News from Hudson Valley Auctioneers

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday Monday September 15th at 5:00 PM EST.  In house preview is Sunday prior from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm. and features combined estates from Westport CT.; Heritage Hills, Somers; Tarrytown NY; Garrison NY, collections from Gramercy Park NYC, northern Mass. and many others. Another eclectic offering over 550 fresh to the market goods.

Expect to find a large selection of Arts and Crafts period oak furniture with many Stickley pieces, art and studio pottery, large lighting selection including many panel lamps, period lamp bases, Hammerton Studios chandeliers and decorative accessories from the period.

A rare offering of 22 original United States patent models acquired directly from O'Rundell and Richards Gilbert. A large selection antique furniture featuring an excellent bookcase secretary signed T. Timpson, ex Israel Sack with a letter by Sack describing it to the eventual buyer, a not to be overlooked swing leg drop leaf dining table with stylized dolphin foot and carved knees, a large selection Biedermeier examples primarily from an old NY club and a Sleepy Hollow NY estate and a collection of country furnishings from an old Rosendale NY mountaintop cabin.

Also from the Sleepy Hollow estate comes a collection of train related material amassed by a German American typesetter whose interest spanned all aspects of the US train system. The collection includes a very large collection Baltimore and Ohio Railroad china, a collection of train related stereopticon cards, several lanterns, telegraph insulators, an Edison poster and Marklin, Lionel and KBN toy trains. 

A selection of artwork from many periods is led by a recently discovered pastoral scene by Aaron Draper Shattuck and is joined by the works of Arthur Kurtz, Romero Britto, Samuel Bell Waugh, Marcotte de Quivieres, Andrew Vargish, A. Maillol, Carole Kunstadt, E.L. Sumner, James Coignard, Fran Ferryman, John McClellan, George Parker, Steve Story (5), Judith Holt (6) and many others. 

The ever popular Mid Century Modern grouping this sale has several stand outs including a period Eames lounge and ottoman and 4 swivel chairs, a pair of Sigurd Ressel "Falcon" chairs, 3 pieces Hamada Shoji  studio pottery along with potters Margaret Israel, Hiroshi Nakayama and Carles Graham, wood works by Kelly Donn and Timothy Lydgate, an early Plycraft chair, Wright Steubenville and Iroquois sets and 4 Aalto stools.

A fine pair of bronze Meiji period planters, a large polychrome wooden Japanese parade dragon and several groups of Chinese porcelain are scattered throughout. Country smalls including stoneware, textiles, decorative accessories, fine china sets, a large selection of Persian and Asian carpets, clocks, bronzes, signs and hundreds of ounces of sterling hollowware and flatware will also join the fray. 

Several sure to be highlights include a tremendous 6 panel stained and leaded glass scene of a Roman man with wine barrel measuring 7' by 14' tall, a titled 1973 Triumph Bonneville 750 motorcycle, a Hartzell Propeller Company  6 ft prop in original finish and decals on a custom mount, a  unique vintage galvanized tin door door cabinet ca. 1940/50  and a rare collection of several pieces of original Peter Hunt decorated furniture.

The sales conclude with 100 lots of estate jewelry as well as a one owner collection of gold and gold filled pocket watches.

Plan to preview in person (recommended!) or view the sales online. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday the day after the sale from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo De Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved one owner collection with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday August 11th at 5:00 PM EST.  Previews are by appointment only beginning 7/28. The sale features one man's lifelong interest in American postal history, stamped and unstamped historical letters, rare postmarks, hotel postmarks, Civil War; Union and Confederate covers, stamps and postmarks, some colonial currency, CDV and cabinet cards and other interesting material. 

A few examples of dated letters' authors include Peter Gansevoort 1818, Jared Sparks 1822, John Rogers 1878, James Turner 1836, Mathew Livingston Davis, Willian Hendricks 1820, Abraham Oakey Hall 1895, Thaddeus Stevens 1842, Charles Augustus Dewey 1846, James Guthrie 1855, Franz Lehar, Andrew Beaumont, Jacob Meyerbeer 1859 and many others. Two lots of particular interest are a group of three ca.1780 Erasmus Hall Library bookplates and a lot of two early bookplates from the New York Society Library. This auction is the first of several sales of like material from the same collection.

 Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 8/12 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend pick up appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday June 9th at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday 6/8  from 1pm-5pm and Monday from  2pm-4:30pm or by appointment beginning 6/2.

The sale includes the remaining select contents of the Richard Ramsdell's long closed Chester Square Antiques building and the choice contents of the historic Yelverton Store and Inn in which he lived for almost 50 years. " Rick" had completely furnished the inn and meticulously curated the contents with the desire to donate all to the local historical society, a plan that didn't reach fruition. Expect a large NY stoneware collection, lots of lighting, country and period furniture, textiles, lots of hearth items, fine baskets, several ash burl bowls, needleworks, decoys, oriental carpets, several fine portraits, antique and reference books and early glass. 

 Several other estates contributed continental furniture, hundreds of ounces sterling flatware and hollowware, estate jewelry, a fine Parzinger sideboard and other mid century furniture and decorations, a clock collection, 4 vintage pinball machines and many other items of interest. The city of Beacon decommissioned a fire department originally formed in the 1880's and have consigned 3 silver plate engraved chief horns, spelter statues and oak chairs and benches. 

 Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website. Gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 6/10 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend pick up appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday May 5th at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday 5/4  from 1pm-5pm and Monday from  2pm-4:30pm or by appointment beginning 4/28. The sale includes the partial contents of the Estate of Jack McAauliffe, the Estate of Mark Morrison and others.

Mark Morrison began his life as a sculptor while nearing his professional retirement. In the late 1930's and into the 1940's, he, like many of the younger artists in New York City, availed himself to the great many academies, museums, teachers and mentors it offered. He studied with John Flannagan before his death, and then Jose de Creeft and William Zorach at the Art Students League. Having an attraction and aptitude for the ideas of the direct carving movement and good thorough craft, he took advantage of the growing public interest in a new American sculpture, and worked quickly to become a contemporary of his teachers. Through the 1950's he exhibited with them, sold, entered competitions, and won awards and unfortunately died suddenly in October of 1964. The 61 lots in this auction consist of 36 primarily stone sculptures and 23 original photographs of his work by Soichi Sunami acquired from his widow several years ago and now offered in their entirety at this sale. 

I first met Jack McAuliffe when I was in my early 20's and operating my first auction company in Cold Spring NY in 1983. A fine, affable man he was among many who helped to guide and educate me in the business of the auction trade. Beyond that he also shared his acumen and appreciation for the fine art that he purchased from me on occasion and later as my business grew became an occasional consignor. His remaining stock and personal collection and possessions are now offered in this sale and include many fine paintings, multiples and period frames, several bronzes and quality 19th century smalls among them an original plaster maquette by Daniel Chester French.  . 

Other estates provided Mid Century furniture, bedroom and dining pieces in teak as well including a Bruno Mathsson lounge. Estate jewelry in gold and silver set with various stones will be plentiful as well as a large selection of sterling hollowware and flatware. A small selection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, artwork and an exceptional rosewood carved dragon chair will begin the general sale. Expect offerings of Tiffany, Steuben, Lalique, fine china and glass, a small collection diecast and other toys and a varied but interesting group of estate furniture from country to high style.

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website. Gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 5/6 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend pick up appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399