A & E PIDGEON AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS
Nova Scotia Auctions -- Cape Breton Auctions
 Maritime Canada Auctioneers
Durham, Nova Scotia
Ph:  902-485-5968
E-Mail:  info@pidgeonauctions.com

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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.
 

Contact Donnie or Verna at 902-485-5968

(Available Monday to Saturday inclusive from 7 am to 12 midnight -- by appointment or by chance except Sundays & Christmas Day)
 
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