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…
So I had this great idea of making a pick of the week for our upcoming auctions. Truth be told I had that idea over a year ago! I am making it my New Year’s resolution to implement my grand…
Check out this great article in Antiques & Auction News about Pook & Pook’s fantastic October 7th Americana & International Auction. Click here for more information.
Our pick this week is Lot 360, an oil on canvas portrait of the race horse Elis to celebrate the 181st anniversary of his win at the classic St Leger Stakes in September 1836. Elis belonged to Lord George Bentinck,…
This week we would like to highlight Lot 272, a charming example of the work of Wilhelm Schimmel, a German immigrant who came to the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania in the 1860s. As he travelled around the valley, Schimmel repaid…
Featured in our Americana & International auction is Lot 236, an important Chippendale walnut tall case clock from Reading, Pennsylvania. Dating from 1795 and signed George Fix, this is one of the finest Reading clocks known and is in remarkable…
Don’t miss this festive town-in-a-box, decked out for the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden to Princess Louise of Prussia! The entire German town is carefully and skillfully constructed of lithographed card stock,…
Our pick this week is one of a number of Bil Baird stick puppets offered in our September 15th Antique Toy Auction. William Britton “Bil” Baird was a renowned puppeteer of the 20th century, and is well-remembered for the Sound…
Downingtown Auction House Sells Rare British Plate from 1738
Our pick this week comes out of the collection of George “Frolic” Weymouth. Lot 87 is a Southern landscape painted by Clifford Warren Ashley and is in untouched original condition, retaining its original frame. Ashley studied alongside N.C. Wyeth and…
We are excited to offer pieces from Big Bend, the period home and farm of George “Frolic” Weymouth in our upcoming July 14th special auction. Frolic was passionate about art, both as the founder of the Brandywine River Museum and…
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. — Pook & Pook Inc. maintained its stellar sales record with its May 20 Firearms and May 22 Native American material auctions. The sales, which generated sales percentages of 97.7 percent and 99 percent, respectively, came in solidly…
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. — Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers announces a new collaboration with the jovial, mustachioed king of toy auctions, Noel Barrett. Barrett, along with Pook & Pook, Inc.’s founder, Ron Pook, expressed excitement about joining forces, a…