DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — In the span of two days, June 30-July 1, Pook & Pook offered 625 lots from the collection of Mark & Marjorie Allen, who had been dealers in early American and Continental furniture, fine and decorative arts before their deaths in 2022 and 2014, respectively. The top lots from both days of sale each realized $22,860, one being the first lot of the sale, a Chippendale walnut slant front desk, circa 1760, that was attributed to the Perquimans County, N.C., workshop of Thomas White. The desk had DuPont provenance and had been illustrated in an article by John Bivins that appeared in the journal, American Furniture; it sold to a Southern collector who had never bought from Pook & Pook previously. Matching the same high price from a trade buyer, and coming on the second day of the sale, was a 15-foot-tall cast iron and zinc garden fountain with putti made by J.W. Fiske, circa 1875. Both results exceeded expectations and both prices include the buyer’s premium as reported by the auction house. A more extensive sale recap will appear in a future issue.