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About Us
PIDGEON AUCTIONS
and Appraisals
(Donnie & Verna Pidgeon)
Family owned and operated --
conducting auctions since 1975 throughout the Maritimes
(mainly in Nova Scotia)--over 2300
auctions in 29 year--for the first several years apprenticing with
a Master
of the Art of over 50 years experience and then operating under the firm name of
Cunningham & Pidgeon. In the early 80's when Jack Cunningham retired, we
continued under the name of Donald Pidgeon Auctions. Then in the early 90's,
when Donnie's wife, Verna (Sam), began auctioning, the firm was registered under the name
and style of "A & E Pidgeons Auctions and Appraisals".
We keep in contact with several major collectors/dealers throughout Eastern
U.S. and Canada, and now through our website and E-mails often acquire distant absentee
bids on prime pieces.
We believe our job is to get the best price possible for the Seller by
auction, yet at the same time, it is our responsibility to be "up
front" and honest with the Buyers. In this respect, we do not permit
"shilling" or "bidding in" at our auctions. We believe this to be a dishonest
practice. It is our policy to allow reserve starting bids on
items of higher value, and when there is a
reserve starting price on an item, we announce
same in advance of the auction so that a buyer will not
travel a long distance only to be disillusioned if he/she is not
willing to meet the reserve. However, we do
reserve the right to refuse a bid which is inconsistent with the value of
the article; but have never had to exercise this in over ten years.
Being open and honest with the Buyers is perhaps one of the reasons we get
a large following at our auctions and therefore, reserves are not commonly
necessary.
NOTE: We are licensed to sell firearms
including restricted and prohibited guns.
We also BUY OUT estates, partial lots
and individual items.
We provide a
3-part sales slip for each item with individual sales copies for
buyer, seller & auctioneer and provide a simplified accounting statement.
Payment is available 15-20 clear business days after auction.
We conduct auctions of complete estates, antiques, households,
farms, commercial, partial lots etc. throughout Nova Scotia (including
Cape Breton) and the odd one in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick,
running between 30 and 50 auctions a year.
Our main Appraisals are of Estates and Household Contents anywheres in Nova
Scotia, a service often called upon by Executors, Administrators, Lawyers,
etc.
***above photo taken at on-site auction in Pictou 1997 -
Collection of Archie Cameron (Donnie holding old Micmac bird trap). We
have fond memories of those avid collectors who so commonly attended our
auctions through the 70's, 80's and some into the 90's including Archie
Cameron, John MacLeod, Herman Helm, Roy Kennedy (the Currier & Ives
Collector), Mr. Marshall (the Bottle Collector) and many other familiar faces in the
auction circles.
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NOVA SCOTIA AUCTIONS -- CAPE BRETON
AUCTIONS
We also occasionally conduct auctions in Prince Edward Island & New
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Contact Donnie or Verna at 902-485-5968
(Available Monday to Saturday inclusive from 7 am to 12 midnight
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by appointment or by chance except Sundays & Christmas Day)
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