Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the city of Downingtown (approximately 45 minutes northwest of Philadelphia), Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers is internationally recognized for its exciting auctions of period furniture, art and decorative accessories. Owned by Ronald and Debra Pook, a husband and wife team who have been committed to the field of antiques for more than thirty years, Pook & Pook, Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers has evolved many times over since conducting its first auction in 1984.

Pook & Pook, Inc. is now well-known for holding many record breaking auctions including the largest on-site, one-day auction ever held in the United States in June of 1999, which grossed over $4.3 million. In 1999, Pook & Pook was also they first auction house outside of New York City to sell a piece of American furniture for over $1 million dollars. In 2005, the firm added Fine Art auctions to the schedule which have yielded multiple world auction records for both American and European artists. More recently in 2007, the firm conducted the two-day, single owner sale of the Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley. Grossing just under $10 million dollars, the sale set more than two dozen world auction records for redware and a variety of American furniture categories.

With offices located in the same historic inn where their family business first started almost three decades ago, the Pooks completed a three-year renovation of the 1761 building as well as an addition of a state of the art auction facility in 2001. These renovations afford the buying public greater ease of access to sale items through expanded exhibition hours, quality lighting and display. As a strong regional auction house situated along the highly traveled East Coast of the United States, Pook & Pook, Inc. holds only highly publicized, catalogued auctions with an international scope.

Believing in the personal service provided to clients by a smaller staff, Debra and Ron lead by example as they work closely on researching, photographing and handling the fine antiques offered during their high-energy auctions. The annual sales calendar includes two Fine Art Auctions and approximately eight to ten auctions of Period Furniture, Decorative Accessories and Folk Art. Leading a staff of knowledgeable appraisers and auctions administrators, the Pooks work to not simply meet, but to exceed your expectations should you wish to purchase at an auction, to consign your collection, or simply to have your antiques appraised. For more information on Pook & Pook, Inc. services and sale schedule, please visit www.pookandpook.com or call 610-269-4040.