Hudson's Bay has asked a court to allow it to put the royal charter that launched the company 355 years ago on the auction block, along with its trove of art and historical artifacts.

Mark Garner, who owns hundreds of pieces connected to the Hudson's Bay Company and the S.S. Beaver, a 19th-century steamship the company owned, in his Hamilton, Ont., museum on Thursday, April 17 ...

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Garner owns hundreds of pieces connected to the Hudson's Bay Company and the S.S. Beaver, a 19th-century steamship the company owned. Photo: The Canadian Press / Nick Iwanyshyn.

Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company, is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century fur trade.