Category Archives: Cynthia Findlay Collection

The Listening Season

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: October 11, 2011
Although we try, we can’t really say it is the Christmas season yet. However, this year we are calling this pre-Christmas season the “listening season.” Tread quietly and you will hear the faintly whispered hints from loved ones. Be a good listener and you will be a good giver, which is really the best gift [...]
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Fun With Jane Dayus-Hinch

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: September 9, 2011
Oh what fun we had! Thank you to everyone who came to our tea party. It was a true success, a triumph of Victorian etiquette and roaring good time. Jane Dayus-Hinch is a well of excellent wedding advice. She also looks lovely in pink, I think you will agree. We also now sell Jane’s famous [...]
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Wishful Drinking: Our Staff Party

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 18, 2011
I’m trying to write a blog about the fabulous night we had last night watching Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher’s one-woman autobiographical show, but I am distracted because Paul Simon just came on the radio and my, the man can create a beautiful sound. “Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true [...]
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A Happy (Royal) Couple

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 10, 2011
Who says only royalty can enjoy a royal life? Katherine and Darren have a romance story that rivals that of the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge. First, the couple enjoyed high tea at Dalvay by the Sea, the resort where Prince William and Kate Middleton stayed on their recent trip to PEI. After their the [...]
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Proposal in a Canoe

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 25, 2011
Monet called, he wants his garden back. This is a perfect spring proposal to kick off a summer of love. Gary loved telling us about his beautiful girlfriend’s perfect hands. We needed to find these perfect hands a perfect promise ring. We did. Gary proposed in a canoe on  a stunning river, and the perfect [...]
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