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…
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…
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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…
2/20/18 – Back to the calendar for more pick of the week inspiration. February 20th is love your pet day. I searched for my favorite pet which is a black Labrador retriever. My sometimes well behaved black lab Stella, who…
2/16/18 – My pick this week is inspired by National Tartar Sauce day (February 16th)! Oh, you didn’t know? Well join the club, I totally forgot this year too, so I am left luring around the Hallmark store looking for…
February 5th 2018 – We’re feeling proud around the office this week, thanks to our local team the Philadelphia Eagles achieving their first ever Super Bowl victory against the New England Patriots. In anticipation of the team’s victory parade scheduled…
1/22/2018 – My pick for this week lot #308. Shockingly, it is not a piece of Americana, not a piece of stoneware, and not even a great folk art treasure. Lot 308 is very far away from any of my…
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.…
1/8/2018 – For me, growing up in a family that loved antiques I was quick to find myself attached to the idea of collecting. As a young boy, the obvious choice was baseball cards. Fortunately for me, this was just…
My pick this week comes from day two of the Roland and Marilyn Kemble collection. This was a hard choice for me to make, as I had quite a few things that I felt were very deserving of the spotlight.…
Many of you have received our catalog featuring the collection of Roland and Marilyn Kemble (and if you didn’t, you can order it here), which went out just ahead of Santa’s sleigh. For some of you the post office will…
I have no upcoming auctions to choose from this week so how about a Christmas flashback! This little gem came to us from the collection of Richard and Joan Smith, legendary Lancaster County, Pennsylvania collectors – dealers who had a…
Ok so my third pick of the week comes from day two of our online only sale. I like lot #1995 the five pieces of Native American pottery. This is an area which I do not have a lot of…
My pick of the week has expanded already to pick of the sale. Since Pook and Pook has three sales this week I am committed to making three picks. Day one of our online only auction is like always chocked…