New England Auctions – The Americana Collection of Frank Gaglio
Live Auction Thursday June 6th 2024
newenglandauctions.com
14 Business Park Dr Ste. 5, Branford CT 06495
BRANFORD, CONN. — New England Auctions will present the Frank Gaglio collection of Americana on June 6 at 10 am. Gaglio’s 40-plus years as a dealer, collector, show promoter and supporter of this material has amassed a large and diverse collection of Americana with a personal curation. Every piece has a story, often based on the people who touched each piece. As Gaglio has said many times, “The dealers are family.”
Featured items include a rare applique quilt with human and animal figures. A group of fraternal items, including heart-in-hand staffs, a rare hanging tramp art cupboard with Odd Fellows iconography, Odd fellows ceiling panels and more.
A cast iron hitching post figure of a seated dog will be offered as well as other hitching posts and cast iron objects. There is depth in many areas, including weathervanes, walking sticks, trade signs, folk carvings, country furniture and garden antiques.
A color catalog will be available for this sale. The sale will be live at the gallery and live-streamed on NewEnglandAuctions.com, Bidsquare.com, Liveauctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Preview will commence May 28. New England Auction is at 14 Business Park Drive, directly off I-95. For information, 475-234-5120 or www.newenglandauctions.com.
In Person Preview May 29th-31st & June 3rd-4th 9am-3:30pm
Special Preview Reception June 5th 2pm-5pm
info@newenglandauctions.com 475-234-5120
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