Hyde Park COUNTRY AMERICANA, DECORATIVE ARTS, COLLECTIBLES
Online & Live Bidding
900 Dutchess Turnpike,
Poughkeepsie NY
Sat. Feb. 3, 2018 |  Noon in 2 Sessions
Previews: Fri. Feb. 2, 1 pm–6 pm
Sat. Feb. 3, 9 am to Noon
(Or by appointment, week of sale)

Live & online bidding – www.liveauctioneers.com or visit our web site www.hpcountryauctions.com to view illustrated catalog | 845-471-5660 for further info
Selling the partial contents of several local estates including the attic and basement contents of the locally historic VanWagner family farm (Calvin R. Smith Homestead), Smith Rd, Pleasant Valley NY; A large grouping of Country Americana and folk art from the Elliot Steckel estate, Sharon CT; Partial contents of a Poughkeepsie NY estate (name withheld by family); several private collection of Americana from Connecticut, other country items gathered throughout the Hudson Valley & New England. Also, a private collection of fine musical instruments from NYC.
SESSION ONE – 12:00 NOON (500 lots): Americana including Hudson Valley: Cupboards – Blanket boxes – Work tables – 7’ Harvest table early 19th century – Candlestands – Sets of country chairs – A fine comb-back Windsor rocker in original paint – Dry Sink in old red – Grain painted chests – William & Mary gate-leg table -Tiger maple tall case clock with heart inlay – Queen Ann style tiger maple dressing table dated 1875 – Bucket benches – Other country furniture – Folkart – Treenware including hen on nest cake board – Rare Northern California N.A. gift basket – Three Northwest coast dance paddles – Hester Bateman 1776 silver sugar urn – Taconic baskets – Stoneware – Redware – Homespun textiles – Quilts – Tinware & early iron utensils – Early lighting – Butter churns – 2 Pennsylvania 18th c. stove plates – Decoys including Mackey Collection flying goose – Game boards – Paint decorated boxes – Advertising – Good country artwork including identified American schooner entering Hong Kong Harbor, outstanding 19th century portrait of young girl holding dove, other portraits, primitive O/C stone house and children signed on reverse to location in the historic district of Phila, other art by listed artists – Prints including National Guard military encampment from Kingston NY 1855 – Hooked rugs – Oriental rugs – Navajo rugs – Carved wooden boot makers trade sign – Federal fireplace mantle from the Sleigh homestead, Dutchess County NY – Weathervanes including wooden airplane, rooster, horse & sulky, etc. – Windmill weights – Door stops – Pantry boxes – Whalebone scrimshaw busk – Heavily carved 18th century mangle board – Hearth items – 2 Civil War carbines – Walking Sticks – Split bamboo fly rods – Stanley Plane No. 1 – Early iron measuring tools – WWI Naval poster – Steamship related photo signed by members starting the company including A. Lincoln’s son Robert Todd Lincoln 19th c. – vintage canoe paddle collection – Stanley No. 1 Plane – Nautical collectibles – etc. Special Historical Item: Abraham Lincoln presentation plaster life mask 1886, supervised by St. Gaudens.
SESSION 2 – 5:00PM (200 lots): Decorative Arts & Musical Instruments: Rare Art Nouveau Lady Coca Cola tray in original frame (1905) – Two Sterling Silver flatware sets – Estate gold & diamond jewelry – Victorian cameo broaches – Sterling Silver Concho belt (contemporary) – Handel floor lamp & desk lamp – Pittsburgh table lamp – Art Nouveau table lamp with geometric leaded glass shade and other lighting – Royal Doulton figurines – China cabinets & bookcases – Heavily inlaid Syrian corner chair – Various other Victorian & 20th century furniture – Fine china & glassware – Oriental rugs – Good artwork including a miniature India/Islamic illuminated manuscript water color, Rembrandt etching, oriental wood block prints, European artwork, etc. – 2 Bronzes – Oriental china/porcelains – Limoges fruit bowl – German porcelain dolls – Large lot of Quimper – First issue of Columbia University souvenir plates in original box – Vintage medical collectibles – Clocks – Whimsical aluminum carnival figural waste can – paisleys – over 25 musical instruments including French horn, Jerome Callet Superchops trumpet, Benje pocket trumpet, Bach Symphonic bass trombone Model 50B, J.H. Foote drum, etc.
Presentation Lincoln Life Mask 1886
N.A. Gift Basket – Pomo N. California
Sample of Weathervanes
Sample of Door Stops
O/B American Bark Sarah S. Ridgway
Decoy from the Mackey Collection Signed
Edmund C. Coates Hester Bateman Silver Sugar Urn – 18th c.
Sample of Gold Jewelry
Sample of Musical Instruments
Sample of Sterling Silver
Carved Wooden Trade Sign – 19th c.
O/C Portrait of Child Holding Dove – 19th c.
Sample of Table Lamps
Sample of Dolls
Handel Grain painted chest
Floor Lamp
Sample of Oriental Carpets
Sample of Navajo Rugs
Blue and White Applique Quilt
Sample of Country Cupboards
Federal Fireplace Mantel – Dutchess County
Sample of Weathervanes Harvest Table – 7’
Illuminated Indian Manuscript
Two Civil War carbines
Bach Symphonic Bass Trombone
Sample of Country Furniture
Rustic Carved Wall Plaque – 19th c.
Folk Art Silhouette Weathervane