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Liz Isaac
Liz has been involved in the antiques business in Saint John for thirty-five years, working as an appraiser, auctioneer, retailer and buyer. Liz has taken courses in period jewellery and gemstones and is interested in porcelain, glass and furniture.

Tim Isaac
Tim has enjoyed a thirty-five year career as both an antiques dealer and auctioneer. A charter member of the Canadian Association of Personal Property Appraisers and a past president of the Maritime Antique Dealer's Association, Tim's vast knowledge of antiques includes expertise in furniture, porcelain and pottery and silver.

Doug Jarvis
Doug has produced toy shows in Canada for over 30 years and presently produces the three largest toy, train, and doll shows in Canada each year. He is a member of the Antique Toy Collectors' of America, United Federation of Doll Clubs, and The Golden Glow of Christmas Past. Doug was the founding president of the Canadian Toy Collectors' Society and regularly does talks and displays of toys for various organizations.

Jon Kehn
A teacher by trade, John has been in the antiques business since 1989, when he opened Home Again Antiques in Brockville. He has taught a course in Antiques at St Lawrence College over the past few years and his own personal areas of interest include 18th and 19th century furniture, glass and general items.

Bill Kime
Bill is considered one of North America’s foremost experts on 19th and 20th century decorative arts, including Moorcroft, silver, ceramics, glass and sculpture. Educated in England, Bill studied at Sotheby’s and the Victoria and Albert Museum before joining Waddington’s in Toronto in 1975.

Kevin King
A member of the Alberta Auctioneers Association and a past member of the Canadian Art Dealer’s Association, Kevin has organized touring exhibitions of international art to Germany, England, Switzerland and the United States. He conducts two major art auctions each year for his company Hodgins Art Auctions where he has built his reputation by appraising thousands of works of fine art.

Andrew Kirk
Andrew has spent the past 13 years building, restoring and repairing violins, violas and cellos. He maintained the Yale Collection of String Instruments while living in Connecticut and has lectured, exhibited and spoken about musical instruments up and down the eastern seaboard.

Jeanette Langmann
Jeannette began her training at a very young age, working with her father Uno. A director of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, Jeanette specializes in European masters of the 19th and early 20thcenturies as well as antique furniture, silver and objets d’art. She works with her father, Uno, in Vancouver.

Uno Langmann
Uno is one of Canada’s most respected specialists in North American and European paintings from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to art, Uno is also well-versed in antique furniture, silver and objets d’art. He owns Uno Langmann Limited in Vancouver.

Leslie Lawrence
Leslie started buying and selling Art Deco and Victorian novelties from a very young age, but her passion is jewellery. As manger of and buyer for Fireworks Gallery in Halifax, Leslie enjoys exposure to a wide variety of jewellery. Her interest has taken her from Newark Fair to Portobello Road, places she calls a “constant college for the collector.”

David Loch
David owns the Loch Gallery in Winnipeg. The gallery specializes in contemporary Canadian art with an emphasis on Manitoban art. David also has expertise in Group of Seven and European art and has offered office and guidance to major Canadian collectors. Over the course of his thirty years in the business, David has served on the board of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review as well as other boards and organizations.

Ed Locke
Ed has been in the antiques business for 30 years specializing in advertising, toys and other forms of nostalgia. He co-authored the book the Canadian Country Store Collectables and has promoted shows specifically for nostalgia for three decades.

Ray Long
Ray has been collecting pottery, furniture and ephemera for 25 years. Ray has a particular interest in local and Maritime history and as such is qualified to appraise a variety of local items including Deichmann, Lorenzen, Foley and Canuk pottery as well as photographs, letters, land grants, souvenirs and other paper items.

Ian Lumsden
Ian is the former curator, director and CEO of the Beaverbrook Gallery. Currently a Research Fellow with the National Gallery of Canada, Ian has done appraisal work for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University, Province of New Brunswick and several other regional museums.

Burton Lysecki
Beginning with a small paperback and comic book store in 1971, Burton has been a fixture on the Winnipeg book scene for 35 years. He specializes in Military, History, Western Canadian and books on local history and has over 80,000 volumes in his store. He is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.

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