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 February 21st at an early start of 3:00 PM EST.
The day's bidding starts with the two collections of vintage advertising items, one a long time accumulation of clocks, signage, paperweights and display items. The other is an archival group saved from a local Putnam County historic business, Forson Bros. general store, located in the center of what is now the hamlet of Garrison New York.
The store opened in the 1880's in what was originally called Forsonville. Included in the offering of advertising items is a large lot of day books, purchase and sales receipts and the traveling stage makeup kit along with three vintage photos of "America's Tattooed Lady" , Annie Howard. How it ended up in this trove is unknown.
A retiring antiques dealer and collector's home in Brewster, Cape Cod added a large selection of 19th century furniture and decorative accessories to the 625 lot auction. Chests, tables, sets of chairs, Japanese and Chinese porcelains, Japanese woodblocks, glassware and many interesting bits and lots of treasure. Additionally from a legendary Long Island collector comes several Chinese scrolls, an excellent selection of vintage sari's, vintage Japanese clothing and embroidery as well as a long time Yonkers collection of vintage pull toys, cast iron banks, bears and carnival targets.
Mid Century includes a great Adrian Pearsall swivel chair, two possible stools, lighting from the period, a Michel Arnoult dining set, Eames LCW pair, two pair ESS speakers as highlights.
Artworks abound and include works by Edith Varian Cockcroft, Two by Peggy Dodds, Maurice Sterne life drawings, two attributed to Jan Bruegel, three by Victor Gatto, ten abstracts by Leonard Wallace, George Braque litho, three Erte AP, eight works by Joachim Probst, two oils by John Francis Murphy, several watercolors by Samuel Coleman and many others.
Several china services and various fine porcelains, spelters and bronzes, several fine clocks, collection bladed weapons, jewelry and silver, early photography, Persian rugs, several icons, early needlework's, a vintage slot machine, two Featherweight machines and a great vintage jewelers showcase.
In house previews are Sunday 2/20 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm or by appointment.
Absentee and phone bidding is available, all lots offered through liveauctioneers.com
Pickup of all items Tuesday 2/22/22 from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment.
Shipping is by third party vendors only.
For more information see 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 celebrate New Years Day with an unreserved antique and estate auction on Saturday January 1st beginning promptly at 1:00 PM EST. The sale offers bidding with online platform Liveauctioneers.com as well as absentee and phone bidding. This year's annual sale incorporates three interesting estates and a collector clearing out some closets.
The day's line up starts with Chinese and Asian artifacts; porcelain, marble topped stands, metalwork, artworks, Nichols rugs and bronzes. A large selection of American and Continental bronzes follows and includes works by artists including Barye, Vincenzo Vela, Dumaige, Weinert, Claude Michel, August Carrier, Joseph Gustave, A. Waagen, Duchoiselle, Mene, Sally Clark and several others.
A rare Tiffany Makers tall clock, a fine Chelsea ships clock, a lighted Abstract Plexiglas Composition by Emmy Packard, two Atmos presentation clocks and several American wooden clocks are mixed in with music boxes, disc players and victrolas. The most important being a rare concert model music box by D. Allard and Sandoz with 9 bells and 10 interchangeable cylinders in a fine boulle inlaid freestanding case. From the Scarsdale estate comes several pieces of 18th and 19th century furniture and several Persian carpets as well as an exceptional Caucasian saddle cover in excellent condition and a fine 18th century Verdure tapestry.
Of the Americana highlights a monumental probably Fiske cow weathervane competes with a rare 6 gallon Hamilton and Jones stoneware crock with an eagle and four stars. Four George Nakashima 'grass seat' chairs, Gustav Stickley including two dining tables, two sets of chairs and a plate rack sideboard, an exceptional Thonet center table and a French Majorelle style table will be of interest as well as two Waterford chandeliers and a vintage Leica camera.
Standout oils in the sale include works by artists Alfred W, Kowalski, Johann Bertholsen, Anne Congdon, James Buttersworth, Jan Powlowski, Louis Betts, William Zorach, Charles D. Gibson, Ugo Bernusconi, Peggy Dodds, Fried Pal, Allen Newton and many others.
As in prior holiday auctions estate jewelry features prominently with approximately 30 lots vintage Bakelite, some fine jewelry and is joined by several sterling flatware services, hollowware and other various little treasures. The sale encompasses approximately 450 lots.
Previews are prior Thursday and Friday noon to 5pm, Saturday 10-12:30 pm sale time or by appointment.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday November 1st at an early start of 3:00 PM EST. Several local estates combine to offer an interesting and diverse sale of 600 lots.
A trip to Dallas, PA to look at bronzes was successful and also ended up with a van load of the life work and personal collection of the 'Crawford and Gloria' including props, scrapbooks and performance posters as well as their personal collection vintage magic posters and ephemera to be sold in individual and grouped lots.
The day's bidding starts with the final public auction offering of Louise Abrams artworks, acrylic paintings, intricate drawings, sketchbooks and sculpture. An excellent collection of record players, telephones, several Edison Standards with two horns as well as two large lots of cylinder records and other machines will follow. Other items from a Cortland estate include several metal disc players and roller organs, two of which are coin operated, interesting scales, a large inkwell collection, a large doll collection and a Winchester 10 gauge cannon. Two swords; a rare Robert Mole US confederacy sword and a rare Austrian M1858 Heavy Cavalry Trooper example , a rare Mark W, Cross & Co. tack and saddlery cabinet, several marble and alabaster carvings and pedestals led by two carved bas relief plaques signed "Lot Corelli, Firenze" should all garner attention.
A Garrison NY estate offers up a large collection of Chinese porcelains, carved jades, collections of figurines, bronzes, Japanese inro, snuff bottles and other artifacts.
Artworks include works by Samuel Rothbart, Francesco DiCocco, I.T. Hansen, Andrew Ragon, Michail Yakovlov, Edward Smythe, Gerrit Hondius, Michel Rodde and others. Bronzes include a fine "Last Days of Napoleon" by Vincenzo Vela, Jean Baptiste Belloc ``Swords into Ploughshares", large 19th century setter animalier and several other French 19th century bronzes. Among other bronzes is a Tiffany counterbalance floor lamp, a large Tiffany Zodiac inkwell and a bronze and glass grapevine deskset.
Several china services and various fine porcelains, decorative items from many periods combined with English and American mahogany such as a large faux bamboo book cabinet, an oversize Syrian brass decorated marriage chest, lots of quarter sawn oak, tester beds, a group of solid rosewood Anglo Indian carved furniture and much more are scattered throughout.
Good lots of Mid Century modern furniture and accessories are led by a pair of Eames lounge chairs and ottomans and other Hermann Miller furniture, rosewood bedroom furniture, Venini sconces, Ficks Reed bamboo, rare bamboo lounge, a Paul Evans ``Patchwork" dresser box, a pair of Barcelona and a pair of Wassily chairs, three George Nelson ``Omni" wall units, four Greg Copeland 1970's glass framed artworks and a Fortuny glass and metal chandelier are among the highlights.
A nice selection of estate carpets and textiles, a few hundred troy ounces of silver in flatware and hollowware, a selection of fine estate jewelry, a large lot carnival glass and a large lot Hummels will also be offered. Please see our advertisement in this "Bee" and visit our website. In person previews are scheduled for Sunday 10/31 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm. Absentee and phone bidding is available. All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com. Pickup of all items Tuesday 11/2 from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. Shipping is by third party vendors only.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday September 13th at an early start of 3:00 PM EST. Several local estates combine to offer an interesting and diverse sale of 600 lots.
The sale begins with another session of 100 lots of Louise Abrams artworks, acrylic paintings, intricate drawings and sculpture with the final offering in our next fall sale. The next 100 lots are the continuation of the local estate collection of sextants, telescopes and microscopes, several barometers, transits, scientific instruments, a rare Fairbanks seed scale, a fine binnacle stand and other oddities. Several clocks are included in both sessions including two antique tall clocks , Atmos, regulators, gilt wood, Eli Terry, Chelsea ships clock, electric and other examples. An Edison cylinder Triumph with a wooden horn, an Edison Standard with two horns as well as two large lots of cylinder records and other machines will be sold. A barn find 1946 Ercoupe single engine airplane in need of restoration and comes with a vintage parachute.
Artworks include works by G.W.Nicholson, William Merritt Post, George Campbell, Calder, Anthony Toney, Bernard Shirley Carter J. Arnold and others. Studio and art pottery and glass are represented by makers Galle, Rookwood, Bauer, Charle Graham, Carlos Zauli, Richard Bampi, Cas Vietri, Boch Freres, Blomdahl, Lalique and Baccarat, Nils Landberg, Daum, Steuben and Waterford.
Several fine china services, Chinese porcelains and carved jades, collections of figurines, bronzes, and decorative items from many periods mixes with English and American mahogany, pine and walnut pieces including some good country, Baker, Pompanoosuc Mills pieces, garden items including iron benches, Victorian urns, wrought iron, cast stone and carved marble including a 17th Italian carved plaque.
Good lots of Mid Century modern furniture and accessories with Camer chandeliers to McCobb furniture as representatives. A nice collection of estate carpets and textiles and a few hundred troy ounces of silver in flatware and hollowware will be sold. Please see our advertisement in this "Bee" and visit our website. In person previews are scheduled for Sunday 9/12 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm. Absentee and phone bidding is available.
All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com. Pickup of all items Tuesday 9/14 from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. 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 absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday August 9th at an early start of 3:00 PM EST. A gallery preview will be held Sunday 8/8 from 1-5 and Monday day of sale beginning at 12 noon and ending at 2:30 pm or by appointment. Estates and collections from Mount Vernon, Walden, Park Ave. NYC, and others have combined to offer an interesting and diverse sale of 675 lots.The sale begins with a one owner collection of sextants, telescopes and microscopes, barometers, transits, sextants, canons, patent models, scientific instruments and various other oddities. Several clocks are included in both sessions including an antique tall clock, Atmos, regulators, gilt spelter and other various other examples.
Artworks offerings are led by artists Bernard Perlin, George Henry Bogert, Edward Gay, Estelle Ginsberg, two by Lemuel Wilmarth, D. Huntington, a Rodin watercolor sketch of Isadora Duncan, 3 modern bronzes by A. Sasso and an extraordinary bronze "Good Defeats Evil" by Zurab Tsereteli. Art pottery, Art Deco figurals, several fine china services, Chinese porcelains, Judaica, various collections of figurines, antique child portraiture and decorative items from many periods are just some of the categories represented. An extensive selection of English and American mahogany and walnut pieces from the last three centuries are led by the Park Avenue collection of George 3rd dining room and library pieces. Some good country and garden items including wicker, iron benches and a rare steer horn sofa are complemented by several good lots of Mid Century modern furniture and accessories Estate carpets and textiles, paisleys and a fine early pictorial tapestry will generate some interest from the trade. Costume and silver jewelry from the Mount Vernon estate will be offered in large lots and a few hundred troy ounces of silver in flatware and hollowware will be sold. Musical instruments include a D18 Martin guitar, an Irish harp, an Andrew Schroetter violin, a Gretsch drum set, a #281 Yamaha flute, a Scherl and Roth cello in case, an inlaid mandolin and a fine Lyon and Healy concert harp with a Carnegie Hall pedigree will round out the offering. The sale ends up with 200 lots of estate books, mostly related to architecture, Art Deco and Nouveau, decorating and other interesting topics. In person previews are scheduled for Sunday 8/8 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm. Absentee and phone bidding is available. All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com. Pickup of all items Tuesday 8/10 from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. 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
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday June 14th at an early start of 3:00 PM EST.
A gallery preview will be held Sunday 6/13 from 1-5 and Monday day of sale beginning at 12 noon and ending at 2:30pm or by appointment, several interesting estates and collections have combined to offer an interesting and diverse sale of 600 lots.
The sale begins with a one owner collection of sextants, microscopes, barometers, scientific instruments, several antique maps and various other oddities. Record players include a rare Berliner gramophone along with a rarer original record cabinet with original records. Several clocks are included in both sessions including an antique tall clock, carriage clocks, several Atmos, regulators, French figural bronze and gilt spelter and other various examples. Thirteen vintage coin op gumball machines were collected in the 1970'sat various flea markets and tag sales and are in working condition. Also assembled in the 1970's and 80's is a one owner 50 lot collection of archaic and dynastic Chinese and Anglo Roman glazed and unglazed pottery artifacts primarily purchased from London dealers by an Anglophile best selling author. Chinese, Japanese and other Asian pottery and artworks from the several other estates offered are scattered throughout the sale.
Artworks offerings are led by artists Henry Gasser, F.T. Sibley, Aaron Shattuck, Leon Devos, J. Francis Cropsey, G.S. Vander Poel, William Glackens, Frank Auerbach and four Paul Jacoulet woodblocks. Art pottery, blown art glass, Art Deco figurals and decorative items from many periods come from a New Jersey collection.
Mid Century items include two sets of eight BRNO chairs for Knoll, a Carlo Scarpa dining and coffee table in the Doge line, Brueton cantilever coffee table and glass objects by Charlie Miner, Brad Copping, Louis Via and Donald Robertson. A fine selection of English and American mahogany and walnut pieces from the last three centuries are scattered throughout. Some good country and garden items including some pieces from the Glenmere Mansion include cast iron, teak, cast stone and carved stone. A large selection of estate carpets, a collection of early fraternal robes and fur coats should yield some surprises.
Not much jewelry in this months' auction but more than 1000 troy ounces of silver in flatware and hollowware will be sold. Folk items from a large Westport estate will garner some attention; two large polychrome carved wooden plaques depicting scenes of Baron Von Munchausen's antics, a fine folksy hobby horse, a gilt horse weather vane, a sailor whirligig, two wallpaper hat boxes, a blue painted dome trunk 1841, a fine half hull and a small Prior school portrait of a child.
Bronzes are highlighted by an Albert Carrier Belleuse figure of Rembrandt, J. Smith 1901 figure of Napoleon on a marble plinth, Austrian cold painted Art Deco dancer and several examples of 17th and 18th century Flemish and Chinese cauldrons and pots. Auctioneers favorites are a paint decorated and carved horse drawn sleigh and a large Spanish Colonial oak carved panel both from the Westport estate. Please see our advertisement in this "Bee" and visit our Website.
In person previews are scheduled for Sunday 6/13 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm. Absentee and phone bidding is available. All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com. Pickup of all items is by curbside protocol Tuesday June 15th from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. Shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available on our website.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present a 2 session unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday May 3rd at an early start of 3:00 PM EST.
A gallery preview will be held Sunday May 2nd from 1-5 and Monday, day of sale beginning at 12 noon and ending at 2:30pm. The sale begins with 200 lots of sculpture, paintings and drawings from a newly rediscovered "Outsider" artist of remarkable talent. Louise Abrams born in 1941 studied in New York at the Art Students League, the New School and in Mexico at the Instituto Allende.She received her BA and has graduate work in the Fine Arts Department at CUNY. She had several gallery shows in the mid 1970's including Cloud Gallery June 1975, Auction 393 submissions in June 1975 and Pleiades Gallery exclusive show September 1975. Her work has been described as "a microscopic view of life", "Native American, Aboriginal, Olmec inspired'' and "visionary". Abrams' work and study has been interrupted throughout her life with severe mental and emotional challenges and has spent significant periods of her life in various institutions. A number of themes, possibly visions, dominate the few thousand works comprising the total of Abrams’ work from the 1970’s to the early 2000’s all of which is court ordered to be sold by Hudson Valley Auctioneers. This May sale will be the fourth of several offerings to liquidate the entire block of work from sculpture in stone, ink drawings, oils on board and canvas and numerous sketch pads. The gallery anticipates one further sale. Price results have already accelerated since the initial offering in November 2020.
Session two features 400 fresh estate lots including 19th century furniture, garden and accessories from the Estate of Robert Wiggins, Montgomery NY, a long held storage unit in Hyannis Massachusetts, an 18th century home's furnishings from Croton on Hudson NY, remaining contents from a sprawling Westport estate and several other Hudson Valley partial estates and consignors. Artworks offered by artists Peter Max, Romere Bearden, E. Meadows, a large 1866 Edward Moran oil, a circa 1850 portrait of Thomas Whitmore of Apley, a four panel Japanese screen "Nam- Ban" by Oh En, several Persian drawings and several other prints and paintings. Mid century items include a "Parrot Chair" by Ib Arberg, an excellent Helen Webber tapestry, a Paul McCobb vellum covered table, a Nelson Steelcase desk, a Russel Wright for Conant Ball dresser and lots of accessories. Fancy goods include a pair French bronze figural candelabra, several fine estate carpets, a rare Rococo carved oak Symphonium Style 25c with 23 discs, a fine Zsolnay Pecs vase signed Brigitta Kulscar, a 70 troy ounce hand planished tray by Karl Anderson dated 1919, several crystal and Venetian chandeliers, groups of Imari and old Chinese as well as Cultural Revolution items and a fine Josiah Wood New Bedford grandfather clock. Other items include 4 early Nantucket baskets, an early cast iron fireback with Heron and fox, a large lot of "Frosted Lion" by Gillinder, quilts, local Orange County atlas and maps and other attic and basement finds. Groups of 19th century furniture will be scattered throughout the sale. Highlights include a selection of tiger maple; a tester bed, tiltops, an old surface tiger pembroke, two old corner cabinets, several blanket chests, several large case pieces, Empire sideboards, cupboards, two large Meiji storage cabinets and other antique Japanese and Chinese pieces.
In person previews are scheduled for Sunday prior from 1pm-5pm and Monday day of sale from 12 noon- 2:30pm and follow Covid protocols. Absentee and phone bidding is available. All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com. Pickup of all items is by curbside protocol Tuesday May 4th from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an early spring absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction offered through liveauctioneers.com on Monday March 29th at 5:00 PM EST.
A gallery preview will be held Sunday 3/28 from 1-5 and Monday beginning at 2pm and ending at 4:30. The unreserved 400 lot sale combines items from several local estates and collections including the New York apartment of former Michigan State Senator Jack Faxon, furniture from the estate of former antiques dealer Joan White, Monroe NY and a Poughkeepsie NY antiquarian and dealer as well as gallery and other additions.
The Faxon estate offered up an excellent collection Persian and other carpets, several lots of antique leaded and beveled glass as well as several interesting pieces of architectural iron artifacts and period brutalist sculpture. Lots of good 19th century country and period furniture is well represented with a tiger maple slant desk, a tall cherry chest of drawers and a rare set of six early 19th century chairs from the White estate. Artwork scattered through the evening includes several fine lithos including two Rene Magritte portfolios and T. Benton among others as well as artworks by Althea Platt, Arnold Plancer, Harry Stoner, Chester B. Price and A. Leydenfrost to name a few.
A collection of studio pottery mainly from the estate of Herbert Sargeant includes several groups of his pieces as well as works by Marion Vlosky, Warren Mackenzie, Kylikki Salmanharra, Bethel Pike, and others. A final wrap up of the Westchester estate that has been featured in the last several sales provided a nice selection of period Art Deco furniture, a classic Noguchi coffee table, a pair of Selig Milo Baughman chairs and several other lots from the middle of last century.
Items from a former Poughkeepsie retired book dealer include several early machines; roller organs, traveling victrolas, early maps and books, Asian items such as a fine bronze Budhha, Japanese mixed metal, porcelains and textiles.
Other highlights bound to attract attention include several hundred ounces of sterling silver flatware and hollowware and a large collection of fine estate jewelry, another offering of original John Floyd Yewell architectural renderings, several classical antique bronzes, a Herman Koenig violin, several carriage clocks and a remarkable early 19th century iron vault door mounted as sculpture.
Pickup of all items is by safety protocol Tuesday March 30th from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. Shipping is by third party vendors only.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Friday January 1st at 1:00 PM.
The sale features the estate of a longtime Westchester County NY decorator and collector whose love and appreciation for Arts and Crafts, modern and Art Deco items is reflected in the 400 lots offered. Leading the sale will be a rare eggshell polychrome lacquer low table signed Jean Dunand.
A large collection of American and continental art pottery, art glass, table clocks, and burl Art Deco and Mid Century furniture will be scattered throughout the day.
A fine Edmund Spence silver mounted dining room set for Industria Mueblera Mexico, an early Bruno Mathsson 'Pernilla' lounge, and Eames rosewood lounge chair and ottoman, an extensive set of rare Salterini 'El Prado' line iron in original condition offered in four lots and a fine Gustav Stickley miter mullioned double door bookcase are some of the 20th century furniture offerings. A selection of bronze items from fancy gilt 19th century pieces, Tiffany dore, several early figurines and erotic bronzes by Kauba and Bergman as well as other Vienna castings.
Jewelry, and silver feature prominently with hundreds of ounces of flatware and hollowware and a diverse collection of vintage estate jewelry including Mexican and Chinese. 40 lots of Chinese and Japanese porcelains, silks and jade begin the midday sale.
A group of outsider artist Louise Abrams works, several New York City scenes led by a Hugh Ferris graphite, two Albert Smith oils,, several William MacDonough's, two large Susan Kahn's in Heydenryk frames and an excellent Mark Dixon Dodd oil of an interesting scene are among the many artworks.
Period American and Continental furniture, a collection samplers and needleworks, a Steinway grand and a fine selection estate carpets will round what promises to be an excellent auction to start the new year.
A gallery preview will be held Sunday prior 1-5 pm, Wednesday and and Thursday 1-5:00 pm and 10:00 am to 12:30 day of sale.
Pickup of all items is by curbside protocol Saturday 1/2 from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment. Shipping is by third party vendors only.
Auction terms, links to online bidding, Auctionzip and other info available at our interactive website www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com, 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 a 2 session unreserved absentee, phone bid and online antique and estate auction through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday November 16 at 3:00 PM EST.
A gallery preview will be held Sunday 11/15 from 1-5 and Monday day of sale beginning at 1pm and ending at 4:30.
The sale begins with 200 lots of sculpture and paintings from a newly rediscovered "Outsider" artist of remarkable talent. Louise Abrams born in 1941 and studied in New York at the Art Students League, the New School and in Mexico at the Instituto Allende, she received her BA and has graduate work in the Fine Arts Department at CUNY.
She had several gallery shows in the mid 1970's including Cloud Gallery June 1975, Auction 393 submissions in June 1975 and Pleiades Gallery exclusive show September 1975, her work has been described as "a microscopic view of life", Native American, Aboriginal, Olmec inspired' and "visionary".
Abrams' work and study has been interrupted throughout her life with severe mental and emotional challenges and has spent significant periods of her life in various institutions, a number of themes, possibly visions, dominate the few thousand works comprising the total of Abrams’ work from the 1970’s to the early 2000’s all of which is court ordered to be sold by Hudson Valley Auctioneers.
This November sale will be the first of several offerings to liquidate the entire block of work from sculpture in stone, ink drawings, oils on board and canvas and numerous sketch pads.
Session two features 400 fresh estate lots primarily from a long held storage unit owned by an AP journalist who lived and worked in China in the early 1980's and subsequently in other stations.
There is a large selection of porcelain vases, furniture and other decorative and antique items. African items include wood carvings, bronzes and fabrics and there is a selection of Indian and Middle Eastern items.
Cultural items include a signed copy of Quaddafi's political treatise and a group of Chinese post Mao era items.
A Valley Cottage estate consigned a group of religious carvings including a wooden carved life size holy family group, several carvings of saints and Greek and Russian icons and other paintings.
A visit to Long Island's north shore filled a truck with fancy oak carved furniture, a rare oak dental cabinet, a heavily carved rocker and an impressive Pottier and Stymus ebonized credenza.
Country furnishings include several cupboards and decorative accessories mixed in with Victorian garden cast iron urns, benches and a fine lead figural fountain with a classical iron base.
Fancy goods from two Scarsdale estates feature several pounds of fancy sterling, table goods by Royal Worcester, Royal Crown Derby, chintz, Herend, Royal Copenhagen, Waterford, Lalique as well as a large set of India stoneware with a dragonfly motif.
Artists represented in the sale from the 19th century include Horace Hooper, Jules Cornilliet, Richard Winternitz, E.M. Gray, Guiseppe Aureli and some unknown folk artists and an excellent three panel screen attributed to the Bloomsbury Group school of art.
20th century artists are Yaaco Agam, Frank Stella, Frederick Prescott, Fanny Holtzman, Herbert Pullinger, B. Weener, Jean de Botton, Antonio Barrera and B. Forster among many others.
Additionally expect several estate carpets, a clock collection including a fusee English gallery clock and early banjos, a fine Chickering ebonized baby grand piano, Redmen fraternal items, various lighting and lots of Mid Century and 19th century furniture.
In person previews are scheduled for Sunday 11/15 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 1pm- 3pm and follow Covid protocols.
Absentee and phone bidding is available. All lots offered through Liveauctioneers.com.
Pickup of all items is by curbside protocol Tuesday November 17th from 10am to 3pm and daily thereafter 9-3:30 or by appointment.
Shipping is by third party vendors only, Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available on our website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.
