Hudson’s Gulf gets a court permission to auction ‘retail era’ artifacts

Hudson’s Gulf gets a court permission to auction ‘retail era’ artifacts

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Canadian people expecting to get their hands on the treasure from Hudson’s Gulf will not have to wait much for the chance. The Ontario court has approved the November sale of about 2,700 artifacts related to 1,700 pieces of art and fallen retailer.

The company has not yet come to know what will happen for the tombs, but the royal charter is not included

The entrance to the Bay Store of a Hudson at Hamilton, seen in March 2025.
People walk in Hudson’s Bay Store in Hamilton on 21 March. Some 1,700 pieces of art and about 2,700 artifacts from the company’s ‘Retail Era’ will come for auction in November. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Canadian people expecting to get their hands on the treasure from Hudson’s Gulf will not have to wait much for the chance.

The Ontario court has approved the November sale of about 2,700 artifacts related to 1,700 pieces of art and fallen retailer.

Although the company has not yet come to know what will happen to the tombs, a lawyer of the firm says that items are from Hudson’s retail era, rather than its fur trade days.

The sales will be hosted by Hefel Gallery and will be divided between a series of online auction starting from November 12 and in a person held on 19 November.

The sales will not include the Royal Charter that allows the company to manufacture in 1670. Hudson’s Gulf wants to sell that document through a separate auction organized by its financial advisor, but does not expect the approval of the court for that plan until next week.

The auction would also leave 24 artifacts removed from the recently proposed auction block as they are believed to be indigenous or heritage and thus will be returned or donated.

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