the new owner with proper documentation.  

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

A highly unique selection of artwork from the estate of the late Stephen Joy of London, Ontario, a well-known art educator and owner of the Trajectory Gallery in the 1970's. Included is a selection of paintings from around the globe highlighted by Indigenous, Canadian, Asian and European artwork. Our Fall 2026 Fine Art Auction will feature the balance of the Joy collection with works by Man Ray, Eric Atkinson, Victor Vasarely, Bern Will Brown, Georges Roualt, Karl Zerbe, Joan Miro, Auguste Herbin & more.  

Cover image: a 1970 colour lithograph by Dutch artist Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo titled "Un Reve Vigital"

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

A major collection of Talking Earth contemporary Mohawk pottery from a Guelph, Ontario estate collection, together with sterling silver, Asian items & many other quality collectibles.   

Cover image: Three Talking Earth vases by Steve, Leigh and Santee Smith

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Selection of estate jewellery; one-owner estate of military medals & badges; coins, stamp collection and much more of interest.

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Large & interesting offering with Royal Doulton, Dresden, Moorcroft, Military Figurines and much more.

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Session VIII from the estate of Robert Carter of Hamilton, Ontario featuring unique collectibles from his vast property and outbuildings, over 80 box lots of the unexpected, etc.

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

A selection of Inuit soapstone carvings, vintage stonecut & stencil prints, clothing, tools, etc.

Cover image: 1968 stonecut print in colours by Kenojuak Ashevak titled "Triumvirate" 

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Unique curios & collectibles from several Ontario residences, a selection of vintage jewellery including gold and silver from a London collection, & much more. 

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20% buyer's premium & 13% HST is applied to all purchases. A 2% processing fee applies to payments by credit card. 

Gardner Galleries is now accepting consignments for our fall session of important Canadian and international fine art.

Current consignments include a major 1905 oil on canvas by Florence Carlyle titled "Jean" painted in London, Ontario (see cover image), two A.Y. Jackson oils on wood panels "Lake Superior at Jackfish" and "Autumn, Algoma East", a 12 x 16 inch oil on board by Jack Bush (catalogue raisonné reference # 0.0.1945.01) depicting an early landscape study, paintings by Ron Kingswood, Val Sloggett, a large-scale mixed media by Harold Town, Ross Bishop, Peter Snyder, Andrew Plum, and several works original to the estate of Stephen Joy including Man Ray, Eric Atkinson, Victor Vasarely, Bern Will Brown, Georges Roualt, Joan Miro, Auguste Herbin, Alexander Fleming & William St. Thomas Smith.

If interested in selling your artwork, please contact James Gardner, a certified appraiser with the Canadian Association of Personal Property Appraisers and Director of Fine Art at Gardner Galleries: email images to james@gardnergalleries.com.  

The deadline for consignments is Friday, September 18th and this website will be updated regularly until then.