Contact us at 613-276-2452 or mary.shay@sympatico.ca
Join the Abraxas team on Saturday, May 3rd
as they participate in a favorite annual event.
Super fun Riverside South Estate Sale
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Saturday July 4th 10-4
Sunday 11-3
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Four floors of items to check out. Lots of in season items for the deck and back yard. Includes a Weber BBQ. Amazing selection of hardcover books on variety of subjects including vintage glass, retro furniture, plastics, Art Deco, antique jewelry just to name a few. Costume jewelry, china, Lego flowers and more, games, electronics, "FOUR" wedding dresses .. never worn. Womens' formal and other clothing. Menswear also. Entire room of seasonal decor, linens, kitchenalia, art, quilts, Hudson's Bay blankets, recreational stuff and loads more.
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Please read this important fine print!
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We love seeing you but please don't come early.
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We can't allow entry to the home or sell items until the official start time.
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We cannot answer emails or texts or provide price lists before sales begin.
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First come, first served.
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Some sales have a sign-up sheet.
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Please bring indoor footwear and take your street footwear off to protect the home.
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No food or drinks in the homes please.
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No washroom facilities are available.
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Terms are cash and E-transfer (Over $10)
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Delivery is available at an additional cost.
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All sales are final, all items are sold as-is, items have not been tested or thoroughly inspected, and no refunds will be issued.
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Buyers are asked to notify mary.shay@sympatico.ca or call 613-276-2452 if they are unable to comply with their commitment to their purchases due to health.
Very large Estate and Art Sale in the Artist's Studio on the Rideau River. Lots of art! Lots of other stuff!
Saturday July 4th 10-4
Sunday 11-4
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Very interesting sale in a two floor studio/loft and outside under a tent. This sale includes unusual antique furniture, vintage clothing, antique clock, church pew, many older books and periodicals, lighting, storage and steel cupboards, shelving and more. Second floor is a full art studio with huge selection of paintings by Anita Kertzer. Art supplies and props also available for sale. This is an in-person sale. Please be patient as there may be a line up.
Terms are cash and etransfer. No earlybirds. Thanks.
* Please note that we are unable to answer inquiries prior to the sale.
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About the artist
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Anita Elizabeth Kertzer is an Ottawa-born painter and sculptor who studied at the Ottawa School of Art, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Ramon Froman School of Art in Texas. She also studied sculpture with Ottawa artist and teacher Victor Tolgesy.
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Her work, primarily landscapes, portraits, and still lifes in oil and pastel, created in her studios in Ottawa and Long Key, Florida, has been exhibited across North America as well as in Paris and London. She has been widely recognized for her contributions to the pastel medium and served as President of the Pastel Society of Canada, an organization dedicated to promoting pastel artists and the medium for over 40 years.
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Kertzer has received more than one hundred awards internationally, including honours from the Pastel Society of France, the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of Great Britain, the Federation of Canadian Artists, and the Society of Canadian Artists. She was also presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Her commissioned portrait of Lloyd Francis, former Speaker of the House of Commons, is held in the Parliamentary Library, and her portrait of Lester B. Pearson is part of the Parliamentary Portrait Gallery.
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Her work is also held in private and corporate collections worldwide, and she is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and featured in numerous publications, including International Artists, Best of Canadian Pastels, Art Impressions, and Paris Revue.
Contact us at 613-276-2452 or mary.shay@sympatico.ca