Meander Auctions – The Auerbach Auction
October 28 10am EST
meanderauctions.com
6825 State Route 821 Whipple, Ohio

WHIPPLE, OHIO — Meander Auctions has announced the Auerbach Auction of Americana and Folk Art, which will take place on October 28 in the firm’s new saleroom. The live auction will include art, furniture, textiles, and more from the collections of father and son, Chuck and Dan Auerbach. Chuck is a fixture on the antiques market and has been selling at shows across the nation for 40 years. His son Dan is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the Grammy-award winning blues rock duo The Black Keys.

The sale will include more than 200 lots, handpicked by Chuck and Dan, that encompass their love of folksy Americana, with an emphasis on the “graphic, quirky, one-of-a-kind side,” according to Chuck. The senior Auerbach reflected: “I’ve spent years hunting. I’m slowing down, traveling less and would like to pass on some of my finds to like-minded friends.”

Dan described his journey as a collector: “I was raised by an antique dealer who was always on the hunt. I was with him at the flea markets at the crack of dawn and out on the back roads on a never ending trail of exciting finds. Needless to say, I caught the bug and have been buying and collecting for years and years, much of it while out on the road with my band. Everything that I’ve consigned was handpicked by me, and if I had the room, I’d keep it.”

Auctioneer Andrew Richmond is excited to bring these items to auction: “Chuck has an amazing eye and can spot the “art” in just about anything. He loves textiles, especially quilts, and some of those he collected are graphic, but some of his favorites are simple and elegant. He also loves works by self-taught artists. He found the collection of colorful and expressive paintings by Eugene Hill in a shop in Chicago where Hill had been a truck driver. Dan has been a serious collector of “rustic” antiques for years. Among his contributions to the auction are more than two dozen pieces of rustic furniture, which some also refer to as twig or Adirondack furniture.”

Some of the offerings include a monogrammed and dated 1912 rustic dressing table with mirror, decorated with twigs and roots ($500-$1,000), a western Pennsylvania Mennonite quilt, early Twentieth Century, in a simple design, and accented with “turkey track” stitching ($700-$1,200), and a Eugene Hill painting of a ship at sea (or perhaps on the Great Lakes), and displayed mounted on red plywood ($200/400).

Bidders may bid live, in-person, as well as absentee, by phone or live online at LiveAuctioneers.com and HiBid.com. Items and descriptions can be viewed using the online catalog, and in-person preview is available Monday, October 23-Friday, October 27 from 10 am to 4 pm daily.

Meander Auctions’ gallery location is at 6825 State Route 821. For more information and to view the full catalog, visit www.auerbachrauction.com or contact auctioneer Andrew Richmond directly at 740-760-0012 or by email info@meanderauctions.com.

The Auerbach Auction: folk, found, outsider, and self-taught art (live, absentee, online)
Auction start at 10:00 am EST In-person preview available
MEANDER AUCTIONS 740.760.0012
6825 State Route 821 meanderauctions.com
Whipple, Ohio info@meanderauctions.com