Abstract
The art auction trade flourished in Canada as the 19th century progressed, pitting local artists against importers of European art; yet today there are relatively few preserved catalogues to show for all this activity. The National Gallery of Canada Library has been documenting the survivors, creating records in the SCIPIO database and arranging for microfilming. Individual lots have also been indexed (some of the idiosyncracies of auction catalogue entries are described below) and a Library Occasional Paper is to be published with a bibliographical listing and historical essay on the art auction in 19th-century Canada.
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