Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery to host auction to help business stay open

This August, Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery saw its worst month of business since the pandemic.

It was a combination of factors, said General Manager Brent Allen, including tariffs and financial uncertainty in Salem households that have people prioritizing groceries over getting art framed. 

The gallery had already been operating essentially month to month since Covid. After August, the gallery’s owners, who include Allen, considered shutting down the framing operation, about 85% of their…