NYE & Co. Auctioneers – Chic & Antique Estate Treasures Auction
April 13th and 14th,10am. Live online.
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973.984.6900
Public Exhibition at Bloomfield Gallery: Apr 4th – Apr 13th, Weekdays, 10am to 4pm.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Nye & Company Auctioneers’ online Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction slated for Wednesday, April 13, features nearly 500 lots, a mix of fine and decorative arts spanning the Eighteenth Century to the present day, including a rare group of American photography. The auction will begin at 10 am Eastern time.
A group of historical American photography includes what is believed to be one of fewer than a half dozen known sets of pictures documenting the Liberty Bell’s transcontinental 1915 tour of the United States. This symbol of America’s freedom was a popular attraction at the turn of the Twentieth Century. In fact, it was estimated that nearly five million people saw the bell on its trip by train out West and an equal number saw it on its return trip back to Philadelphia. Its popularity had no bounds, and this rare set of photographs is a notable historical archive.
There is also a circa 1910 collection of glass slides, negatives and magic lantern slides depicting various scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the images appear in Benjamin W. Mitchell’s book Trail Life in the Canadian Rockies. The sale also features a large group of albumen prints of New York City and its environs from about circa 1885. Many of the images and views have never been seen before and offer a rare glimpse into our past and the grandeur of the gilded age.
Not to be outdone, there is a selection of Twentieth Century negatives depicting two of America’s most beloved celebrities: movie star Marilyn Monroe, from photos taken on the set of the 1954 film River of No Return, plus negatives of the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley.
The depth and breadth of the fine art in this auction comprises works from the Eighteenth Century right up through the Twentieth Century. Highlights include a framed and expansive oil painting depicting a home on the Great Bay of Portsmouth, N.H., by Frank Henry Shapleigh. This work captures the grandness of the coast of New Hampshire during the late Nineteenth Century.
Walt Kuhn and Bernard Cathelin created beautiful floral still lifes, both perfect reminders of spring. Charles Camoin is represented by a Fauvist cityscape. Giovanni Boldini is also featured with his oil titled “The Music Lesson.” There is also a watercolor by Juluisz Kossak of General Kosciuszko, the Polish-Lithuanian military leader who helped the US colonists win the Revolutionary War.
For those who prefer more contemporary works, there are a couple street signs by street artist “Banksy,” plus a drawing by Keith Haring, one of two untitled subway drawings being offered in this sale. The self-taught/Outsider artist, Purvis Young is also represented in this sale with a few paintings being deaccessioned from the NAMITS collection.
Decorative arts also make up a strong component of the auction. Similar to the fine arts, the furniture and objets d’art range from works created in the Eighteenth Century through the Twenty-First Century. Highlights include an early set of 12 German rococo carved mahogany dining chairs, once in the collection of Esmond Bradley Martin, the great-grandson of steel magnate Henry Phipps.
American furniture highlights include a set of five New York Chippendale dining chairs descended in the family of Cornelia Haring Jones (1741-1821) and Samuel Jones (1734-1819) of New York City and Oyster Bay, Long Island. The sixth chair of this set resides in the Yale University Art Gallery. There are also a couple pieces of Samuel Yellin wrought iron, which come directly from the family of one of the foremen of the Yellin Metalworks.
Coming out of a New Jersey collection is a pair of classical mahogany swivel-top card tables attributed to Isaac Vose and Son of Boston. English furniture is also well represented with a bookcase marked Gillow & Co., and a mahogany wardrobe marked Osborne Cottage, 1872, the home of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Beatrice.
The Belle Epoque period of the late Nineteenth/early Twentieth Century is represented with a number of pieces coming from a New Jersey collection that include a selection of ormolu-mounted Paris porcelains, French bronzes and Lalique glass objects. Complementing this material is a selection of silver from well-known makers and firms coming from a Midwestern collection.
The online preview is currently being conducted through April 13.
For additional information, www.nyeandcompany.com or 973-984-6900.
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Keith Haring (1958-1990), Untitled (Mother and Baby, Subway Drawing
Attributed to Banksy, Girl with a Balloon”, Stop Sign
British School 18th C., Portrait of a Lady, In the manner of Jeremiah Theus, oil on canvas
Keith Haring (1958-1990), Untitled, Marker on paper, dated 1986
A Federal inlaid mahogany desk-and-bookcase, Massachusetts, 19th C
American School 19th C., Girls in a Landscape, watercolor and gouache
A Chippendale walnut chest-of-drawers, Pennsylvania, 1770-1790
A near pair of George III style Lion-decorated carved walnut library chairs, English, 20th C.
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