Leo Estate Consulting and Design

Did you know you may need a qualified appraiser to have the household goods, fair market valued day of death, for estate taxes? This is a service that Leo Estate Consulting and Design provides. Please email me at [email protected] or phone 519 301 3242, to see if you, as an estate trustee, need to have this process done.

STOLEN! On Sunday, Sept 20th or Monday, Sept 21st, Shed #3 (our largest shed on the Blyth Campgrounds) was broke into and a miniature threshing machine (pictur...ed) was stolen. It is a Mildmay Lion model threshing machine, numbered item #65, and was recently donated to our club. If you noticed any suspicious activity around shed #3 earlier this week, know someone who has recently become the new owner of this item, or see this item listed for sale, please send us a private message, email us at [email protected] or call us at 226-523-9100. Thank you! See more

We're excited to announce the restart of CANADIAN ANTIQUES & VINTAGE MAGAZINE after a Covid-induced pause on the 40th anniversary of our historic predecessor publication, THE UPPER CANADIAN.

Throw Back Thursday

Following protocol, a mask and hand sanitizer will be used when entering an inside area while I am at an appointment. We all want to move forward. Be Safe.

Our friends at Paris Road Antiques is hosting their 20th anniversary sale this weekend !! Lots of great finds at this event ! Check it out September 4-6 and ...then come for a tour at our emporium !! #supportlocal #fortheloveofantiques #shopvintage #takeatour #courtlandtreasures

FUN FACT Did you know the Jolly Jumper, which many of us bounced in as babies, was invented by an Indigenous woman here in Canada? Olivia Poole was raised on th...e White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and was inspired by the traditional practice of using a bouncing cradleboard to soothe babies. In 1957, she patented her invention of the baby jumper, under the name Jolly Jumper, making her one of the first Indigenous women in Canada to patent and profit from an invention. Susan Olivia Davis Poole, inventor (born 1889 in Devils Lake, North Dakota; died 1975 in Ganges, BC). If you don’t know, now you know. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/olivia-poole

100 year-old Koralewsky lock depicting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

What say you? St. Stephen’s Purse, 800 AD - 830 AD

VICTORIAN TEAR CATCHERS thecottagecorelife.net During the Victorian era, mourners sometimes collected their tears in gold decorated tear bottles to kee...p as a remembrance for the next of kin. It has also been said that the widows would go to the grave on the anniversary of the first year of death and sprinkle the tears on the grave to signify the end of the first year of mourning.

Past Auction Highlight Significant Morton & Co. Water Cooler An Ontario-made pottery water cooler museum piece brought $30,500 at Miller & Miller Auctions l...ast year. Justus Morton was an American from the New York state who came to the Brantford area in 1849 and there started the first Canadian blue-decorated stoneware-producing pottery. Do you have an interesting historical object that you'd like to have appraised? We invite you to fill out this quick form for a Free Auction Evaluation: https://www.millerandmillerauctions.com/auction-evaluation #auctionevaluation #auctionappraisal #appraisal #antiqueappraisal #pottery #morton #watercooler

Happy Friday treasure Hunters! Courtland Treasures and Antique Emporium is open all weekend Long!! Lots to see and do down at the Emporium in Delhi Ontario . ... Remember we are NOW Open 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday to Sunday. Make the drive and discover Norfolk's best kept Secret! #courtland #treasures #antiques #shoplocal #retro #shopvintage #emporium #open10am-4pm #weekend #comeondown #vendors #antiquepickers #hunters #treasurestocallyourown