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The Hot New Movie Red with Bruce Willis Features Antique Props From Our Store

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: October 8, 2010
The staff at Toronto Antiques on King moonlight as movie enthusiasts. You can imagine we are all a bit excitable as we anticipate the opening of Red, starring Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, and John Malkovich. Aside from the thrilling prospect of Helen Mirren playing a killer, we have reason to be even more excited about [...]
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October Birthstone: the Opulent Opal

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: October 5, 2010
Opals have traditionally been rooted in spirituality. Archeologist Louis Leakey, for example, found opal adornments in a 6000 year old Kenyan tomb. The most recent folklore originated in the nineteenth century. According to this superstition, opals bring good luck to to people with October birthday, for anyone else, however, opals were though to bring bad [...]
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September Birthstone: the Sumptuous Sapphire

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: September 1, 2010
The cool, clear blue of a crisp September night sky calls to mind the striking richness of a quality Sapphire, birthstone of September babies. Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum, which can be found in any color seen in the sky, except red, which is designated as ruby. All other hues including yellow, [...]
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Kennedy Miniseries Picks Props from Toronto Antiques on King

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 26, 2010
Last we heard, filming is still ongoing in Toronto for the History Channel’s forthcoming miniseries The Kennedys, slated for broadcast in 2011. Greg Kinnear as former U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and Katie Holmes as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy are on location in the Toronto area, and just to add to the buzz, we wanted to give [...]
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Toronto Antiques on King Goes 3D!

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 25, 2010
In the much anticipated CBC presentation of the first Canadian 3D television broadcast, a documentary called “Queen Elizabeth in 3D”, airing on September 20th at 7pm, our very own Alex Stairs will make a brief guest appearance to explain a bit about stereoscopes, the original 3D image viewers. CBC crew members arrived at our store [...]
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