The Collection of Paul & Rita Flack
Saturday, October 13th at 10AM
Join us on October 12th, 2018 from 5PM to 7PM for a symposium and reception. RSVP to info@pookandpook.com by 10/12/18. Then join us Saturday, October 13th, 2018 at 10AM for over 250 lots of fraktur, quilts, folk art, period furniture, pottery, carvings, decorative accessories, and textiles. Click Here for auction info.
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
The Collection of
Paul & Rita Flack
October 13, 2018
Online Only Coins & Jewelry
November 7, 2018
Online Only Decorative Arts – Day 1
November 8, 2018
Online Only Decorative Arts – Day 2
November 9, 2018
Firearms & Militaria
November 17, 2018
Fine Jewelry
with Stuart Kingston Jewelers
November 30, 2018
Antique Toys
December 7&8, 2018
Americana & International
January 12, 2019
Antique Toys
December 7th & 8th, 2018 at 9AM
Join us for two days of antique toys starting on Friday, December 7th. This sale will feature part one of the Morton A. Hirschberg Steam Toy Collection. Click Here for more information
PRESS RELEASES
Wind was blowing right for sale of weather vanes
DOWINGTOWN, Pa. — The highly publicized auction of the Roland and Marilyn Kemble collection, hosted by Pook & Pook, was held on Jan. 12-13 and met with impressive results that were reflected in a 93 percent sale rate for 431…
Pook & Pook with Noel Barrett to Auction Fine Clockwork Toys and Trains
Click to read the article on artdaily.org.
Pook & Pook with Noel Barrett’s March 24 Auction
Pook & Pook with Noel Barrett’s March 24 auction
Weathervanes, Folk Art Headlining Americana Auction
Roland and Marilyn Kemble spent six decades selecting and acquiring pieces for their collection from the most prominent of Americana. They have now decided, in their words “amid both tears and great delight”, to present this private collection at auction.…
PICK OF THE WEEK
School Teacher by Day…
When I sat down with the Flacks to look over the catalog before it went off to the printer, Paul remarked that his favorite fraktur artist was Andreas Kolb. I too find Kolb’s work superior and I’ve laid out my…
After Houdon
So here we are gearing up for the Americana & International sale, which is right around the corner on September 14th and 15th. For my last pick I went out on a limb with a non-Pennsylvania piece, one that I…
Don’t put it on the floor!
Yet another successful online auction is over. The 1500 lots containing over 10,000 items are starting to leave the building and not soon enough! The next wave is coming and all the Pook and Pook employees are scrambling to get…
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A Beginners Guide: Collecting Antique Toys with Specialist Noel Barrett
A Beginners Guide: Collecting Antique Toys with Specialist Noel Barrett Aug 07,2018 | 09:39 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg with Noel Barrett Click here to read more!
Melchoir Fordney: The story of a Pennsylvania master gunsmith and one of America’s first insanity pleas.
If you met Pook & Pook, Inc.’s Vice President Jamie Shearer at a gun show or exposition recently, he has probably shown you a long rifle coming up for auction and offered to tell you the story of its maker,…
What do these things have in common: A house our first president wouldn’t live in, the oldest piece of land continuously owned by African Americans, and a war ship run aground by pirates?
On October 8th, 2016, we are excited to feature a copy of Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, formally titled The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800. This historically important piece…
How to Identify Works on Paper
You have a piece of art on paper. Before you can research it, determine the artist, or figure out what it is worth, you need to know what it is. Such a simple question can be surprisingly difficult. Works on…
