EXHIBIT 31.1



Certification of the Principal Executive
Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13A-14(A)/15D-14(D) as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



I, Daniel J. Dorman, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Sandston Corporation;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
in this report;
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| | 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
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| | d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial report-ing that occurred during
the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal controls over financial reporting.
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|Date:  August 13, 2012 | /s/ Daniel J. Dorman         
|                       | Name:                         | Daniel J. Dorman                     
|                       | Title:                        | President and Chief Executive Officer
|                       | (Principal Executive Officer)