Saturday, March 26, 2011

Sold!

Pook & Pook's big auction of J. William Warehime's collection brought in just over $600,000, almost double the high estimate. All 395 lots of furniture, artwork, jewelry, urns, lamps, sconces, mirrors, silver, candelabra, and so forth sold.
"Hundreds of bidders from all over the world bid online, in house and over the phone," announced the Downingtown auction house after the March 26 sale.
I was amused reading the condition report of a Chinese stand ("wobbly") and an elephant figurine ("one ear reattached, small repair at tail").
Warehime was the son of Harry and Airie Warehime, founders of the Hanover Foods Corporation.

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