[URBAN NOTE] "'Don't just stand there!': Honest Ed's hosting final sign sale"

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CBC News' Laura Howells reports on a sale at Honest Ed's that I, of course, plan on attending.

Two months before permanently closing, Honest Ed's will start selling the last of its iconic, hand-painted signs this weekend.

Beginning Saturday, thousands of pun-heavy signs will be up for grabs, at a starting price of $1.

The signs are a defining feature of the discount Toronto department store, which will close on Dec. 31 after 68 years in business.

"Many of the signs bring back all sorts of memories for me," said owner David Mirvish, son of Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish.

"I didn't think I'd be quite so overwhelmed by it as I am today."