Vintage Hudson’s Bay blankets, more paintings headed for online auction

By Tara Deschamps If you’ve ever wanted to own a vintage Hudson’s Bay blanket, you’ll soon have a chance. The company is putting 52 blankets, including two dating back to 1900, up for sale later this month. Some of them are almost 100-year-old point blankets with HBC’s classic green, red, yellow and indigo motif, while others are slightly more recent and feature scarlet, lavender, wild cranberry, rose, empire blue and gold hues. The blankets will join 107 pieces of art ranging from depictions of HBC’s fur-trading era to portraits of its past governors to form a group of 159 treasures destined for the first of several online auctions Heffel Fine Art Auction House is hosting on behalf of the former department store. The first online sale will run from Nov….

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