Folk furnishings from single-owner collection boosted day’s total at Miller & Miller

Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500
Circa-1820 Quebec armoire with strong alligatored yellow paint that earned it family nickname Armoire Crocodile, CA$29,500

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A circa-1820 Quebec armoire in alligatored yellow paint that earned it the family nickname Armoire Crocodile sold for $29,500, and a Louis XIII armchair from the Bastien family on the Huron-Wendat reserve in Loretteville, Quebec achieved $21,240 at the sale of the Jean-Marc and Danielle Belzile collection held May 13 by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., online and live in Quebec, Canada. It featured 359 lots of 18th- and 19th-century Quebec furniture, folk art, sculpture and Canadiana in a sale that grossed $351,079. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.Continue reading