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Antique Village Of Strasburg To Hold Birthday Sale Over Columbus Day Weekend Popular Shop Is 20 Years Old And Going Strong By Esther Glick
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 2020 • VOL. 51, NO. 40
Americana And International Auction At Pook & Pook On Oct. 9 and 10
The public is invited to celebrate a 20-year birthday party at the Antique Village of Strasburg this Columbus Day weekend. From Friday to Monday, Oct. 9 to 12, a tent sale will occur. Everything is 50 percent off. Each day, the tent will be open from 10 a.m.
AAN Current News to 5 p.m., as well as the three buildings on the property. The Antique Village was started by Esther Glick 20 years ago and has blossomed and grown, today filling three large buildings with loads of diverse merchandise. Each space is unique, with dealers
Pennsylvania Folk Art To Shine At Special Two-Day Sale By Jackson Ryan If you have been stuck inside for too long, dreaming of travelling across the eastern United States and beyond, dream no more. Pook & Pook Auctions has brought the world to you. The Downingtown, Pa., auction house’s upcoming two-day auction on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9 and 10, will have items crossing the auction block from collections all over the country, from Ohio, Michigan, and Maine to Florida and, of course, Pennsylvania. The sale will kick off with items from the collection of Edson J. Brown and Ross M. Trump of Ohio, beginning with a stunning Soap Hollow chest of drawers followed by a plethora of pipsqueak toys. This folky collection includes many fine pieces of furniture, chalkware, a dizzying number of wallpaper boxes, and an impressive carved and painted cigar store Indian Chief (est. $8,000-$12,000). Also worth mentioning is an outstanding Pennsylvania treenware canister (est. $6,000$8,000). This turned and sponge-painted canister with its unique fish design is one of the finer examples of American treenware known and definitely one of the can’t-miss items to watch at this sale. The Brown/Trump collection in session one is full of one-of-a-kind items like a bird Ferris wheel, not a bird tree, a Ferris wheel. With four beautifully painted birds riding along and a fifth perched on top, this fun piece is sure to be highly coveted (est. $3,000-$5,000). The collection closes out with an impressive assortment
24th Annual Columbus Day Weekend Sale Set For Cackleberry Farm Antique Mall on page 4
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of spatterware china. The two began collecting in the 1950s and amassed an extensive array of fine early, mostly Pennsylvania country folk art. The opening night of the auction will also include the continuation of an incredible selection of mochaware china coming from a collection so big, it couldn’t all fit in a single sale, or even two. It will be spread out over three sales. Pook & Pook’s previous Americana auction featured some superb examples from this grouping. Among the expected highlights will be a large presentation cup (est. $3,000-$5,000) with dotted bands and an inscribed cartouche. The first session will finish up with more than two dozen pieces of timeless fine art and sculptures, including a large piece by Ben Austrian depicting a mother hen and 11 baby chicks (est. $5,000-$8,000), and a beautiful landscape titled “Winter Interior Woodstock, New York” by Emile A. Gruppe (est. $6,000-$9,000). Session two on Saturday morning will begin with the collection of Ann G. Sickles and features some of the most exquisite samplers to come across the auction block in recent memory. For instance, a silk-on-gauze crewelwork sampler by a Harriet Hayden from New Hampshire in 1817 (est. $10,000-$12,000) will be offered. This sampler has a broad outer band of flowering vines surrounding a center panel depicting a maiden beneath a tree.
Rivertowne Antique Center To Hold Outdoor Pop-Up Event
Important Milton Avery Painting “Birds Over Sea” Heads To Auction on page 8
Sale To Be Held Oct. 3 and 4 In Columbia, Pa. By Ron Madar The fall is a great time to be out antiquing, enjoying the great outdoors and autumn colors while looking for that special treasure. This fall, the Rivertowne Antique Center will conduct a two-day outdoor sales event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4. Stop by from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on either day, and check out the special deals “under the big tent,” in the center’s parking lot. Plus, visit the multi-dealer shop to find sale discounts of up to 40 percent off.
“Hiking Through History” Map Now Available Tracing The Philadelphia Campaign Of 1777 on page 9
Customers can browse through two floors of quality 19th- and 20thcentury antiques and collectibles including furniture, primitives, folk art, stoneware, textiles, jewelry,
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Overall Market Exhibits Strength At JSE & Associates Three-Day Summer Americana Auction on page 10
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 5 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 9 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 7
FEATURED AUCTION: Brunk’s Premier Auction - October 3 in Asheville, North Carolina - Page 8
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 9 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 11