Antiques & Auction News - June 3, 2022

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FRIDAY JUNE 3, 2022 • VOL. 52, NO. 22

Allentown Spring Melt Fire Memorabilia Show And Auction Torrent 1 Steam Fire Engine Lantern Brings $7,000 The 2022 Allentown Spring Melt Fire Memorabilia Show and Auction held on April 23 and 24 was a big success. Coming back from a hiatus due to the pandemic, the event had good attendance and strong prices across the board. “This was our first live auction that we conducted during the Spring Melt, and we could not be happier with attendance and prices. Our consignors are also extremely

happy,” stated auctioneer Brian Enterline. There was a total of 406 registered bidders competing for 437 lots of firefighting antiques and memorabilia for the auction, which is one of the largest fire memorabilia events in the United States and run by the Union Historical Fire Society.

Operated by Brian Enterline, the next fire antiques and memorabilia auction is scheduled for Friday, July 8, at the Pennsylvania National Fire Museum in Harrisburg, Pa. Enterline is a licensed and bonded auctioneer specializing in firefighting antiques and memorabilia. Continued on page 4

This 1837 City of Lowell (Mass.) engineers trumpet sold for $5,300.

One-Day Outdoor Event Set For June 11 The Antiques at the Barn Pop-Up Show will be a one-day outdoor antiques show on Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Twelve quality antiques dealers will be set up on the grounds of the Brickerville Antiques Barn, located at 2 E. 28th Division Highway, Lititz, Pa. (the intersection of routes 501 and 322 behind the Brickerville Family Restaurant). The event will be held rain or shine. Two tents will be set up, six dealers under each tent on each side of the shop. Come check out this fun and free outdoor pop-up antiques show. Stay for lunch at the Brickerville Family Restaurant and/or stroll through the other specialty stores, and stop in to the multi-dealer antiques shop. For further information, call the Brickerville Antiques Barn during regular business hours at 717-626-0786.

A Torrent 1 steam fire engine lantern sold for $7,000.

This Mutual Assurance cast-iron fire mark sold for $2,000.

Antiques At The Barn Pop-Up Show Returns

A rare American fire alarm box sold for $6,100.

Medieval Treasures From The Glencairn Museum Special Exhibition Will Open At Philadelphia Museum Of Art On June 11 A special installation will bring the Philadelphia Musem of Art’s important collection of medieval art and architectural spaces into dialogue with special works of art on loan from the Glencairn Museum. The Glencairn Museum, located in the eponymous 1930s home built by Raymond Pitcairn (1885-1966) in the town of Bryn Athyn, just north of Philadelphia, has a long history of generous loans to the museum’s medieval galleries and, during a renovation, will lend a group of exquisite medieval treasures from their holdings. The exhibit will be in Gallery 307 and open Saturday, June 11.

Among the loans are a celebrated stained-glass panel from the Abbey Church of St. Denis, showing the Flight into Egypt, one of the most important and bestpreserved pieces of early gothic glass in America; a Head of a King attributed to Gislebertus, sculptor of the 12th century portal of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare at Autun, France; and exceptional architectural sculpture, such as a capital from St. Guilhem le Désert in southern France. Other treasures from the Glencairn Museum will include Spanish ivories from the migration and Romanesque periods and significant figurative Continued on page 7

The artist/maker is unknown for this French work, “The Flight into Egypt,” from the Infancy of Christ Window (?), from the Abbey Church of St. Denis, France, stained glass, ca. 1145, 20.5-by-19.75 inches, on loan from The Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, Pa.

In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . starting on page 2 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 4 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 6 AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . on page 6 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . starting on page 7

FEATURE AUCTION: Pook & Pook June 9 And 10 Sale - Downingtown, Pennsylvania - Page 2

CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . .on page 7


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