Summer is finally here, and Pook & Pook is celebrating with another one of its online-only decorative arts auctions, which will be held on Wednesday, June 26. Bidding will begin at 9 a.m. and is offered exclusively on www.bidsquare.com. With over 800 lots set to cross the block, this sale presents all manner of antique decorative arts, from a wide variety of furniture and folk art to continental offerings and textiles, and a great selection of fine arts including paintings and sculptures.
Presented early in the sale is a collection of sterling silver items, featuring a lot of Tiffany sterling silver Audubon and Olympian pattern flatware (est. $400-$440). To follow will be more than 20 lots of porcelain, pewter, and stoneware steins, including those by Mettlach, Villeroy & Boch, Musterschutz, and Westerwald. An extensive offering of Historical Blue Staffordshire will surely attract the attention of collectors. Nearly 100 lots will present an assortment of patterns and motifs. International decorative arts of special mention will include a variety of 18th- and 19th-century Dutch engraved brass snuff boxes.
From fine 18th-century furniture to early 20th-century Arts and Crafts furniture, Pook & Pook’s sale will have something for everyone. Of special note is a George II mahogany three-part secretary, ca. 1760 (est. $800-$1,200); a Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut slant front desk, ca. 1765 (est. $500-$1,000); and a Limbert Arts and Crafts oak dining room suite (est. $800-$1,200).
Other items will be folk portraits, Hudson River landscapes, tin and porcelain advertising signs, Pennsylvania fraktur, and an extensive lithograph collection from an estate.
A unique addition to the sale is a collection of Peter Ompir and W. C. Wrede handpainted pieces, including tin spice canisters and trays, wooden buckets and boxes, hanging cupboards and child’s furniture.
Interested bidders are encouraged to contact Pook & Pook Inc. by calling 610-269-4040 or emailing info@pookandpook.com with questions regarding condition reports, bidder registration, or online bidding.
A catalog may be viewed online at www.bidsquare.com/auction-house/pook. Gallery exhibitions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, June 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Pook & Pook’s gallery, located at 463 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, Pa.