On Saturday March 14, 2009 at 5 pm Michael and Seth Fallon of Copake Auction Inc. conducted a successful catalogued Americana sale to a full auction house. The sale featured the contents of a Southampton, NY estate including period & country furniture, artwork, folk art, weathervanes, a quilt collection, primitives and period accessories. Over 550 lots were sold to a full house with a total of 200 registered bidders and 350 phone and absentee bids.

Some highlighted sold items from the sale include a 19th c. bronze clock surround $7,700, an 18th c. cherry wood Conn. Chippendale serpentine chest having reeded quarter columns and ogee bracket feet $5,060, an 18th c. William & Mary child’s size single drawer blanket chest $1,760, an 18th c. Hudson Valley dingle drawer tavern table $1,265, a polychrome patriotic Federal eagle wood carving $1,100, an early 19th c. Maine decorated dressing table $1,485, a Running horse weathervane $1,430, a pair of 19th c. watercolor portraits of twin children $1,210, a 19th c. framed tile grouping of a pub scene $1,045, a 19th c. North Shore mahogany Tambour desk $1,320, a 19th c. oil on canvas signed “Snyder 79” $1,760 and a 19th c. whig rose appliqué quilt $1,375. “The crowd seemed very optimistic, I have a good feeling of things to come” Seth Fallon commented.

Copake Auction’s next sale will be their 18th Annual Antique & Classic Bicycle Auction on Saturday April 18th at 10 am and the traditional pre-sale Swap Meet on Friday April 17th from dawn until dusk. This is the premiere bicycle auction in the country featuring bikes, accessories and memorabilia from approximately 1850-1950. An early photo preview is online at www.copakeauction.com. Pre and Post sale results and preview are available on their website and they are always accepting quality consignments. To contact them call 518-329-1142 or email info@copakeauction.com