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 5th at an early start of 3:00 PM EST. In house previews are Sunday 6/4 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm or by appointment beginning 5/29. The sale includes several estates and partial estates. The most interesting of which was located in a large camp property on Oscawana Lake in Putnam County, NY. Scattered throughout several buildings on the property were paintings and personal effects of Louis Elshemius and his father Gustavius. Paintings and artworks from both men and Cecil Roberts are included in the sale along with furniture and effects of an early 20th century lake property. Coincidentally, a large offering of country pine furniture, some in paint, from a former dealer's home nearby include several cupboards, various collections of smalls, crock, baskets and Staffordshire figurines.
Mid Century furniture from a Scarsdale estate features a fine selection by Edward Wormley for Dunbar; dining table, chairs and sideboard, two dressers, two end tables and a rare surfboard table. The bedroom had a Herman Miller king bed, fine Tommi Parzinger gilt mirror, Murano lamps, Gio Ponti style table and benches. Several Camer chandeliers, Aldo Tura smoke set and a Milton Hebald plaster maquette are other MCM highlights. Good garden, mostly from Ridgefield and White Plains estates, include Woodard, Salterini iron, many sets of Victorian cast iron urns, wire and zinc pieces. Several sets of fine china; Royal Crown Derby, Lenox, Meissen, Limoges, Consolidated Glass Nymphs, stemware sets including Waterford, Rogaska, a large studio pottery collection and a Lalique “Camarque" vase and Pinsons bowl.
Several paintings by Francis William Edmonds including the fanciful "Gil Blas and the Archbishop '' recently on loan to a Florida museum lead a large number of artists, notably A.T. Bricher, Horace Hoope, J. Mellor, Edmond Louyot, James Cook McKell, Andre Boyer, Martin Friedman, W.F, DeHaas, Lars, Stenberg and others. Victorian wicker, several pieces of Stickley mission oak, lots of 19th brown furniture, French bronze mounted pieces are some other furniture offerings.
Several large lots of costume jewelry, Native American silver and a large selection of fine jewelry and watches will be sold along with a considerable amount of sterling flatware and hollowware as well as a large Cornwall NY estate collection of US coins, mostly silver and sold in large lots.
A fine selection of 19th century bronze decorative items, various chandeliers and sconces are scattered throughout the sale. Artists include Carrier Belleuse, Leon Noel Delagrange, Sterett-Gittings Kelsey and Curtis Jere. Among the Asian items are jade archer's rings, several porcelain pieces, watercolors and other artifacts. Inuit carvings, several vintage totems, Navajo weavings, baskets, bone carvings and other related material.
Expect over 600 lots, images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website. Gallery is open for payments and pickups Tuesday 6/6 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. 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 website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.