E.S Eldridge Onsite Auction
Saturday, May 7th @ 11am
54 High Street, Coventry, CT
10am–2pm Inspection Friday 9am Inspection Saturday

We are very pleased to have been asked to offer at public auction the Estate of Dr. and Mrs Robert Bowen of Coventry, CT on Saturday May 7, 2022, at 11 AM 9 AM Insp. at 54 High Street Coventry, CT. Plenty of parking will be available one side of High St. and a preview will take place the day before. Please save the date and bring chairs. Under tents. More updates as we near sale date.There will also be phone bids/ left bids available by calling 860-500-0118 prior to or on the auction date.
As you can see by these photos on our auctionzip. com site #2823 this will be a quality sale. These items are a result over 60 years of collecting. Dr. Bowen was a passionate and avid collector of antiques and was able to acquire a variety of high-end items and many other collectibles over the years.
Everyone is welcome, friends, neighbors, deal- ers, collectors, people who have a long history in Coventry and people who want to acquire a piece of history from the Bowen Family. Check out the pictures! There is something here for everyone who is a collector.
NOTABLE ARTWORK:
William Meritt Chase – 4 pieces
1900 – Self Portrait and portrait of his wife signed – seen in Brooklyn Museum on exhibit
1875 – “The Smoker” or known as “The Man with the pipe”
1881 – Man with Beret or hat 1881 signed bottom right also etched in ink his name Chase on left side. Also, a message on bottom or artwork. This is a rare piece.
H.J. Brook
Man with hunting dogs and son signed very large piece of oil work about 3’ by 4’
David Hayes
Local artist known in Coventry across the United States and abroad. He had his studio on South Street Coventry. Widely known for his welded art sculptures found in downtown Coventry, public and private collections across the USA & Europe and in his fields on South Street. He is also known for his modern abstract paintings in bright colors. Very few of his works are signed and dated. The piece at auction is a signed and dated in 1978 ink still life drawing of flowers looking outside from his kitchen window on South Street. This is rare because of its medium and it is signed and dated, and the scene is from South Street home and studio. He passed away in 2013 and since then the David Hayes Foundation has been continuing to celebrate the life works of David Hayes.
President George Washington oil painting in excellent condition. Possibly in a Mackin Frame
NOTABLE HISTORIC PEOPLE:
Gideon Welles letter serving under Lincoln in Department of Navy. Welles has local ties to Coventry.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Secretary of Navy – Letter to Senator Lodge in 1915
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt letter to a Mrs. Whitman on White House Stationary
15% BP • Cash / Check • Visa / MC Under Tents • Bring a chair