Auction Summary, September 23

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present a one owner antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday September 23rd at 5:00 PM EST. featuring American Portraits and Paintings, Folk Art & Signs from the estate of Alfred Selnick.

Mr Selnick began his working career in a contractor’s office, after a year there he spent the next 8 years with an architectural-engineering firm, where he rose to the position of chief structural engineer.

In his long and distinguished career Mr. Selnick was a consultant for an extremely diversified array of structures including hospitals, hotels, industrial use buildings, cargo buildings, airports, theaters, schools, libraries, museums, shopping malls & stores.

His interests extended to woodworking and had built two large workshops in his Hillsdale NY home and showroom.

His particular interest was in turning bowls and creating useful objects for his family and friends.

Mr. Selnick’s interests in collecting folk art began after meeting Phyliss Solomon in the late 1960’s, they shared an appreciation for the arts and Phyllis began acquiring American portraiture.

She had become a volunteer at the American Folk Art Museum in NYC and her enthusiasm spurred Alfred’s serious pursuit of objects that spoke to the connection every collector shares with their personal passion

Their home and separate gallery on a mountainside in Hillsdale, designed by Alfred were perfectly suited to display both of the collections.

The auction has combined both collections for this public offering with a cataloged sale of artwork, folk art and signage, followed by an uncatalogued session of various other items, all to be offered in person, and on liveauctioneers.com.

Copies of the catalog may be ordered from the auction house.