Hudson’s Bay will auction off thousands of art pieces and artifacts. Here’s how you can get a piece of the history

Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith's Lights of a City Street, displayed in Toronto on Tuesday, is part of the art destined for the upcoming Hudson's Bay auction.

When Hudson’s Bay filed for creditor protection and closed its stores , it left thousands of pieces of art and artifacts the retailer owned in need of a new home.

Later this year, some will learn their fate.

Fine art auction house Heffel announced the first in a series of online auctions as part of a process to sell off the assets of Canada’s oldest retailer.

The entire auction will include hundreds of pieces of store memorabilia and other artifacts, which will be sold on other dates in November and December. The art auction, which includes 27 paintings that Heffel calls the “highlights” of the collection, will take place on Nov.