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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
17 Jul 2023
Rob Pelaez


NextImg:Assets from Back Bay bar the Pour House set for online auction Wednesday

Patrons of the Back Bay’s long-standing bar, the Pour House, may remember the wide array of vintage signs, memorabilia and even a six-foot tall female pirate statue.

On Wednesday, those items and others from the shuttered Boylston Street establishment hit the auction block.

The Paul E. Saperstein Company will be holding the online auction, scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m., through BidSpotter.com. Nearly 200 souvenirs that lined the Pour House walls for more than three decades will be auctioned off.

Michael Saperstein, executive vice president of the firm, said they had been holding onto the Pour House relics following the bar’s 2020 closure. BidSpotter, he said, allows for an international audience to take part in the auction, with some people from various parts of the country already asking about some assets.

“A lot of people have memories from this bar and it pulls on the heartstrings sometimes,” Saperstein told the Herald. “People who want to see some of the assets are able to come over to our warehouse in Holbrook.”

Both of the bar’s exterior signs are also listed on the BidSpotter auction site.

Pour House ownership announced on social media in March of 2020 that it would be temporarily closing its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bar’s instagram account posted a message saying they hoped to reopen in April 2020.

In September 2020, the bar posted a montage of photos from previous years and captioned it with an emotional farewell, announcing it would be closing after being in business almost 35 years.

“For the last 34 years, we have prided ourselves with always being open, 365 days a year, knowing you would always be there to support us,” the caption read. “And so it is so very sad to say……….Sorry, we’re closed.”