Auctioneers Press Release

BOSTON, MA – November 18, 2018  – An attic discovery of the rare 1845 first edition of Poe’s Tales (Lot 224, Estimate: $60,000-80,000) in paper wrappers surpassed all expectations to sell for $315,000 after fierce competition from internet and telephone bidders. Based on the context of the discovery...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Auctions November Fine Art Auctions realized $3,087,478 in sales on Saturday, November 10. The highest price achieved by a single lot went to lot 121, Winter Night (Artist’s Studio) by Pennsylvania Impressionist George William Sotter, which sold for $200,000 against an estimat...View Full Article

On Thursday November 8th & Friday November 9th Pook & Pook, Inc. is pleased to host another one of their ever-popular Online Only Decorative Arts Auction, with bidding available exclusively on Bidsquare.com. The auction will begin at 9am on Thursday November 8th with 800 lots selling throughout the ...View Full Article

Pook & Pook, Inc. is proud to present their Online Only Coins & Jewelry auction on Wednesday, November 7th. Beginning at 9 am, this sale will span over 500 lots and includes hundreds of collectible coins and numerous distinctive pieces of jewelry. The sale draws from various local estates and collec...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Auction’s October 19-21 auction series brought in a total of $2,324,975 across three segments. While each segment saw spirited bidding, the series’ opening segment, Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone and Other Owners, met or exceeded all expectations with strong int...View Full Article

With old friends and fellow collectors filling their Downingtown auction gallery, Pook & Pook, Inc. was buzzing on Friday night as they hosted a cocktail party reception and symposium for the sixth sale of the Collection of Paul and Rita Flack. The Flack Collection is the result of a lifelong passio...View Full Article

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ October 2 Post War and Contemporary Art auction featured Untitled (Pastel), 1991, by Joan Mitchell, the largest and only double sheet drawing from her last important body of work. Selling for $1,212,500, the drawing set a global record for the artist, being the highest pr...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Auction’s September 22-23 Design Sales brought in a total of $5,184,344 across four segments. The two-day auction series, consisting of segments of Early 20th Century Design, Mid-Mod, Modern Design, and Modern Ceramics and Glass, saw 1,106 lots cross the Rago auction block, in...View Full Article

On September 21, the auction event The Genius of Gianni Versace: A Collection of His Iconic 90s Designs will be conducted by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and include over 350 vintage items from some of the designer’s most recognized work. This single-owner collection was carefully curated in the 1990s...View Full Article

Downingtown auction house Pook & Pook, Inc. is gearing up for this year’s autumn auction season with a vast and varied two-day Americana and International auction, slated for Friday September 14th and Saturday September 15th. Over the summer months, the folks at Pook & Pook have been working hard, t...View Full Article

Downingtown auction house Pook & Pook, Inc. is fresh off summer vacation and ready to jump into the Fall auction season with an immense, two-day Online Only Decorative Arts auction. Beginning Wednesday August 29th and concluding on Thursday August 30th, the sale features over 1,500 objects and encom...View Full Article

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces the sale of property from the estate of Steve and Peggy Fossett. This landmark collection will be sold at auction October 30 and 31 and will be on view in Chicago October 26 - 29. Lot 18, Circle of Raphael, (16th Century), The Conversion of Saint Paul, c. 1520; E...View Full Article

BOSTON, MA – Skinner, Inc. will hold an auction Saturday, July 14th of European Furniture & Decorative Arts featuring Fine Silver and the Laver Collection of Wedgwood. The extensive offerings include nearly 600 lots of European furniture and decorative arts from the 17th through early 20th centuries...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago’s June jewelry auctions brought $1,903,081 in two sessions: unreserved jewelry on June 8 and fine jewelry on June 10. The highest price achieved by a single lot went to Lot 2051, a rare enameled and yellow gold gem-set collar necklace by master metallurgist Marie Zimmermann, w...View Full Article

On June 13th and 14th, Pook & Pook, Inc. is hosting yet another one of their ever-popular Online Only Decorative Arts Auction, taking place over the span of two days and exclusively through Bidsquare.com. Bidding for the auction will begin at 9:00am on Wednesday, June 13th with 700 lots selling thro...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Design Auctions brought in $5,137,719 on May 19- 20, 2018. A vast array of property, from early 20th century to modern design, plus contemporary ceramics and glass, including The Daphne Farago Collection of Decorative Objects (sold to benefit the Muse...View Full Article

Pook & Pook, Inc.’s Online Only Coins & Jewelry auction, held on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, brought incredible results on the online bidding platform bidsquare.com. In the days prior to the sale, the Downingtown auction house was busy with a flurry of numismatists and jewelry lovers who spent hours p...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center's May Fine Art Auctions realized $2,700,499 in sales on Saturday, May 5. The highest price achieved by a single lot went to Lot 540, Still Life with Pitcher by American artist Arshile Gorky, which sold for $175,000 against an estimate of $50,000- 70,000...View Full Article

Just in time for Mother’s Day weekend, Stuart Kingston Jewelers and Pook & Pook Inc. are joining forces again for their third joint auction together on May 11th 2018 at 7pm. 180 lots of exceptional jewelry are set to cross the auction block on Friday evening, featuring a wealth of items from Philade...View Full Article

Skinner presents art and artifacts from Africa to the Great Plains, the tundra to the tropics. The allure of non-Western art and artifacts for early modernist artists such as Picasso and Matisse is well known. Ethnic creations continue to have the same appeal for collectors around the world. This au...View Full Article

Even as chilly winter weather persists, Pook & Pook, Inc. is looking to heat things up with their ever-popular annual spring Americana & International auction. On April 28that 10am just over 500 lots are set to cross the auction block. Bidders young and old are invited to shake off that winter weath...View Full Article

The April 10 and 11 Important Jewelry auction at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers offered a unique selection of bold vintage jewelry, signed designer jewelry and numerous loose and mounted diamonds and gemstones. Day one of the sale was conducted to a full floor in the Chicago saleroom and with over 1,000...View Full Article

Mrs. Ruth Bryson was a widely distinguished antiques dealer and collector in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. Her expertise was unmistakable, noted by the exceptional collection of antiques she leaves behind following her death in July 2017. On Saturday, April 14th Pook & Pook Inc. has the privilege to ex...View Full Article

Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Remix Auction brought $1,271,575 in sales on April 7, 2018. The one day sale of nearly 700 lots presented pieces of mid-century modern and 21st century design alongside period furnishings, heirloom silver, Asian and compelling art. Saturday’s Remix au...View Full Article