A collection of museum-worthy artworks has drawn both buzz and record numbers of visitors to Heffel's this fall, as the auction house prepares for its annual fall sale of Canadian fine art.

Heffel announced earlier this year that it would be selling an esteemed collection of 15 works by art collector Charles Shaw Band, an early champion of the Group of Seven and Emily Carr.

Since then, both art collectors as well as members of the art-loving public have shown great interest in the auction, according to Robert Heffel.

More than 1,200 people stopped by to check out Heffel's 210 lots on offer during a four-day preview in Vancouver earlier this month — a record for the B.C.-based auctioneer, vice-president Heffel told CBC News on Monday.

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