Antique Toys & Trains Auction
Thursday, December 1st, 2022 at 9AM
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UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Antique Toys,
Games & Trains
December 1, 2022
The Collection of
David & Beth Ann Mathers, Nashville, Indiana
December 2, 2022
Americana & International
January 18 & 19, 2023
ONLINE ONLY
DECORATIVE ARTS
February 23, 2022
SINGLE OWNER SALE
TO BE ANNOUNCED
February 24, 2023
ONLINE ONLY
DECORATIVE ARTS
March 23, 2023
Coins & Jewelry
March 24, 2023
Native American Indian & Ethnographic
May 2023
The Collection of David & Beth Ann Mathers, Nashville, Indiana
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 9AM
Friday, December 2nd, 2022 at 9AM
Join us for almost 1000 lots from the Mathers’ collection. All bidding for this auction is online on PookLive, Bidsquare, and Invaluable. Click Here for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
Upcycling 1800’s Style
Among his favorite items in the sale, owner Ron Pook selects an important John Palm Boyer (1833-1901), Brickerville, Lancaster County, painted pine seed chest, ca. 1860, retaining its original faux grain decoration, the case with a fall front lid over…
Press Release – April 2022 Americana & International Auction
Press Release – Americana & International Auction at Pook & Pook, April 21st & 22nd, 2022 By: Cynthia Beech Lawrence The Americana & International sale on April 21st and 22nd at Pook & Pook will feature the estates of three…
Coin & Jewelry Auction
On March 23rd, Pook & Pook will auction over 600 lots of coins and fine jewelry. Luxury designer watches, antique and fine jewelry, collectible coins and bullion hail from a variety of sources, including hundreds of items from the Pennsylvania…
Jamie Shearer, President of the PAA
Pook & Pook would like to congratulate auctioneer and appraiser Jamie Shearer on his appointment as President of the Pennsylvania Auctioneer’s Association for 2022. Made up of nearly 500 auctioneers, the PAA supports a political action committee, professional development, and…
PICK OF THE WEEK
Chinese Botanical Watercolors
On October 6th, Pook & Pook will auction Chinese botanical watercolors from the Estate of Peter Tillou. Three pairs of watercolors, lots #344, 345, and 346, attributed to Win Achun and other artists, have provenance from Peter Tillou, “According to…
Northern Lights
Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1607) was an explorer. Before he captured the treasure ship Santa Caterina in the Straits of Malacca, and died defeating the Spanish fleet off Gibraltar, he was already a hero of an epic book, Nova Zembla.…
Why do we all love blue and white china?
Why do we all love blue and white china? Perhaps because it is hard-wired into our system. Across history and continents, the love of blue and white Chinese porcelain has launched ships and industries. For a thousand years, China…
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The Father of Indonesian Modern Painting
Kusama Affandi (1907-1990), the father of Indonesian modern painting, was the first Southeast Asian artist to gain worldwide recognition. From his sponsorship of organizations for young artists to the inspiration of his self-taught expressionism, he helped raise future generations of…
The Art of Ornamental Embroidery
Auctioneer and appraiser Jamie Shearer highlights a Philadelphia silk on silk pictorial embroidery by Ann Marsh, ca. 1730, with a vibrant urn of flowers with insect and bird, all resting on a rolling lawn with sheep and a running dog,…
You too can have a horse in this race!
When the Spartan army took home the horses of Xerxes as spoils of war in 479 BCE, after the battle of Plataea, it began a movement of eastern horses to Europe that was to last throughout the period of classical…
Three Men and a Book
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