From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, 5/20/1904, p. 7, c. 4
By the Valentine Auction Co.,
Auctioneers.
AUCTION SALE
AT
PRATT’S CASTLE
Continues To-Day,
Friday, May 20th,
Commencing 10:30 o’Clock
The sale will begin on the old antique furniture, consisting of in part rare old antique Mahogany Frame Mirror, massive old Mahogany Wardrobe, old Mahogany Chairs, old Mahogany Work Stand, Bookcase and Books in Sets, Tables, handsome Bed Linen, Carpets, rare Pictures and Engravings, Mahogany Beds and Dressers, and numerous other articles. We again request that children be left at home, as they positively will not be admitted in the castle.
SPENCER CORNICK, Executor
THE VALENTINE AUCTION CO.,
Auctioneers.