Metlakatla artifacts up for bid atn Sotheby's

The auction is complete. Seven million dollars later a good portion of the collection will return to Canada. Five million dollars worth was purchased by the Thomson family one of Canada’s  (and the worlds) richest families. They are donating their purchase to the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Other purchasers picked up items for the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa and a wooden spoon valued at 22,800 will be coming to the Museum of Northern B. C.

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