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Real treasure: Bill Riordan helps raise money for Family Services of Southwest York Region by doing what he does best - selling antiques.
Real treasure: Bill Riordan helps raise money for Family Services of Southwest York Region by doing what he does best - selling antiques.

Real treasure: Bill Riordan helps raise money for Family Services of Southwest York Region by doing what he does best - selling antiques.

Date1/16/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Time for the past: Bill Riordan, a Stouffville antique dealer, is one of 95 dealers who will sell their collectibles at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill Sunday
Time for the past: Bill Riordan, a Stouffville antique dealer, is one of 95 dealers who will sell their collectibles at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill Sunday
4/13/1990
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
Refinishing pine tool moulds is just one of the projects 27-year-old Bill Don has taken on since he and he and his wife Bev decided to fulfil his life's dream, to run their own store. Ardith One, on Yonge St., features antiques and artifacts the pair has collected over the past two years. The young couple say that mixing marriage and business has given them something to work on for the rest of their lives.
8/1/1973
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
Furniture sleuth: Phil Dunning, curator of Montgomery's Inn, has a sharp eye for antiques and can explain how he knows this chair is authentic early Canadian piece - he took it apart and made sure the screws were old, too.
1/3/1980
Dana L Sweeny poses in front of the collection of antiques he brought with him from Nova Scotia. Most are English.
Dana L Sweeny poses in front of the collection of antiques he brought with him from Nova Scotia. Most are English.
3/18/1969
Organizer, behind Vishnu Mandir, the Hindu temple in Richmond Hill, is Hamilton surgeon Dr. Budhendra Doobay, who conducts services each Sunday and helps serve lunch later to 500 members of the congregration.
Organizer, behind Vishnu Mandir, the Hindu temple in Richmond Hill, is Hamilton surgeon Dr. Budhendra Doobay, who conducts services each Sunday and helps serve lunch later to 500 members of the congregration.
7/17/1985
Samurai storekeeper: David Pepper, owner of Okame Japanese Folk Art and Antiques store at Kensington Market, shows off an authentic samurai sword and manikin
Samurai storekeeper: David Pepper, owner of Okame Japanese Folk Art and Antiques store at Kensington Market, shows off an authentic samurai sword and manikin
12/15/1981
Art Nouveau silver flower bowl is examined by Frank Frankfurter (left) owner of the World of Antiques on King St
Art Nouveau silver flower bowl is examined by Frank Frankfurter (left) owner of the World of Antiques on King St
2/8/1971
Scott Craigie. To laymen they're known as window dressers. But aesthete Scott Craigie calls himself a display manager. As the man in charge of windows and in - store displays for exclusive Hazelton Lanes, Craigie creates ever-changing window fantasies for a dozen boutiques. Inspired by travel and unusual props - anything can be used as a prop, from newspapers to antiques - Craigie likes to create windows that draw attention to the merchandise without being distracting. [Incomplete]
Scott Craigie. To laymen they're known as window dressers. But aesthete Scott Craigie calls himself a display manager. As the man in charge of windows and in - store displays for exclusive Hazelton Lanes, Craigie creates ever-changing window fantasies for a dozen boutiques. Inspired by travel and unusual props - anything can be used as a prop, from newspapers to antiques - Craigie likes to create windows that draw attention to the merchandise without being distracting. [Incomplete]
1/26/1982
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. McCullough of Etobicoke admire the two Cornelius Kriefhoff paintings that cost them $17,000 at the Collectors' Choice auction at the St. Lawrence Hall last night. The auction was estimted to have raised close to $50,000 for the National Ballet School scholarship fund. The bidding was fast and furious as Metro's 400 went all out for the paintings and antiques.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. McCullough of Etobicoke admire the two Cornelius Kriefhoff paintings that cost them $17,000 at the Collectors' Choice auction at the St. Lawrence Hall last night. The auction was estimted to have raised close to $50,000 for the National Ballet School scholarship fund. The bidding was fast and furious as Metro's 400 went all out for the paintings and antiques.
10/24/1968
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
Durham Region has selected a chief administrative officer from its senior staff. Garry Cubbit, 44, the region's social services commissioner, will replace Donald Evens who retires at the end of March after 12 years with the region and more than 30 years in municipal government. [Incomplete]
Durham Region has selected a chief administrative officer from its senior staff. Garry Cubbit, 44, the region's social services commissioner, will replace Donald Evens who retires at the end of March after 12 years with the region and more than 30 years in municipal government. [Incomplete]
3/8/1993
Pensioner swims mile a day: Frank Cooper (middle), 78, swims at least a mile a day this month to raise money for Mississauga Heart Fund. Fund chairman Jack Kehoe (left), Cooper, and Seth Taylor, of Mississauga Real Estate Board, hold $1,000 cheque to fund raised by board's sponsorship of Cooper's swim.
Pensioner swims mile a day: Frank Cooper (middle), 78, swims at least a mile a day this month to raise money for Mississauga Heart Fund. Fund chairman Jack Kehoe (left), Cooper, and Seth Taylor, of Mississauga Real Estate Board, hold $1,000 cheque to fund raised by board's sponsorship of Cooper's swim.
2/21/1974