Nadeau’s – 2024 American Antiques, Chinese, Continental, and Jewelry Spring Auction
Saturday, April 27 at 10:00AM EST
25 Meadow Rd., Windsor, CT 06095
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WINDSOR, CONN. — Nadeau’s Auction Gallery will present its annual American and Chinese spring auction on April 27 starting at 10 am.

The projected top lot in this sale is a rare Steinway rosewood inlaid Model D Centennial Concert grand piano with full provenance. It carries an estimate of $100/150,000. This instrument measures 4 feet 2 inches high, 5 feet 1 inch wide, and 8 feet 11 inches long and is only one of four examples with this particular configuration extant. This unit dates to circa 1881. It has 88 keys and is set up in A440 tuning — the newly introduced tuning of its era. The piano features carved cabriole legs and is elaborately decorated with grape clusters, scroll-work and medallions, a pierced carved lyre shaped pedal post, a carved sheet music stand with figural winged maidens and mounts and side panels intricately inlaid with grape leaves.

This piano design was named the Centennial by William E. Steinway in anticipation of competing at the first World’s Fair. It was conducted in 1876 in Philadelphia to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Independence of America. There, the model won “best concert grand piano; manufactured in a limited edition of approximately 424 over a seven-year period (1876-83).” This example was previously owned by pharmaceutical pioneer Kenneth Alan Hill (1941-2020) of Fort Worth, Texas. He treasured it as a focal point of his mansion, the historic Baldridge House. This homestead landmark most recently sold for $6.1 million in early 2023.

Other offerings in this event include a platinum and diamond brooch with a large center diamond ($2,5/4,500). This pin measures 1½ inches across and resembles a stylized, five-petaled flower. The 1-carat center stone is 6mm in diameter and is complemented by 84 finely set smaller diamonds. The piece has a total weight of 15.4 grams.

A pair of famille rose leaf-shaped dishes is estimated at $250/450. Each measures 8 inches long and dates from the Nineteenth Century. One is decorated with four women; the other one features four men. Each has a gilt border background, which includes bats, insects, fruit and flowers. The undersides are glazed white and unmarked. These dishes are from the David R. Scarborough estate of Kennebunkport, Maine.

A pair of hardstone inlaid and champleve enameled gilt metal double gourd vases is estimated at $6/12,000. Each is 23 inches tall and is decorated with raised, enameled flowers, leaves and gourds on a gold gilt ground. Their bottom bases have a Greek key pattern, and their matching, removable covers are detailed with fully dimensional and finely rendered blue and green enameled leaves.

John Marin’s (American 1870-1953) “St Martin’s in the Field, Trafalgar Square,” ($5/10,000), 1909, watercolor, has a 14-by-10-inch sight size and is framed and mounted. It is signed and dated “John Marin 09” on its lower right. The painting is illustrated with a side view of the famous London landmark designed by British architect James Gibbs (1682-1754) and completed in 1726. It retains its original Kennedy Galleries and An American Place labels on the back. This work is from the collection of art collectors, art patrons and philanthropists Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman.

According to Eddie Nadeau, president of Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, “Our auction house has transformed into a concert hall, thanks to Mr Hill’s amazing — and amazingly rare — Steinway grand piano. It truly doubles as a work of art and is so impressive in real life. It is a privilege to help in finding its next home and place of honor. I look forward to seeing as many customers as possible at our facility for our late April sale. And yes, Gavin Nadeau — the country’s youngest auctioneer — has plenty of gavel time scheduled for this premier event.”

All lots are available for preview at www.nadeausauction.com now or live in the gallery on Thursday, April 25, from noon to 6:30 pm; Friday, April 26, from noon to 5 pm; and Saturday, April 27, from 9 to 10 am.

Nadeau’s Auction Gallery is at 25 Meadow Road. For more information, 860-246-2444.

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Previews:
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 12:00-6:30pm EST
Friday, April 26, 2024, 12:00-5:00pm EST
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:00-1 0:OOam EST
Platinum 1 Ct center diamond
Enamel HT 2/12″
18K 28.5 grams
One of several Mikimoto Pearls
Sterling 265 Toz
Roberta Porrati 18K
18K
14K 1.5 Ct
Centerstone
18K One of Several Pairs
18K Tiffany Ring
14K Enameled Poodle
Russian Enamel Alexeyev, part of collection
Steinway D Centennial Concert Grand, 1 of 3 pianos
Tiffany Sterling
Platinum 1 Ct
14K One of Several
Russian Silver and Gold
Firman Tughra Sultan Mehmed IV 76×31″
John Marin, w/c 14×10″
Couldery, o/c 20×24′; 1 of 10 cat paintings
Walter Baum, o/c 31×39″
19×24″, 1 of2 Dolph paintings
Johann Metz, 19×15″
Attrib. Odilon Redon, o/c 25×32″
After Thomas Cole, o/c 40×50″
George Brown, o/c 34×54″
De Simone, o/c 30×40″
Frieseke, w/c 16¼ x 11¾”
1638, 1 of15
Federal, Ht 53″
Sultana bad, 10×14″, 1 of 20 carpets
Novajo, 82×44″, 1 of4
1858 Transatlantic cable, 1 of 15 maps
Circa 1540, 1 of 15 maps
Penry Williams, o/c 12/24″
Russian Enamel, part of collection
Hardstone Champleve, Ht 23″
Ht 7 1/2″
Regency, Lg 50″, 1 of 2
Blackhawk Lg 26″
32 Piece Set Worcester
Mahogany
1 of 3, Lg 57″
Tony Duquette, Ht 35″
Chippendale Cherry Wd36″
Noveau Ht 91″
Inlaid Mahogany
Federal Mahogany, Wd 34″
Over 630 lots to include:
200+ Jewelry and Silver Lots highlighted by: 15 lots of Russian enameled silver, Tiffany & Co, 9 lots of Egyptian silver, S. Kirk & Son Repousse, Mikimoto pearls, Roberta Porrati, Faberge, Steuben, etc.
120+ lots of Fine Art and Works on Paper highlighted by: Illuminated Finnan Bearing the Tughra of Sultan Mehmed IV, Walter Emerson Baum, Penry Williams, John Marin, John Linnell, Nathaniel Home, Gabriel-Christophe Guerin, Horatio Henry Couldery, John Henry Dolph, Henriette Ronner-Knip, Lilly Martin Spencer, Theodore Robinson, William Penn Morgan, William Henry Williamson, Myles Birket Foster, Maurice Brianchon, Frances Hopkinson Smith, Yvoime Canu, Pauline Wissant, George Loring Brown, Johann Martin Metz, Charles Edmund Dana, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Fritz Wagner, along with a collection of 15 maps, etc.
Chinese Furnishings & Decorative Accessories highlighted by: 75+ lots of Chinese porcelain to include Chinese porcelain carp dish, pair of Hardstone Inlaid and Champleve Enamel Gilt Metal Double Gourd Vases, Chinese export jade, artwork, bronzes, Japanese Imari, hardwood furnishings, dressing screens, etc.
Furnishings highlighted by: Steinway rosewood inlaid Model D centennial concert grand piano – one of four known examples in the United States, two-part Federal desk – likely Portsmouth, New Hampshire, five case clocks to include Timothy Chandler and Silas Parsons, Art Nouveau sideboard attributed to Peter Guimord, along with period furnishings including Chippendale, Regency, George III, George IV, Queen Aime, Federal, Sheraton, etc.
Decorative Accessories highlighted bv: Meissen porcelain, KPM, Spanish colonial figures, folk figures, Black Forest, Newport Rlrode Island banjo clock, Russian bronzes, Staffordshire, Crown Mark Imari Worcester porcelain, etc.
Rugs & Carpets highlighted by: Room size Sultanabad, Farahan Sarouk, Heriz, Ningxia, Caucasian, Bokara, Sarouk, etc.
Provenances:
Estate of William J Levy Park Avenue, New York
From Collection of Steven and Paula Schimmel Woodstock, Connecticut Thomas F. Vanderbeck Revocable Tnist, Haddam, Connecticut Private collection of Dr. Hope Fitz, Woodstock, Connecticut David R. Scarborough Estate Kennebunkport, Maine Whittemore Estate Westerly, Rhode Island Estate of Sheila Shevin of Rye, New York
Estate of Michael and Elizabeth Ponak, Pomfret Center, Connecticut Estate of Judith Kreuter of Milford, Connecticut
From the Collection of Mrs. Donald R Gates (the gr anddaughter of the artist) Ocean Grove, Estate of Dina Recanati, 944 5th Ave, New York