Hello, Dolly!
6/9/18 – As the summer approaches, things are slowing down at Pook & Pook. However, our office continues to swell with antiques as we prepare for our June 13th and 14th Online Only Auction. Over the two day sale,…
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Boardwalk Empire
Some collectors cherish antiques for the stories they can tell us. We get joy out of imagining the past life of a simple object, dreaming of all the events it has “witnessed”. Such is the case with this week’s pick…
Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia
5/7/18 – There is a change of pace this week as we finished up another successful Americana sale. Hopefully everyone who wanted to buy something was successful and for our sake I hope you paid too much! As we move…
My Cinderella’s Slipper
4/30/18 – Before cataloging this ring, I knew I had to try it on. For me, trying on new jewelry is akin to slipping into a new identity, if only for a moment. Just my luck – the 5 ¾…
Lions, and Soldiers?, and Unicorns? Oh my!
4/23/18 – Our April 28th, 2018 auction is filled with great objects. There is great American History with the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson signed documents and letters, but which for me are not eye catching enough for my pick…
New England Winter of Days Past
4/16/18 – When this week’s pick gets posted, all of the dust will have settled from the highly anticipated Ruth Bryson Auction. I am sure that there will be a few eyebrows raised at some of the results, perhaps more…
Becks & Buttons
4/9/18 – Yet another week of agonizing over my pick of the week. Do I dare limit myself to just pick one thing? No, I don’t think I can. Looks like it will two picks of the week again! My…
Dazzlers abound in Bryson Sale
Weber boxes, dower chests, and frakturs, oh my! I checked two off my favorites list last week and am down to a hundred or more still on my list. Looking at this catalog is like opening a box of Girl Scout Thin Mints,…
Bird or Betty? Too Hard to Choose
3/27/18 – How can I possibly pick just one? Coming up for auction on April 14th, 2018 is the collection of Ruth Bryson of Quarryville, Pennsylvania. It is 321 lots of things that I love! I find it a painstaking…
Cycling Treasure
3/19/18 – This week’s pick comes to us from our March 26th online only auction. Every Pook and Pook online sale always seems to be filled with treasure just waiting to be uncovered. The lot that I picked is lot…
Indoor Bowling with Brownies!
3/15/18 – This week will be my last pick of the week from the March 24th Antique Toy Auction. With so many different options, it has been difficult to narrow it down to just a few picks. I covered cast iron with…
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…
Mechanical Wonders of Antique Toys
3/12/18 – As the toy sale gets closer, I am reminded that soon all of these treasures will find new homes where someone else will get to enjoy them. With my last remaining time with these pieces, I am still…
Pook & Pook with Noel Barrett to Auction Fine Clockwork Toys and Trains
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Sandbox Summers
3/5/18 – This week I am gearing up for the March 24th toy sale in collaboration with Noel Barrett. The sale covers a wide array of different toy fields including a large volume of Elastolin and Lineol painted composition soldiers…