PHILADELPHIA — With bids closing on February 23, Fire Antiques conducted an online-only Valentine’s Fire Memorabilia Auction, which offered more than 230 lots of firefighting memorabilia from trumpets to torches to badges to ephemera. The top lot of the sale was a 36-inch-tall fire alarm telegraph box lamp from Boston. All four sides of the red-lens gas lamp are marked “Fire Alarm” and one side reads “opening the door does not give the alarm / the hook inside must be pulled.” Stamped on the metal frame is the label “Property of the City of Boston Street Lighting.” As only a few of these lamps are known to be held in private collections, this rare piece of Boston history was estimated to earn $7,5/8,500 but was claimed by an East Coast collector for the price of $6,195 with the buyer’s premium. A more comprehensive review of the Valentine’s sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.