TWO DAY ONLINE ONLY DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION
July 28th & 29th, 2021 at 9am
ALL BIDDING FOR THIS AUCTION IS ONLINE ON BIDSQUARE & INVALUABLE.
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UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Online Only
Decorative Arts
Session One
July 28th & 29th 2021
Online Only
Decorative Arts
Session Two
July 28th & 29th 2021
Photography, Prints & Ephemera
August 18, 2021
The Barbara & Fred Johnson Collection
August 19, 2021
Americana & International
September 30 & October 1, 2021
Native American Indian
October 27, 2021
Coins & Jewelry
October 28, 2021
Antique Toys
and Board Games
December 3, 2021
Photography, Prints, & Ephemera
August 18th, 2021 at 9am
Thursday, August 18th at 9AM
This sale will feature hundreds of lots of books, works on paper, prints, antique photographs, letters, documents, and other ephemera. If you wish to attend the auction and/or in-house exhibition, please call (610) 269-4040 to schedule an appointment. Click Here for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
Joyce Bowes Collis Sale Exceeds Expectations
Pook & Pook’s June 24th and 25th sale of the Estate of Joyce Bowes Collis recorded strong results, grossing $1.26 million, 19% above estimate. A high degree of interest and strong bidding pushed 47% of lots above high estimate, with…
Press Release: The Estate of Joyce Bowes Collis, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Throughout her life, Joyce Bowes Collis always had an eye for beauty. Growing up as a young girl in Baltimore, Joyce was passionate about art and history and would spend her time sketching, designing clothing, reading history, and writing stories.…
Post-auction Press Release
Post-auction press release, Americana & International Auction at Pook & Pook, May 21, 2021 by: Cynthia Beech Lawrence The May 21st Americana and International auction continued a season of very strong results for Pook & Pook Inc. It was a…
Updated COVID-19 Protocol for Pook & Pook – 5/17/21
COVID-19 Protocol for Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers (updated 5/17/20) We have had a number of questions from bidders and consignors about upcoming auctions, pick-up/drop-off procedures, consignment transport, and shipping during the pandemic. Please reach out to us…
PICK OF THE WEEK
National Treasure
What drew me to this pick of the week was the amazing patriotic gessoed frame. Lot 2368 in our July 28th sale, the frame is loaded with stars, shields, crossed cannons, and topped with a spread wing eagle crest. It…
Pook & Pook, Inc., Cornering the Curve Market
Over two hundred years ago, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, an artisan known as The Compass Artist produced colorful, intricately decorated furniture and objects in a distinctive style. Research has revealed the pieces were owned by German Protestants of a variety…
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Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
Not every minor artist toils in obscurity. Relegated down the ranks of 19th century American painters by history, William Russell Smith was an eminent artist in his day. He is important because his paintings preserve images of a young nation,…
Trailblazers
Art lots to keep your eye on in our May 21, 2021 sale include several paintings by members of The Philadelphia Ten artist group. The Philadelphia Ten was the brainchild of ten women painters who had all trained in Philadelphia…
The Verdure Tapestry of Daniel Garber
The Verdure Tapestry of Daniel Garber: The Mary Maxwell House Daniel Garber’s painting is an idyllic moment of country life, a milk wagon on a rustic lane. The view across the road from his house, in fact. Peaceful, but this…
A Sense of Proportion
Lot 87 in our January 28th sale is by Samuel Colman (1832-1920), a painter of the second generation Hudson River School. A student of Asher Brown Durand and member of the National Academy of Design, Colman sought to paint the…
