**EXHIBIT      31.1**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Sandston                Corporation; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information                included in this quarterly report fairly present in all material                respects                the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of                Sandston                Corporation as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly                report; |
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| 4. | I                am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls                and                procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))                and                internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange                Act                Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Sandston Corporation 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 changes in the registrant’s internal control over                financial reporting 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. | I                have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control                over financial reporting, to Sandston Corporation’s auditors and the audit                committee of the Sandston Corporation’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                Sandston Corporation’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 Sandston Corporation’s internal                controls over financial reporting. |
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| /s/                Daniel J. Dorman |
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| Name:           | Daniel                J. Dorman |
| Title:                              | President                and CEO (Principal Executive Officer) |
| Date:                               | November                7, 2008 |

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