Schwenke Auctioneers February Estates Auction
Sunday, February 27th at 11AM
710 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT 06798
www.woodburyauction.com
info@woodburyauction.com
203-266-0323

WOODBURY, CONN. — On Sunday, February 27, at 11 am, Schwenke Auctioneers will conduct its Eclectic Estates Auction with an offering of more than 350 lots of estate property. The auction features property from an Old Saybrook estate, a Westchester County, N.Y., collector, a Springfield, Mass., estate, and property from three other Connecticut collections. The auction also includes more than 45 estate Oriental rugs and more than 100 fine art frames from a Connecticut estate.

Lots from a Middlebury collector include a fine French Napoleon III ebonized brass mounted cabinet with painted porcelain plaque center, in manner of Sevres. The cabinet measures 44 inches high, 48 inches wide, 15 inches deep. According to family history, it was purchased from an antique store in France in 1950, and then shipped by steamer to the owner’s aunt in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Several lots of American furniture are on offer, including a Connecticut cherrywood slant front desk being sold for a Woodbury estate. The desk has a fan-carved stepped interior and ogee bracket feet. From the same estate is a Queen Anne maple tall chest with original brasses and bracket feet, with exposed dovetailed top with cornice molding, two drawers over four long drawers and chestnut secondary wood.

A group of Stickley and other Arts and Crafts furniture is being sold for a Connecticut collector, including a rare unsigned double back oak setter with remains of paper label.

Midcentury modern (MCM) furniture includes a Danish Modern gentlemen’s dry bar cart in teak wood with hard cork-lined fold open top, one long drawer and cabinet base with wicker design door fronts.

Also being offered is an Axel Albeck MCM Danish tambour door teak credenza with three drawers, pull-out interior drawers on right side; and also an RS Associates Montreal MCM teak dining set comprising six chairs, four side and two arm; and an extension draw type dining table with pull-out end leaves.
English furniture includes pieces tracing their heritage to French & Company, English and continental furniture and art dealers in New York City from 1910 to 1998. Under the direction of Spencer Samuels and later his son Robert Samuels, the firm handled thousands of rare and prized antiques and artworks during the firm’s long and celebrated tenure in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Items include a French Louis XV-style fauteuil with green leather upholstery, brass nail head trim and stained birch carved and molded frame and a Nineteenth Century English Queen Anne carved walnut armchair with burl walnut vasiform splat with carved side leafage, yoke back and serpentine arms, rectangular slip seat with cabriole legs.

Folk art lots include a massive Nineteenth Century walnut schooner half hull, mounted on back board and in old finish, being sold for a Connecticut collector, and a horn hall rack from another Woodbury estate. The rack has five levels of horns affixed to a wooden column.

The sale includes more than 100 fine art pieces ranging from oils on canvas to watercolors, etchings and prints. A modern artwork which is expected to draw bidder interest is a Boyer abstract oil on canvas, “Emerging R” 1969, a large abstract geometric work on canvas with braced stretcher and thin wood frame.
Prime among the sterling silver lots is a Gorham coin silver master butter dish in Medallion pattern with figural lion on the lid, cameo of woman one side, cupid on other. Also of interest is a pair of Gorham Chantilly sterling silver candlesticks, weighted, 9½ inches high, as well as a pair of Martensen sterling handled grape shears.

More than 45 estate Oriental carpets will cross the block, including Persian, Caucasian, Indian and Turkish room and scatter-sized rugs. Of special interest is a Tibetan room-size rug with deep orange/coral ground and five inset medallions, dimensions 13 feet 7 inches by 10 feet 2½ inches. Also of interest is a Persian Tabriz palace-size rug in estate condition, measuring 12 feet wide, 20 feet long.

Completing the sale are more than 100 fine art frames from a Connecticut collection. Most were barn stored and have been out of circulation for many years. The frames include elaborately carved and gilded pierced frames, Newcomb Macklin gilded carved wood frames, molded wood frames, and a varied assortment of interesting other frame designs. The highlights include a large pair of Victorian carved and incised gilt walnut frames, and an intricately carved openwork gilt Continental frame 36¾ inches high, 44 inches wide. The catalog includes frame sizes and rabbet sizes for convenience of bidders.

This auction is a live-streamed online sale offering live bidding on Live Auctioneers and Invaluable, with absentee and phone bidding in-house. Preview times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday February 24-26 from 10 am to 5 pm. Preview is also available at other times by appointment. The gallery is closed on auction day.

For information, 203-266-0323 or www.woodburyauction.com.

We will be having live preview for this auction. Appointments are requested but not required. Social distancing and mask protocol will be in effect, and we ask your cooperation. The auction will be posted for live bidding Live Auctioneers and Invaluable, and phone and in-house absentee bidding will also be available.
Our February 27th sale offers over 350 lots of eclectic fine and decorative arts and antiques sourced from various local and regional estates and collections. The auction features property from an Old Saybrook estate, a Westchester County NY collector, a Springfield MA estate, and property from three other Connecticut collections. The auction also includes over 45 estate oriental rugs and over 100 fine art frames from a Connecticut estate.
Due to COVID-19 considerations, preview is primarily online, but preview by advance registration/appointment will be offered at our gallery on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the auction. All preview arrangements are subject to our posted COVID-19 safety protocols. We will have enhanced staffing for condition reports and additional photo requests. All requests for condition reports and/or photos must be received by noon Friday, February 25th. For further information please call Schwenke Auctioneers at 203-266-0323 or view our website.