It is with great pleasure that Pridham’s Auctions & Appraisals has been asked to sell the lifetime collection of Mario and Nicole Allio. This outstanding Collection demonstrates the passion that Nicole and her late husband Mario shared for over 45 years. Although the collection is diverse, crossing numerous collecting areas, the Allios’ keen eye for folk art, trade signs and birds in numerous iterations is prominent throughout. As passionate collectors, the Allios put on many miles travelling through Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, and the northeastern United States being drawn in by form and colour, ultimately feeding their insatiable appetite for the material culture that we find in this Collection. In 1995, Mario and Nicole were featured in the New York Times in an article entitled “Furniture defying time” as it relates to Canadian antiques.
