Schillaci & Shultis – Historic Estate Sale
Saturday Jan 20th 2024 at noon
Van Rensselaer Masonic Lodge #87
710 Columbia Tpk. East Greenbush, NY 12061
Auctionzip.com ID#36033

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. — The Historic Delhi House, Helen Penfield Adair estate, will, for the first time, be offered after being untouched for generations in a sale conducted by Edward Schillaci and John Shultis of Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services. This sale will be conducted on Saturday, January 20, at noon at the Old Masonic Lodge, 710 Columbia Turnpike. The sale will provide an opportunity to acquire many antiquities, art and collectibles; just about every category will be represented as this estate was loaded. This sale will have approximately 212 lots. The live unreserved auction can be found on Auctionzip.com under Schillaci & Shultis – Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services (ID #36033) and a detailed listing and pictures on LiveAuctioneers.com, where online bids can be made. All sales are final and there will be no live phone bidding.

An in-person-only early session comprising 49 lots will start at 10 am. Included will be box lots of jewelry, advertising wooden boxes, vintage electric fans, silver items, antique clothing, oil bottle rack, as well as furniture, stoneware, vintage radios and phonographs, books and more.

Helen Adair’s family’s background represents the American Dream in which they made their fortune in real estate, business and then the market. The family traveled the world, collecting many fine things. The Delhi House was built in 1861 and housed all the items that bidders will have the opportunity to purchase. This house originally had 168 acres with it, which over time was sold off, as were many of their properties.

American writer James Fenimore Cooper and one or two other families were among the area’s residents. Both Abijah and Maria’s father, William, purchased considerable land, first along Oaks Creek and then into the Oneonta area (then still part of Unadilla).

There are many different periods of furniture, including heavily carved oak furniture, to include a dining room set and server, possibly by R.J. Horner, ornate carved bedroom dressers, an Arts and Crafts desk, Victorian and Empire parlor pieces, marble top furniture, early large tiger maple four-poster bed and an ornate Chinese sewing table with implements. There are sterling silver items; jewelry pieces; lighting items to include a signed Cornelius Sinumbra astral lamp with wheel-cut shade; ceramics including an antique Tiffany & Company porcelain vase; textiles to include Victorian clothing, lace items, etc., and early Nineteenth Century American samplers (Wood family); holiday decorations and ephemera to include early photo albums and 1850-70s papers related to Dr Calvin Howard and Mrs E.P. Howard of Delhi, N.Y., there are books, including Civil War-related material..

Successful bidders may pick up their items on January 22 and 23 if paid for or call for an appointment.

The firm’s next sale will consist of two large collections of militaria dating back to the Revolutionary War through World War II, art, sports-related items, many autographed items, and items related to Syracuse University and the sport of golf. For information, 518-766-3865 or 518-463-8542.

Helen Penfield Adair; Historic 1861 Delhi House
Antiques, Art, Silver, Jewelry, Historical, Books & Collectibles
This sale will provide a wonderful opportunity to acquire many fine antiques and collectibles is too much to list from an untouched estate for generations. Briefly Highlighted are: Heavily carved oak furniture, including a dining-room set by R.J. Homer (?), and an exceptional ornate Chinese Sewing Table with implements and so so much more; there are Sterling Silver Items; Jewelry Pieces; Lighting items to include an exceptional Signed Cornelius Sinumbra Astral Lamp With Wheel Cut Shade; Art; Textiles & Antique Clothing; Holiday Decorations; Oriental Carpets; Ceramics & Glassware including an Antique Tiffany & Company Porcelain Vase ; and so much more. See you then or register to bid on-line through Live Auctioneers.com. Lesser details can also be found in Auctionzip.com (our ID # 36033).
Notice: We will be having a non-on-line (In-Person only) Early Sale starting at 10AM of Items and Lots to briefly mention: Jewelry, Advertising Wooden Boxes, Vintage Electric Fans, Silver items , Antique Clothing, Oil Bottle Rack, Furniture, Stoneware, Vintage Radios & Phonograph and Books, and more, which may be of interest!!
Auction Date: Saturday – January 20th 2024 @ Noon : Live Auction
@ 10AM In-Person Sale of items/Box Lots
Previews: Jan. 19th – 1pm to 3pm
Jan 20th – 9am until Starting Time @ 10am
Location: Van Rensselaer Masonic Lodge #87
710 Columbia Tpk.(Rte 9 & 20), East Greenbush, NY 12061
Auction conducted by Schillaci & Shultis (Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services) 518-766-3865 or Ed @ 518-463-8542 for info.
We specialize in Untouched Estates and Collections.