Beverley & Jeff Evans

Effective January 1, 2009, GVA's specialty/catalog auction division is exclusively maintained under Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Inc., owned by husband and wife team Jeff & Beverley Evans. 

Jeff Evans has sold many important and landmark collections for such consignors as Duff & Molly Allen of Falmouth, MA, John Bilane, noted cup plate collector and author, of Union, NJ; Dr. & Mrs. Oscar Hollander of Cape Cod, MA; Kyle Husfloen of Dubuque, IA; Mac & Dolly McKenney of Mint Spring, VA; Dr. Charles Rand Penney of Lockport, NY; Anne & Dr. Leon Powell of Stuart, FL; Sean & Patricia Skinner of Houston, TX; the H. Richard Strand Trust of Sandwich, MA; and John and Elizabeth Welker of Bucks Co., PA.

The company logo, a white on blue folk art image of a leaping stag, is inspired by the decoration found on the circa 1800 hanging cupboard that brought the highest bid price in the history of Jeff Evans' cataloged auctions.  Boldly painted by Johannes Spitler in red, white and blue, a featuring a six-point buck bounding diagonally across the door panel, the cupboard achieved a record price for American painted furniture when it sold on November 12, 2004 for $962,500. 

Construction on a new 7,500 square foot state-of-the-art auction gallery, designed specifically for cataloged auctions, should be completed by May 2009.  Established customers will be happy to know that the new facility will be within walking distance of the old location in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. 

Jeff Evans’ expertise in Early American Pattern Glass and 18th and 19th century Shenandoah Valley furniture and decorative arts is recognized throughout Virginia and across the United States. He has worked as an appraiser and consultant for Virginia collections at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace in Staunton, the Stonewall Jackson House in Lexington, the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art and Heritage Center in Dayton, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester.  In addition, Evans has worked closely with the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, the Sandwich Glass Museum in Sandwich, MA, the WV Museum of American Glass, and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in Winston Salem, NC, as well as numerous other national institutions. 

Beverley Evans served on the Board of Directors at the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, VA for 10 years, and currently serves on the Board at Fort Harrison, Inc. in Dayton, VA.  Jeff Evans is on the Board of Directors at the Museum of American Glass in Weston, WV. For more than fifteen years Jeff served on the Board at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society where he was also the Head of the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art & Heritage Center's Museum Committee. 
  

Over the years, Jeff and Beverley have performed countless hours of antiques research with special interest in material made in the Shenandoah Valley, and they have contributed pieces from their private collection to various museum exhibits.  Jeff has lectured and conducted classes on antiques including American glass and Shenandoah Valley pottery, and in 2004, Jeff’s extensive knowledge of Valley pottery was showcased when he served as guest curator and co-authored the accompanying catalog for the exhibit, “A Great Deal of Stone & Earthen Ware – The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery.”  As a guest speaker at the 2009 MESDA furniture seminar, Jeff lectured on Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Seating Forms of the Late 18th to Early 20th Centuries.  An exhibit on this same subject is scheduled to run from late 2009 through early 2010 at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA. 

While their new auction facility is under construction, the staff of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will work from their old location at 2259 Green Valley Lane in Mt. Crawford, VA 22841.  Standard office hours for Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates are Mondays through Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. USA Eastern Time. 

TEL: (540) 434-3939

FAX: (540) 434-3399 (not operational until new building is completed)

EMAIL: info@jeffreysevans.com

WEB: www.jeffreysevans.com

NEW GALLERY LOCATION/SHIPPING ADDRESS (to be completed May/June 2009):

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates

2177 Green Valley Lane

Mt. Crawford, VA 22841

Correspondence mail also be sent to:

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates

P. O. Box 2638

Harrisonburg, VA 22801-2638 

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is located just two miles east of Mt. Crawford, VA, between Harrisonburg and Staunton. Take I-81 to exit 240 and turn east on Route 682 (Friedens Church Road), then proceed 1.5 miles to Route 681 (S. Whitesel Church Road) to Green Valley Lane.  The auction gallery is only two hours from Washington D. C. and Richmond, VA, and just minutes from hotels and quality B & Bs.