DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — Four watercolor portraits of members of the Thurmond family, attributed to the Guilford Limner (South Carolina and Kentucky, active 1818-1833) achieved pride of place at the top of Pook & Pook’s three-day Americana auction, conducted October 1-3. The set, sold on the first day of the auction, was estimated just $8/12,000 and did much better, going out at $150,000, including buyer’s premium. Each dated “1824” and bearing the sitter’s name (Philip, William, Martha and Elizabeth Thurmond), the portraits were hung in 11⅝-by-9⅝-inch frames. They had provenance to the estate of Daniel I. Keys, Hanover, Penn., and were closely related to portraits of the Gaines family in the collection of the Kentucky Historical Society. Further review of the auction will be in a forthcoming issue.