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ately calls her “pedigreed back- ground.” As an undergraduate at Columbia College, Rebecca had briefly studied abroad in England, where—entranced by the collections in the British Museum—she set her sights on the decorative arts as a profession. In the Winterthur Museum’s
prestigious graduate program, she studied American furniture, textiles, silver, pottery and the other decorative arts.
Excitement from the floor runs high, especially when something like a large Edgefield pot sells for $90,000.
“I hope people can see our enthusiasm,” notes Rebecca, the company’s managing di- rector. “It’s not just our passion for these objects but for the relationships we develop with the clients we work with—peo- ple from all over the world!” “We personally visit each client,” adds Jeremy, “and we’ll look at everything from attic to crawlspace, if the client desires.”
registry, originally marked $400 by a tag sale company, auc- tioned to prominent collectors of Americana for $25,800. For Jeremy, the passion struck in middle school when he started collecting coins. At
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4 1. The Mattison tall case clock.
2. A Victorian-era Murano glass punchbowl, about 10 inches high.
3. A crewelwork wall hanging made of homespun cotton and wool, probably 1830s.
4. An extremely rare house servant’s desk with slant front from the 1770s.
5. A tomahawk/trade pipe, about 200 years old.
6. The carved jade phoenix from China.
18, he became intrigued with Southern stoneware, which was rising dramatically in value. Veteran collectors “took me under their wing,” he says, and taught him the ropes of buying and selling. At 19, he graduated from auctioneering school and, with his grandfather, opened a small auction house in Lugoff, S.C. From there, he moved to Charlton Hall Galleries in Columbia, a long-established firm that he describes respect- fully as “auction boot camp.” By 26, the young man had developed such an eye that he was elected to the advisory council to the board of the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum, serving as chair of the Collections Committee.
Rebecca Phillips joined the
staff of Charlton Hall in 2010, bringing what Jeremy affection-
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The couple believes that it’s important for people to realize that an enormous amount of
6 At Charlton Hall, where Jeremy
researched pottery and Rebecca researched furniture, love and mutual interests led to a double partnership: They were married in September 2012 and six months later, opened Wooten and Wooten in Camden. Their four large auctions per year are energetic events. Roughly 100 items an hour pass under the gavel. Bids stream in from four directions: the floor, the Internet, the phone and the roster of absentee bidders.
research, skill and knowledge goes into handling the objects that they sell. “We’re here,” Jeremy says, “to help people realize the greatest profit for their items.” 2
WOOTEN & WOOTEN 1036 Broad St. Camden, SC 29020 866-570-0144
wootenandwooten.com
Margaret Locklair is a Lowcountry freelance writer. Contact her at
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