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This year we honored Valdemar Jacobsen, former Huntington Historical Society Board member.
     Valdemar Jacobsen has been a mainstay of the Huntington community for over 50 years after marrying his St. Lawrence College sweetheart and native Huntingtonian, Virginia “Ginna” Potter. His nationally prominent reputation as a dealer in American furniture and antiques began during his college years and ultimately led to the shop he designed and built on the corner of Shore Road and 25A in Cold Spring Harbor, a site formerly known as Bedlam Corner. Val and Ginna have been proud and involved members of the Huntington Community, raising their three daughters here and being involved in school and numerous charitable activities.

      Val’s love of antiques and their history were at the core of his business and he enthusiastically shared his passion with everyone he came into contact with. He developed an early interest in Long Island history and objects and has generously shared his knowledge and collection. Most recently the Jacobsen’s have donated an important. still-life painting by the well known Long Island artist William Davis to the Huntington Historical Society. The painting is on display at the newly renovated Visitor’s/Exhibit Center in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building on Main Street. Val’s career as a prominent antique dealer has taken  him across the country to participate in major antique shows from Houston to Minneapolis, Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia and the prestigious East Side Settlement House Park Avenue Antique Show in New York.

     In view of his many accomplishments and contributions in the field of American decorative arts and Long Island history and his service to the Huntington community as well as his service as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Huntington Historical Society we were pleased to honor Valdemar Jacobsen at this year’s An Evening of Wine Under the Stars.