Fine Art from an East Coast Educational Institution
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 at 9am
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UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Fine Art from an
East Coast
Educational Institution
July 16, 2025
Online Only
Toys & Decorative Arts
August 20, 2025
Online Only
Toys & Decorative Arts
Online Only Decorative Arts
Summer 2025
Americana
Session One
October 2, 2025
Americana
Session Two
October 3, 2025
Coins & Jewelry
October 29, 2025
Online Only
Decorative Arts
December 3, 2025
Online Only Toys & Decorative Arts Auction
August 20th & 21st, 2025 at 9AM
Wednesday, August 20th and Thursday, August 21st, 2025 at 9AM
Join us for two days of lots of toys, furniture, books, fine art, and decorative accessories. All bidding for this auction is online only. Bidding for this auction is available on PookLive or Bidsquare. The in-house buyer’s premium is 25% (28% online on third party bidding platforms). Click Here for more information.
PRESS RELEASES
Press Release – May 1st & 2nd Americana Auction
DOWNINGTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA — Pook & Pook presents the annual Spring Americana sale, May 1st and 2nd, 2025. The sale will be held live, with bidding in-person or online at PookLive, and also by telephone, or absentee bid. All items are…
Pook & Pook’s Spring Coins & Jewelry Auction
Pook & Pook’s Coins & Jewelry Auction on March 26th & 27th, 2025 to Feature Hundreds of Rare Treasures from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property Downingtown, PA — Get ready for an extraordinary opportunity to own some…
Part II of The Pewter Collection of Dr. Melvyn & Bette Wolf
Part II of The Pewter Collection of Dr. Melvyn & Bette Wolf will start the first session of this week’s Americana Auction at 9AM on January 16th. Over a span of sixty years, Dr. Melvyn and Bette Wolf assembled the…
Online Only Decorative Arts Just in Time for the Holidays!
Pook & Pook is set to host its highly anticipated Annual Holiday Online Only Decorative Arts Auction on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. With live online bidding starting at 9:00 AM, this exclusive auction will showcase over 800 carefully curated lots…
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Up to snuff
Snuffboxes came into wide circulation with the increasing importance of tobacco use in the West. Tobacco was first prized as a medicine when first imported from the New World in the late 16th century. Europeans delighted in the effects of…
A Touch of Mughal Magnificence
Lot 7875 is an antique Mughal gold and enamel bracelet, set with diamonds, emeralds, and natural and synthetic rubies. Dated to approximately 1880, this bracelet was purchased by its current owners from the Ganeshi Lall & Son Emporium in Agra,…
Remington New Model Army revolver
Undoubtedly one of the most important firearms in American History, from its inception at the start of civil unrest to its natural habitat in settling the west, post-Civil War, the Remington New Model Army .44 caliber revolver certainly has withstood…
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From Grandma’s Closet to Modern Runways: Brooches are Back in Style
When you think of a brooch, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe your thoughts drift to “outdated” or “too fussy for my style.” It’s time to challenge those old notions because brooches are making a major comeback…
The Benefits of Deaccessioning Unused Items in Museums: A Smart Strategy for Financial Sustainability
In the world of museums, the careful management of collections is essential for maintaining their cultural and educational missions. However, as collections grow over time, there are often items that become outdated, irrelevant, or simply take up valuable storage space.…
Brotherly Love
“We Salute you in Brotherly Love” begins a 1745 Epistle from the Quaker yearly Meeting in London. Handwritten by John Gurney, it reads like a sermon, exhorting the Friends to live in the ways of Holiness and Truth. It is…
In the Beginning
Pook & Pook presents at auction the renowned collection of John A. and Judith C. Herdeg of Mendenhall, Pennsylvania. The Herdegs were dedicated collectors with a lifelong passion for 18th century history and decorative art. Over their lives, they built…
