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Flomaton Auction

Flomaton Auction August 29th

August 29, 2008

The Flomaton sale snuck up on me today since it isn’t being conducted with an online Ebay bidding capability.  There are several Victorian items up for bid including a few Belter chairs and the bed above, whose provenance, according to Flomaton is:
Purportedly Southern and owned by General Robert Patterson, he served War of 1812, Mexican [...]

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Sometimes You Need To Imagine The End Result

April 24, 2008

I love it when labels are still intact on antique furniture and in this case, thanks to the Flomaton sale, Rare Victorian readers can now firmly identify this parlor set as being by Karpen Brothers Furniture when they encounter it in the future. Other sets like this have been attributed to R.J. Horner countless [...]

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