We had a very nice auction yesterday, April 23, 2009. Our auction day started off with a flurry of excitement...we had an unexpected table just stroll through the door...filled with some GREAT Items!! Yesterday's auction was on the small side but, it proved once again that Quality items beget Quality prices. Jeff was on the floor by himself during the morning hours so we really didn't get many photos this week. A Huge THREE GAVELS UP!!! for him...We appreciate everything he does before: "I-I-I-It's Auction Time!" Yesterday he was set-up man, photographer, Ticket-Gun King (always an experience), and of course Auctioneer!!!
Aside from the items we did photograph we had some very nice pieces that deserve a mention but, we never got to take pictures of them. One lot w/two Halloween Cards Sold for $105.00. A statue did $130.00.We had a 4 Books sell for an accumulative value of $115.00. Two Small Brass Boxes Sold for $130.00 & $150.00. Posters sold for $60.00. A Pair of Frogs Sold $95.00. there is so much more that did very well. We had a nice array of items...Clocks, Glass, Pottery, Paper Lots, Salt Glaze, Nice Artwork, Modern Art, Nautical Items...all rounded the sale out very nicely.
The thrill of this auction is that no one knows what will walk through the doors on Thursday Morning & it's never a waste of time to come down and check us out. Everyone that comes down on a weekly basis knows that we have big Thursday's and not so big Thursday's but, there is always QUALITY in house. If you still haven't come to Pawcatuck, CT to check us out you really are missing something special!! We have some of New England's finest consignor's and we always like to throw out a "Thank You Ladies & Gentlemen!" These folks work hard to provide us with consignment and they are truly appreciated by the Chestnut Family. Our Buyer's are awesome too...they come in from all over New England to buy!!! We'd like to "Thank" our Buyers! Many of you are up before the crack of dawn traveling quite a ways to attend and your Patronage means alot to us!!
Well, Brimfield Week is just around the corner and we are all anticipating a GREAT show week!!! I think we've got two weeks before Show Week!! There's alot of Brimfield buzz already on the auction floor and we know everyone is getting ready to start topping off those big loads before going up!!! This is a fabulous time to sell your items...and a GREAT time to buy!!!
Our Twitter Site is dong very well!!! We are collecting such awesome Followers!!! We'd like to give everyone Tweeting with us a Shout Out!!! We are excited to have with us the Maine Antique Digest, RubyLane, Antique TV, Newman Fine Arts, Auction Brokers, Trading 4 U, High Flying Auctions, PaperBack Swap, Chester Bohannon, Charles Midler, & Vicky Carlton!! :-) If you are Tweeting stop by these folks sites and see what their doing!
We'd like to send a special note to our Patrons:
Everyone attending the auction yesterday found out that Dad is under the weather we'd like you to know that we passed on your words of encouragement to Mom & Dad. Both of them are very appreciative of your kind thoughts. We also appreciate the emails from folks who did not attend yesterday but heard the news through the grapevine & emailed us. Your emails were forwarded to him. He would like everyone to know that he is on the mend and he plans on being at the auction on April 30th. Your kindness means more than you could know to all of us.
~Jeff & Kerri Chestnut
