There is one New Years resolution Pook & Pook of Downingtown, Pa., can help people keep this year--filling their homes with beautiful antiques. This winter, just as folks finish up counting down the clock and singing Auld Lang Syne, Pook & Pook will be offering almost 700 lots of antique furniture, fine art, and decorative accessories from around the globe. Bidding both live in-house and in cyberspace will take place on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17 and 18. Session one will begin at 6 p.m., following a special extended preview and reception. The collection of Jean and Eugene Jacobsen from Englewood, N.J., will start the auction with 49 lots. According to the Jacobsens daughter, their home was a living, breathing example of early American furniture and art. Some highlights are several pieces of well-crafted furniture, including a Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut dressing table, ca. 1765, that is a desirable small size with drake feet (est. $7,000-$10,000). Another is the Capt. James Mugford, a Revolutionary War hero from Marblehead, Mass., Chippendale mahogany diminutive drop leaf table (est. $10,000-$15,000) and a diminutive Massachusetts Queen Anna walnut high chest, ca. 1765, with petite cabriole legs and pad feet (est. $10,000-$12,000). Of important note from the collection are several large China Trade oil-on-canvas paintings, including one of the view of Whampoa Anchorage from the south, ca. 1840 (est. $15,000-$25,000); one of the view of the Hongs at Canton, ca. 1840 (est. $12,000-$18,000); and one of a naval engagement on the Boca Tigris, ca. 1840 (est. $4,000-$7,000). The sale on Friday night continues with 110 lots of Historical Staffordshire from a New York collection. Several interesting pieces include the Esplanade and Castle Garden New York platter (est. $2,000-$3,000), the Capitol Washington centerpiece bowl (est. $2,000-$3,000), the Dix Cove on the Gold Coast Africa fruit bowl (est. $2,000-$3,000), and the rare four medallion platter with Jefferson, Lafayette, Clinton, and Washington over a view of Tunbridge Castle (properly Tonbridge), Surry (Surrey), and the Aqueduct bridge at Rochester (est. $5,000-$10,000). Fine art follows the Staffordshire with work from artists such as Antonio Jacobsen, Stephen Etnier, Donald Mosher, Peter Sculthorp, Andrew Wyeth, Richard Evett Bishop, Hobson Pittman, William Winner, Will Henry Stevens, David Brumbach, and John Pope. Of interest to a number of buyers will be the two pieces by Laurence Campbell (American b. 1939), including an oil-on-canvas titled Winter in New Hope (est. $6,000-$9,000) and New Hope Train Station Winter (est. $6,000-$8,000). An unusual signed print titled Signs by Robert Rauschenberg is expected to fetch $3,000-$5,000. The first session ends with the property of William E. and Anne H. Lewis of Columbus, Ohio. This collection includes a number of mid-Atlantic and New England area pieces of furniture, folk art, redware, pewter, sampler, glass, porcelain, brass, and silver. Session two starts at 9 a.m. on Jan. 18 with a Pennsylvania William and Mary spice chest, ca. 1750, with a herringbone and sprig and berry design on the door (est. $50,000-$80,000). Second up is a watercolor fraktur birth certificate by Johann Conrad Gilbert ($4,000-$7,000) sure to grab the interest of fraktur lovers far and wide. Furniture highlights include shranks, tea tables, dower chests, tall chests, corner cupboards, Dutch cupboards, dressing tables, miniature furniture, tall case clocks, and more. A very good Pennsylvania Queen Anne walnut dressing table with an unusual arcaded and heart cutout skirt is expected to bring $7,000-$9,000. A Berks County, Pa., black unicorn dower chest that retains its original decoration of rampant unicorns flanked by panels with riders on horseback would make an incredible addition to anyones collection (est. $12,000-$18,000). One of the more incredible furniture pieces on day two is a rare Lancaster County, Pa., Hepplewhite cherry tall case clock by Martin Shreiner, ca. 1830 (est. $25,000-$45,000). The musical works of this clock play seven tunes. The unusual case includes an upper section with a short door over a lower section with a longer door. The last Shreiner musical clock sold at Pook & Pook brought $204,000. Day two also boasts an assortment of the usual decorative accessories, including stoneware, toleware, whirligigs, folk art, trade signs, baskets, chalkware, tinware, portraits, weathervanes, stoneware, fraktur, butter prints, firkins, wallpaper dresser boxes, wrought iron, powder horns, butterprints, carved birds, mirrors, glass bottles, spatter, and more. Several stunning quilts in a rainbow of colors will cross the auction block. An engraved bronze sundial dated 1689 with a face etched into it is sure to catch the eye of many. Probably the most exciting lot up for auction in both sessions is the appointment of Anthony Wayne to Major General of the Legion of the United States of America, dated the 19th day of March, 1793, and signed by President George Washington. The Legion was formed after the Revolutionary War as a standing army of professional soldiers rather than state militias. It was reduced in size and rechristened the Army of the United States in 1796. The sale continues with a large number of items from New England. Furniture from the region set to cross the block includes high chests, dining chairs, chests of drawers, tall case clocks, dressing tables, slant front desks, tavern tables, card tables, and Pembroke tables. Accessories include samplers, andirons, mirrors, watercolors, burl scoops and bowls, baskets, and silver. The two-day auction will conclude with a variety of exciting consignments that come from abroad. Three pieces of early English redware will be sold, and a small but lovely collection of Wedgwood fairyland lustre. Each piece is unique, but the hummingbirds footed bowl is sure to be a favorite among bidders. Also included in this overseas collection are a variety of other pieces of furniture, Delft, steins, a French mantel clock, Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica plates, and a couple pieces of Chinese export. The sale will conclude with a selection of carpets, including several excellent Serapi, Senna Ferraghan, and Baktiari examples. All of these items and more will be available to bid on at auction via phone, absentee, live salesroom, and online bidding. Online bidding will be available on Bidsquare (www.bidsquare.com) and Invaluable (www.invaluable.com). Interested bidders are encouraged to contact Pook & Pook Inc. at info@pookandpook.com or 610-269-4040 with questions regarding preview dates and times, condition reports, or bidder registration. Printed catalogs are available for purchase through Pook & Pooks website or by calling 610-269-4040. Pook & Pooks next auction will be an Online Only Decorative Arts Auction on Monday, Jan. 20. Pook & Pook is located at 463 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, Pa.