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A painting recently discovered at an Ontario thrift store by renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold in auction for almost three times its estimated price.The online auction ended Friday night and the painting, which was appraised at $16,000, went for $45,000.Rick Cober Bauman,
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stanley quencher unteers sorting through donations in the New Hamburg, Ont., thrift shop his organization runs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW At one point, the auction had to be stopped and restarted because someone bid $125,000 in bad faith.There weren ;t any new bids in the last days, and we are fine with that, Cober Bauman said. This is still a remarkable outcome when we consider the original appraised value of around $16,000. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Lewis, who lived in poverty for most of her life, sold her paintings from her home near Digby, N.S., for as little as $2 and $3. She died in 1970, but her paintings have since sold for more than $20,000. Two of her works were ordered by the White House during Richard Nixon presidency after Lewis achieved widespread attention.The Canadian artist has also been the subject of a biopic starring Oscar-nominated actors Ethan Sdgv 4 at 4 鈥?Halton news of the day for April 12, 2022
TORONTO 鈥?A judge has denied a request by a group of homeless men and women to temporarily override a bylaw that bans them from living in Toronto parks during the pandemic.Justice Paul Schabas made clear, however, that his decision was based on evidence gathered during the summer - when COVID-19 case counts were low - and was not to be taken as a direction to dismantle the encampments that have cropped up in city parks.It is now October and the incidence of COVID-19 has risen in what is described as a 8216 econd wave ; ... the city will have to consider how and when to enforce its bylaw having regard to the continued availability of safe shelter spaces and the impact of the encampments on the parks and the public, Schabas wrote in the decision released Wednesday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Hundreds of men and women have left shelters over fears of contracting COVID-19 and have been
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