SCHNECKSVILLE, PENN. — Tom Hall Auctions closed out the first month of the new year with its Americana and Primitives From Sunbury, Penn., auction, conducted on January 29. Featuring more than 200 lots of apothecary items, primitive hardware, copper, Pennsylvania Dutch woodwork, early Victorian telephones and more, the sale was led by a Pennsylvania German hand-carved and painted architectural house plaque dated to 1848, which made $1,920 with premium. Inscribed in German with Gothic lettering, the sign translated to “This house was built on the 27th of October, 1848,” and included the names of the homeowners, Heinrich Christian and Sophie Marie Steinhoff-Brinckmann. Additional highlights will be featured in an upcoming issue.
