About the Sale
Explore the treasures from Bristol Native Wallace “Wally” Barnes and Barbara Hackman Franklin, our former US Secretary of Commerce.
This is an incredible 56 acre property up on Chippens Hills with its own airplane hanger and ...view moreFAA approved runway!
Wally & Barbara traveled for many years bringing back some wonderful treasures. They also both received many gifts over the years to honor their accomplishments.
Keep an eye out for some great political mementos, stunning furniture, beautiful art, statues, a large Persian rug, lamps, mirrors, plants, decor, many signed art glass pieces including Steuben, Orrofors, Waterford and many more treasures.
About Barbara Hackman Franklin:
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official, corporate director, and international business advisor and executive who served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush. In the 1970s she headed the effort by President Richard Nixon to recruit and appoint women for high-level government positions; following this, she was appointed one of the first Commissioners and the first Vice Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Altogether, she has served in the administrations of five U.S. Presidents. She has received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (2006), was inducted into the Government Executive Government Hall of Fame (2023) and has been named one of the “50 Women who Made American Political History” (TIME Magazine, 2017).
As Secretary of Commerce, Franklin served as the highest-ranking woman in the George H.W. Bush administration and the 13th woman to serve in the US Cabinet. Her market-opening initiatives in China, Russia, Japan and Mexico helped to increase American exports during this time, a major administrative goal. She led a Presidential mission to China in 1992 that normalized commercial relations, removed the ban on ministerial contact that the U.S. had imposed following the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989, and brought back $1 billion in signed contracts for American companies. Trade with China grew dramatically in the ensuing years as did foreign investment. In 2016, she was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award in US-China Relations” by the US-China Policy Foundation.
Secretary Franklin’s public service began in 1971, when she was recruited by President Richard Nixon to bring more qualified women into high-level policy-making government positions. As Staff Assistant to the President, she led this effort which nearly quadrupled the number of women in policy-making positions, and created a talent bank of qualified women for future openings. More than half of these positions to which women were appointed during this time were previously held only by men, and the number of women on boards and commissions increased as well. Her White House story is told in the 2012 book by Lee Stout, A Matter of Simple Justice: the Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and A Few Good Women.
Born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Franklin graduated with distinction from the Pennsylvania State University and was one of the first women graduates of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Among her many honors, awards, and honorary degrees, she has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State and the Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Financial Executives International Hall of Fame in 2015. She was married to Wallace Barnes, chairman and CEO of Barnes Group (retired), until his passing in 2020.
About Wallace “Wally” Barnes
Wallace Barnes (March 22, 1926 – December 10, 2020) was the chairman and chief executive officer of Barnes Group, Inc., a global manufacturer of aerospace and industrial components.
Barnes was a former Connecticut state senator, Connecticut gubernatorial candidate, and Bristol Republican town chairman. He practiced law and served on numerous public and private company boards. He was a delegate to eight national GOP conventions.
A graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School, he was married to Barbara Hackman Franklin, former US Secretary of Commerce, and they resided in Bristol, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. Barnes is a member of the Barnes family, the first settlers of Bristol.
Barnes was born in Bristol, Connecticut, to Lillian (née Houbertz) and Harry Clarke Barnes as one of four children. He was named after his grandfather Wallace Barnes, the founder of the Barnes Group in 1857, and is a direct descendant of Ebenezer Barnes, who became the first permanent settler of Bristol in 1728. His grandfather, Wallace Barnes, was born in 1827 and worked at his Bristol family store as a druggist and later as a clock-maker for several firms. When one firm went bankrupt, they offered the elder Barnes his back wages in the form of hoop skirt wire. The elder Barnes then sold the hoop skirt wire for over $1,500 and started his own business manufacturing hoops and steel springs in 1857; later, in 1859, he continued solely with springs when the hoop-skirt demand declined. This manufacturing company proved to be the beginnings of the Barnes Group.
As a teenager, Barnes became interested in flying and joined the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in World War II. He attended Bristol public schools before graduating from Deerfield Academy in 1944. Barnes graduated Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, from Williams College in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, and served as his class's vice president.
After graduating, he went to Yale University and graduated with an LL.B. degree in 1952, and served as a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.
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