October 26 Auction Summary

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present the final general sale of 2026 with an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday October 26th at 5:00 PM EST.  A busy fall season has provided us with some excellent consignments from several local estates and consignors. Note that our 2026 schedule will conclude with a military and weaponry sale scheduled for sometime in November as we continue to collect items to begin our 44th year in 2027.

This sale begins with a group of Asian items; Chinese and Japanese porcelains, scrolls, cloisonne, some bronze including a fine mixed metal vase, hardstones and textiles.  A Ridgefield  Ct client consigned a house full of Stickley and Stickley for Audi mission style oak, mostly spindle style, two room size carpets in the style and several quality copper and mica lamps. A few unusual iron sculptures and an excellent heavy pair of stylized duck form wrought iron andirons will follow. 

Traditional furniture is somewhat limited to two early QA highboys, a Chippenday style blanket box in old red, a stenciled mustard painted washstand, an early pembroke, a fine New England 4 drawer chest, a rosewood canterbury, a collection 1970's vintage leather chairs and sofa among as well as a few Victorian and 20th century pieces.  

Artwork from many periods is led by Andre Gisson, Jean Luc Lemoine, Robert Indiana, L. Birge Harrison, May Wilson, Will Clark, Barry Gray, Alex Sadowsky, Guiseppe Napoli, Wes Grant, M. Oxley, Charles Grater, W.H. Godfrey, Marian Stronski, E.J. Read, Billy Dunlop, Pasquali, Olmo, Oliver Clark, Hal Brooks and others.

A fairly large selection of Mid Century Modern is led by a fine vintage Paimio Model 41 bentwood chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek,  a pair of Robsjohn Gibbons chests, a Paul Evans Stalagmite swivel chair,  7 Fazzino pop art works, three Bitossi vases, a Paul McCobb Planner Group dining table, 4 Frank Mariani for Pace chairs, Jean Roger lamp, Doug DeLind sculptures, a Kagan chrome floor lamp, an N. Ditzel for Soren Willadsen rosewood desk, pair U.N. chairs model B-37, Ole Wanscher rocker, large Sirmos plaster console pedestal, a Ressell "Falcon" chair and ottoman, an early Corbusier chrome cube chair, a set of 6 Ole Wansher rosewood dining chairs, Harris Strong tile set, set 6 Jonathon Adler chairs, Mastercraft brass coffee table, Flavia vases, Martinsville chest, Mitchell and Gold sofa and chairs and several other pieces of the period.

Many lots of fine porcelains including figural Meissen groups, serving and dining pieces, oyster plates, Shelley, Wedgewood, Minton, Royal Dux, Nippon, early pearlware figures and other makers will be scattered throughout. Hundreds of ounces of estate silver, sterling and .800, will be offered including some fine Georgian pieces, an extensive .800 flatware service, an early 104 ounce tray stamped "Mexican Silver" and other flatware and hollow ware. A few musical instruments led by a rare vintage Stewart/ Gibson guitar ca. 1930 and followed by several signed violins and a rare Buffet soprano saxophone will be followed in the sale by a large collection of a mostly tin, steel and iron vintage toy collection.

From a longtime collector and client an initial offering of a vast collection will include standards such as vintage textiles and oriental pattern carpets, cast and wrought iron garden items including a very large classical urn on plinth, several decorated stoneware examples, African items from Benin, Senufo and Songye, Inuit items, 2 fine disc players and several lots of discs, a rare National oak cash register, an extensive Hummel collection sold in two large lots, lots of antique bronze figures, clocks, lighting and an excellent risque 19th French carnival target game in original paint to name a few.

The sale ends with 40 lots of fine and costume jewelry from a Hopewell Junction estate and possibly a few late additions to follow.             

Plan to preview in person or view the sale online.  In house previews are Sunday October 25th from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 10/19.  Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 10/23. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 10/27 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All 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.