These paintings from the Hudson’s Bay art auction could soon be yours

Touting the comfort of a vintage wool coat or the allure of a collectible Barbie doll is, to put it mildly, not typically part of David Heffel’s job. But as Heffel Fine Art Auction House sifts through hundreds of pieces of ephemera from the collection of the collapsed retailer Hudson’s Bay Co., it is not exactly business as usual.

“I tried on a striped wool coat for the first time – I couldn’t believe how warm it was,” Mr. Heffel said. “There’s going to be items here for everybody.”