Americana & International
January 13th at 6pm and January 14th at 9am
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UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Americana & International
January 13 & 14, 2022
Online Only
Decorative Arts
February 9 & 10, 2022
Coins & Jewelry
March 23, 2022
Online Only
Decorative Arts
March 24, 2022
Americana & International
April 15, 2022
Native American Indian
May 12, 2022
Photography,
Prints & Ephemera
May 13, 2022
Antique Toys
December 2, 2022
Online Only Toys & Decorative Arts
February 9 & 10, 2022 at 9am
February 9 & 10, 2022 at 9AM
This sale will feature hundreds of lots of antique furniture, art, and decorative accessories followed by several hundred lots of toys. The gallery exhibition is open to the public. All bidding for this auction is on Bidsquare and Invaluable. Click Here for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
Treasure of the Concepción
On a bright day in 1641, under sweltering skies, twenty one ships sailed out of Vera Cruz, the port of New Spain, headed for Seville. They were the ships of the Spanish Treasure Fleet, laden with a fortune in silver,…
Press Release – Americana & International Auction
Pook & Pook Auction’s two-day sale September 30th and October 1st promises to be one of its biggest Americana & International events to date. The sale will begin with the Pennsylvania Mocha collection. The first three quarters of this noted…
The Collection of Barbara A. & Fred Johnson, of Rockford, Illinois
On August 19th, 2021, Pook & Pook presents The Collection of Barbara A. & Fred Johnson, of Rockford, Illinois. Owners of Barbara A. Johnson Antiques, the couple spent decades traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe in search of antiques, specializing…
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…
PICK OF THE WEEK
“I heard a roar, like thunder…”
On December 21st, 1792 in the Bay of Bengal, a small party fatefully disembarked the ship Shah Ardaseer to hunt deer on Saugor Island, resulting in an event that would resonate for decades to follow. In the words of party…
Complicit In His Curse
The Midas Head was created in 1989 by Dame Elisabeth Frink (British 1930-1993) as an emblem for the BBC program The Midas Touch, directed by her stepson, Mick Csaky, and presented by Anthony Sampson. With influences from the classical (see…
Miniature Masterpieces of Modern Art
On October 28th, Pook & Pook is excited to offer at auction two brooches created by one of the greatest artistic pioneers of the 20th century, Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963). Perhaps most famous for revolutionizing painting by founding, together with…
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Auction Gallery Exhibitions: Behind the Scenes with Elizabeth Pook
With the resumption of live sales at Pook & Pook comes the return of a favorite pastime, the auction preview. People gather to wander through the exhibition, admiring and engaging with the antiques on display. Old friends, multigenerational families, young…
Sublime Feline
In Paris in 1910, William Zorach was a student of traditional art schools. He met and fell in love with a fellow student, the brilliant Marguerite Thompson. The two decided to break with past methods of painting, to see the…
Cloudscape
Cloudscape is a word coined by American artist and author Eric Sloane (1905-1985). His largest cloud painting is a 58 foot by 75 foot mural covering an entire wall of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In the 1920’s Sloane…
Crest of the Wave
An allegory of the element of water, Crest of the Wave is all about motion and lightness and gravity. Harriet Frishmuth (American, 1880-1980) was a Beaux Arts sculptor of the early 20th century. She studied briefly with Rodin, and then…
