The Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Thursday, February 9th, 2023 at 9am
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UPCOMING AUCTIONS
The Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
February 9, 2023
Decorative Arts Auction Featuring The Collection of Jerry & Anna Case
February 10, 2023
Collection of Richard & Dorothy Cummings, Dayton, Ohio
March 16, 2023
Online Only Decorative Arts & Toys
March 17, 2023
Coins & Jewelry
Spring 2023
Americana & International
Spring 2023
Native American Indian & Ethnographic
Spring 2023
Photography, Prints & Ephemera
Summer 2023
Decorative Arts Auction Featuring The Collection of Jerry & Anna Case
February 10, 2023
January 19th & 20th, 2023
Join us for almost 700 lots of antiques and fine art from around the globe. Live, absentee, phone, and online bidding are available for this auction. Online bidding is available on PookLive, Bidsquare, and Invaluable. The buyer’s premium is 25% in-house (26% online). Click Here for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
The Furniture of Margaret Berwind Schiffer
Margaret Berwind Schiffer was a scholar, collector, and an authority on the material culture of early Chester County, Pennsylvania. Researching local records such as wills, inventories, and ledgers, she collected data about early residents, craftsmen, domestic life and home furnishing.…
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…
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 Lear Collection
The Collection of F.R. “Bud” Lear III is an exceptional lifetime assemblage of copper-alloy candlesticks manufactured before 1700, which illustrates the history of development of socket candlesticks and the relationships between different forms across Europe. The Collection is composed of…
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…
