Auction Summary, February 25th & 26th!

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York announces two upcoming auctions in February on consecutive dates with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com. The first sale is part two of, and the final offering of, the recently discovered cache of artworks executed by Marzette Watts. 

Following the success of our October 9th 2023 sale featuring 150 pieces, the remaining watercolors, woodblocks and charcoals of the enigmatic social activist, musician and artist will be sold. A color catalog of the offering is available along with a comprehensive catalog of the October sale including his biography is available for $20.00 plus postage from the gallery or during the preview. 

The sale will be held Sunday afternoon, February 25th at 4:00 PM with an in house preview Sunday 1pm-3:30 pm.                                                                           

On Sunday the 25th an additional preview of items included in the next day's auction, scheduled for Monday February 26th at 5:00 PM, will be available for viewing.                                                                                                   Monday's sale features three sales in one. 

The first 75 lots consist of a one owner estate collection of Southern face jugs by various makers including W.T. McLennan, Dwayne and Brandon Crocker, M. Pittman, Bob Shields, Bob Armfied, Mike Hanning, Kenneth George, Frank Van Dorsten and many others. 

Part two of the sale is an estate collection of 70 Chinese and Japanese scrolls from a Hastings on Hudson estate, the collection looks fairly indiscriminate however there are several early and beautiful pieces included. 

The last section is also from the Hastings estate and encompasses 147 figural bronzes and bronze groups. Many American West examples, many more animalier as well as abstract and classical examples by famous sculptors are included. Many are quality recasts by European Bronze Finery and other foundries.                                                                                                     

All items in both auctions are unreserved. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items in both auctions are available on our website. Gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 2/27 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pick ups 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.