News from Hudson Valley Auctioneers
Hudson Valley Auctioneers located at 432 Main Street Beacon, New York will present an excellent late spring two session unreserved estate auction on Monday May 20th at 5:00 PM. The sale features the complete contents of a retired dealers Germantown farmhouse, select items from a Larchmont collectors’ home, large selection lighting and decorative accessories from Sandy Littman's Newburgh warehouse including prototypes of her lighting designs as well as several other partial contents. Additional consignments from several longtime associates and gallery offerings round out the sale of approximately 500 fresh to the market lots. Session One offers online bidding with Liveauctioneers.com as well as in house, absentee and phone bidding. Asian items as is customary start the sale and this auction features two large Chinese porcelain plaques, a pair of wooden Japanese temple carvings, pair Satsuma plates signed Kinkozan, Japanese 1958 painting of bird displayed at the National Academy and several Asian pottery jars and vases as well as export and other Chinese porcelain from Germantown. The seven-bedroom farmhouse had several different design schemes. Primarily lots of Mission and Arts and Crafts furniture and decorations, matt green pottery, Roseville, Hampshire and others. Predictably the house and barn were full of country furniture, some painted, wicker and rattan, iron and steel, baskets, carnival glass, slag glass lamps, wooden ship models and pond sailors, stoneware, textiles and Persian carpets and will be offered throughout both sessions.
Sandy Littman's collection in addition to her 25 original lamps and chandeliers encompasses a lifelong pursuit of fine design and items with Art Deco features in lighting, furniture and accessories. A vintage Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, a Marius Morand steamer trunk, an 8-foot wooden totem of a man are some standouts. Silver lots are led by Tiffany Makers floriform vase, a fine engraved three-piece Georgian tea set, other Georgian pieces, flatware and hollowware and an early and interesting Native American silver and leather horse bridle.
A Greenwich home contributed a 10 cent Coke machine, a period slant desk and other 19th century furniture and a rare Mills Hightop carved wood cowboy slot machine. No sale can be complete without Mid Century items and this sale is no exception. Aside from lots of period lighting from the Littman warehouse there is an original Finnish Alvar Aalto cork topped laminated tea wagon, a rosewood glazed door cabinet by H.P. Hansen, a Lane Brutalist chest, a Dux dining table, lots of period art and decorative accessories. Artworks, bronzes and photographs are numerous and scattered throughout both sessions with examples by Todd Webb, Miriam Fried, Dorothy Grote, Henry Gasser, Milton Avery, Gino Hollander, Paul Meltsner, Lenore Whitmore, and many others. Lots of fancy items from Galle glass to LeCoultre clocks are scattered throughout both sessions. Session Two follows with 200 plus lots of more of the same interesting quality lots which will not offer online bidding and features great accessories, lighting, several interesting textiles and Oriental carpets, silver, Mid Century, large groupings of country smalls and furniture sold as lots, lots of artwork, and much more estate merchandise. Faster paced and includes last minute additions. Visit our new and improved website for further info and new features. Session Two's items can be viewed on Auctionzip.com and GoToAuction.com. Previews are Sunday 1-5pm and Monday from 2pm to sale time . Complementary refreshments provided will be provided. Terms, links to online bidding and Info at www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or sales manager Theo DeHaas 845 480 2381 ; auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers located at 432 Main Street Beacon, New York will present a two session unreserved estate auction on Monday April 15th at 5:00 PM. The sale includes estate and accumulations from Garrison, Wappingers Falls, Yonkers and NYC in New York as well as Alpine, New Jersey and Ridgefield, Connecticut. Additional consignments from several long time associates and gallery offerings round out the sale of approximately 550 fresh to the market lots. Session One offers online bidding with Liveauctioneers.com as well as in house, absentee and phone bidding.
Asian and Chinese items start the sale as they have in recent sales and this months offering includes two large early paintings, one with a Christie's London label, several pieces antique teak, rosewood and painted provincial furniture, several interesting porcelains, carved jades, a large Satsuma palace urn, cloisonne and bronzes. Several oriental pattern carpets, several roomsize may be led by a beautiful roomsize savonnerie "oushak" originally from the estate of David Sarnoff.
A collection of 15 vintage Hollywood movie posters for the South American market are in excellent condition and color.
Artworks are numerous and scattered throughout both sessions with examples by Henry Gasser, William MacDonough, three signed Erte, large Yuri Metelski or Metielsky of "Chinatown", Johannes Schiefer, an Anthony Toney citiscape, Emily Mason abstract, Albert Alcalay abstract, large William Skilling still life, several by Milton Lunin and many others.
Session Two follows with 200 plus lots of more of the same interesting quality lots which will not offer online bidding and features great accessories, lighting, several room size and scatter
Oriental carpets, silver and estate jewelry, Mid Century and much more estate merchandise. Faster paced and includes last minute additions
Hudson Valley Auctioneers will present a fine Spring two session unreserved estate auction on Monday March 11th at 5:00 PM. The sale includes Somers, Scarsdale, Boonton NJ and three Manhattan partial estate contents. Additional consignments from several long time associates and gallery offerings round out the sale of approximately 525 fresh to the market lots. Session One offers online bidding with Liveauctioneers.com as well as in house, absentee and phone bidding.
An apartment in the Ritz Hotel, NYC contributed several lots to the first session. A fine signed Linke Louis XVI occasional table, a George III inlaid satinwood dressing chest, a pair of Regency style painted and parcel gilt marble topped chests and a card table set of gilded chairs and parquet table are complemented by an eclectic collectionof decorative accessories; a pair of early 19th century ormolu tole and marble potpourri, Sevres, Irish crystal, figural bronzes lamped, gilt mirrors, Meissen, and lots of silver , jewelry, gold coins and lighting. Mid Century highlights from the three NY estates include a rare pair bronze floor lamps by Stewart Ross for Hanson, several Saarinen Tulip tables, one marble topped, tessellated table and console, an unusual dressing table by Rougier,a George Nelson Omni wall unit and lots of Danish teak are among the many offerings.
Artworks and bronzes are numerous and scattered throughout both sessions with examples by William MacDonough, Moses Soyer, William Merrit Post, Antonio Cirino, Milton Lunin, John Haelen, Chiam Gross, Hal Robinson,and Charles Fazzino among others. A large commissioned oil by Robert Loughlin entitled "Bad Cop" shipped east from longtime partner Gary Carlson should be well received.For those who may remember peace activist Thomas Lewis and his association with the Baltimore Four and the Catonsville Nines peace activities the auction will offer an extremely rare original artwork created during the years of his struggle and before his subsequent incarceration. The work entitled "The Massacre of the Innocents" signed and dated January 1967 features a red wash over drawings signifying blood and in the bible inscription adding 'Vietnam' to 'Bethlehem'.
Eleven signed "Tiffany Studios" lamps will be offered with the guarantee that they are not authentic. Evidence of a decades old scam and by an unknown craftsman these pieces are practically perfect copies of the original Tiffany masterpieces. Session Two follows with 200 plus lots of more of the same interesting quality lots which will not offer online bidding and features great accessories, lighting, several room size and scatter Oriental carpets, silver and estate jewelry, Mid Century and much more estate merchandise. Faster paced and includes last minute additions. Visit our website for further info and new features.
Session Two's items can also be viewed on Auctionzip.com , GoToAuction.com & Estatesales.net.
Previews are Sunday 1-5, the doors open at 2pm on Monday. Complementary refreshments provided.
Hudson Valley Auctioneers located at 432 Main Street Beacon, New York will present a two session unreserved estate auction on Monday February 4th at 5:00 PM.
The sale includes several partial estate contents from New York and New Jersey.
Session One offers online bidding with Liveauctioneers.com as well as in house, absentee and phone bidding and begins with an Asian grouping to include a selection of Chinese porcelains, carved jades, bronzes, cloisonné, Satsuma and carved Chinese furniture.
Traditional furniture is prevalent in both sessions with Continental and American pieces including period pieces, country cupboards, Empire and Federal tables, 19th century English mahogany chests, Pembrokes tables, slant desks, a seven pieces rosewood bedroom set, a large carved court cupboard, and a mohair wire frame Turkish chair are an indication of the diversity.
