News from Hudson Valley Auctioneers

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present the 2026 Fall season opener with an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday September 14th at 5:00 PM EST.  

While the  gallery and staff enjoyed a long summer hiatus from auctions, nevertheless  accumulated some excellent consignments from several local estates and consignors to be included in this sale. 

Artwork from many periods is led by a Sandford R. Gifford seascape watercolor; works by other artists include works by Philip Evergood, Susan Getz, B.Constant Durant, N. Nodjoumi. Nahapetian Yervand, Edward Middleditch, Nahid Hagigat, William Watson, Claude Lorraine, Grif Teller, Edmund Fischer, Jeffrey Craven and a large group of abstract work by Harry Crowley.

The sale begins as usual with a group of Asian items; Chinese porcelain, several carved hardstone, bronzes, cloisonne collection and several rosewood and marble tables. Traditional furniture occupies a much smaller space in this sale. There are a few Victorian and country items, a fantastic bronze mounted alabaster pedestal and other pedestals, several oak barristers, an early oak drafting table and stool, an excellent carved oak 19th century store counter from an old Highland Falls hardware store as examples. 

The ever popular Mid Century Modern grouping this sale is limited to a few case pieces, some Herman Miller items, a large selection Dansk and Catherine Holm, a pair of Morgan Colt stools, a Broyhill Sculptra room divider, a Robsjohn Gibbons style sofa, a set of Joseph Hoffmann 'Ligna' chairs, a fine Widdicomb brass bound executive desk with a matching credenza, two Fazzino pop art works and a room size Safavieh Tibetan room size carpet. 

A Bethel estate offered a fully restored antique slate top Brunswick "Monarch" pool table; a Gibson mandolin banjo and an early cased wooden flute, several large antique Swiss music boxes, a collection of Canadian Inuit carved stone and a large collection native American basketry,  a large fan collection led by several Napoleon 111 examples and a rare signed photograph of Helen Keller are a few other highlights.

Many lots of fine porcelains include several figural Meissen groups and dishware, several hand painted plaques,  pieces by Dresden, Hutschenreuther, Royal Copenhagen, Doulton Flambe and Royal Worcester figures, Volkstedt and Nymphenburg and other fine makers are mixed throughout.

Art glass features some modern pieces as well as L.C.Tiffany Favrile and a large collection of Steuben animals including several large examples as well as several bronzes led by a large group entitled "La Lecon de Danse by A.E. Gaudez.

The sale continues with 50 lots of fine and costume jewelry including many large curated lots of vintage pieces and concludes with a selection of photographic iris prints of various exotic locations by well known National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier, a large lot of mid Century Japanese (and some European and American) wood block prints by well known artists , plus additional mid century and last minute entries.

Plan to preview in person or view the sale online.  In house previews are Sunday September 13th from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 9/4.   Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 9/5. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 9/15 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. 

Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday June 22nd at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday June 21st from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 6/12. Most items were collected from several estates located in the Hudson Valley and Westchester County.

This sale continues with the dispersal of a lifelong estate collection of fine porcelain and figurines by makers B&G, Volkstedt, Dresden, Meissen, Heubach, Rosenthal, and DJ Copenhagen. The same estate contributes art glass by Steuben, Lalique, Murano, Waterford, NEGC and several fine bronzes by makers such as Barbedienne, Franz Iffland, Robert Taylor. Hana Geber, Yiannis Koutsis, Lazzio Ispansky, Marijan Kockovic, cold painted and gilded Vienna animals. A large selection of Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan porcelain, bronze, carved wood and horn and stone as well as several Persian carpets and other textiles are scattered throughout.

A good selection of country and formal furniture will run through the sale including two Eldred Wheeler tiger maple tables, several country tables, Victorian walnut and ebonized examples, a fine Sheraton bench and some Arts and Crafts pieces. Other Arts and Crafts items include a rare Joseph Heinrich "Rabbit" chafing dish, a large Dirk van Erp copper jardiniere, a fine Hampshire matt green vase and other pieces from the period.

A large selection of artwork in various mediums will be offered with many abstracts, Japanese Mid century multiples and the remaining 10 oils from the collection of Robert Boernstein's works.

A selection of sterling flatware and hollowware, 10 vintage violins, early stoneware and several sets of fine china are sure to garner interest along with the large collection of miniature portraits and silhouettes including post mortem. Other items of interest are several stained and leaded windows, a large barbershop copper sterilizer, a decorated Gambone glazed dish, a Civil War presentation sword and approximately 75 lots of fine jewelry including gold, sterling silver and coins along with a large selection of costume jewelry, some sold in large lots.

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 6/12. 

The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 6/223 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday May 18th at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday May 17th from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 5/8. Items were collected from several estate lots from the Hudson Valley and beyond.

Highlights of the sale includes some fine mid century and modern design pieces including works by Michael Taylor, Trioh, Peter Hvidt style, Paul Frankl, Illums Bolighus, Oscar Bach and others. Arts and Crafts are represented by an early L. and J. G. Stickley strap hinge sideboard, several early Rookwood pottery pieces, Navajo rugs ,a fine brass and bead lantern, a multi piece Roseville collection including a Purple Crocus vase and other items from the period. Good decorative lots of furniture and some assorted country including an offering of 19th century tables, cabinets, chairs including Windsors, primitives and an exceptional 15 drawer painted pine 19th century cupboard. A good early workbench , a master carpenters tool box and with it the exceptional collection of original tools will be sold in separate lots.

A large selection of approximately 100 various artwork, this time from a Kingston NY estate, will be catalogued prior to the sale and after this notice goes to press. Currently listed in the sale are three  large oils by Rene Marcel Carcan, 10 oils from the remaining collection of Robert Boernstein's works and a small charming oil of a young Elanor Barry by Rembrant Peale as well as several marble and alabaster carvings.                 

Continuing with the impressive estate collection of fine porcelains is another large offering of B&G, Volkstedt, Dresden, Meissen, Lenox porcelain figures as well as Heubach, Rosenthal and DJ Copenhagen. Two fine Mettlach chargers, several estate carpets, 2 Swiss music boxes, several clocks led by a large Seth Thomas "Office Calendar and a Waltham banjo and a large local collection of Chinese and Japanese furniture, porcelain and decorative objects are scattered throughout. A large selection of sterling flatware and hollowware will include a tremendous set of Wallace Grand Baroque flatware with perhaps every serving piece and even the matching sterling candlesticks and butter dish. From a Bronx estate comes a collection of electric guitars and accessories and from a local Beacon estate comes a fine Yamaha baby grand piano ca.1973, a Buffet clarinet, a Yamaha  cornet and a Gemeinhardt flute. 

Other items of interest include a good selection garden including Victorian era steel and cast iron benches, a fine pair of Fiske urns, cast stone pieces, wicker and bamboo as as solid state Macintosh C 28 pre amp, a Macintosh 2125 Stereo Power Amplifier and a fine 19th bronze of Auguste Moreau's "Naissance de le perle", the birth of the pearl. The sale ends with approximately 75 lots of fine including gold, stones and coins along with a large selection of costume jewelry, some sold in large lots.

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 5/8. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 5/19 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at our interactive website www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday March 9th at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday March 8th from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 2/28. Items were collected from several estate lots from the Hudson Valley and beyond.

Antique furniture is becoming less of a staple for us as prices continue to reflect changing buying habits. While there are a few fine Empire pieces including a cornucopia carved sofa the balance of the furniture offerings are from the prior mid century and of modern design, some Arts and Crafts including Oscar Bach, French marquetry pieces, some good decorative lots and assorted country. There is a collection of Japanese post Meiji period that features several heavily carved chairs and a large Chinese  marble topped center table. For those with a musical bent there are three pianos; two Steinway and an Erard all in 'art cases' with one of the Steinway's a Model D Style XR Aeolien player. A fine William Lewis and Son viola and  concert Lyon and Healey harp # 3589 will be sure to attract some attention.

Another large selection of various artwork from the same consignor represented in two prior auctions will once again show the taste and diversity of this fine eyed collector. Included will be works by the following artists and led by Whan-Ki Kim, William Bradford, Paul Chikamasa Horiuchi, Joseph Henry Sharp, McClelland Barclay, Wolf Kahn (attrib), William S, Coleman, John Hare, Barbara Stadtlander, William R. Flint, Otto Jones, Frank Stokes, Gerard Belciar and many more. Bronzes from the same collection and an additional Red Hook estate include works by sculptors Mary Ann Owen, Jo Davidson, P.J. Mene, Pautrot, Christopher Fratin, L. Bonheur, J. Chemin, Mark Hopkins, David Lemon, Ramon Parmenter, Ron Lee, Joseph Boulton, R.F Elwell, several Vienna bronzes and others.

Some fine art glass and some pottery include 14 signed Galle cameo vases, a Daum Nancy, 5 L.C. Tiffany pieces, Quezal and Steuben. 2 large Loetz pieces, Murano dragons and two large Consolidated nudes vases, Rookwood, Weller, Pewabic and some copper work. 

An impressive flock of 16 large Boehm figural birds and groupings, a large selection of B&G, Volkstedt, Dresden, Meissen, Lenox and other porcelain figures as well as several large French bisque figures will round out an ongoing disbursement of a tremendous lifelong obsession with fine figurines.  Other porcelain and pottery include several fine Mettlach steins and charges, a large Royal Worcester "Engadine" dinnerware service, some fine Chinese porcelain and export china,  Doulton Lambeth, Moorecroft and others.

At this writing this sale has little silver or estate jewelry, however some silver Judaica including Russian examples and 2 heavy cups by Henryk Winograd combine with a cast signed 'Chamber of Secrets" script with documentation, several fine Jay Strongwater pieces, a meerschaum pipe collection,  several estate carpets and a vintage "Minivac 601" will assure a fine and interesting sale.

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 2/27. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 9/10 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo deHaas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will present an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday February 2nd at 5:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday February 1st from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 2:00pm-4:30 pm or by appointment beginning 1/25. Featured items include the following:

An offering of 8 original United States patent models acquired directly from O'Rundell and Richards Gilbert. Antique furniture including sets of period chairs, interesting Victorian Hunzinger and Merklen, a carved rosewood parlor set, a 1900 steel medical cabinet, a Japanned iron standing shaving mirror and more.  

Artwork to include several  Asian watercolors; Oil, Manhattan scene, with figures, signed Frederick T. Weber; oil,  "Practicing the Measure", signed Jennie Brownscombe; oil, woman feeding chickens, attr. to Jefferson David Chalfant; oil, "Poppies", by Jennie Ashton Hackett; oil, Dutch landscape, signed F v. Rijn, several hand colored lithographs by Bev. Doolittle including "Woodland Encounter"; oil, "Bagatella Roseraie", signed Constant Duval; watercolor, WWI scene with two soldiers & dead horse in ruined village, signed Pierre Albert Laroux; oil, houses in landscape, signed G.H. McCord ANA; oil, figures in garden, signed E. (Eloise) Egan (National Arts Club); oil, salon interior with chair, signed Léonce Joseph de Joncieres; collection etchings & lithographs by Eva Watson, Dali, Keiko Minami, Leonard Baskin, Chaim Gross, Georges Schreiber, Lewis Rubenstein, Carlton Chapman, Edouard Manet, Marie Laurencin & others; oil, House by bridge to City Island, Bronx, signed M. Whitcombe 1975; Several watercolors by Floyd Yewell; 3 paintings, still-life with fruit, Mireille Dushesne; oil, "The Survivors", signed Frank von der Lancken; oil, NYC, view from High Bridge, signed Hauben '97 (Daniel); watercolor, mountain landscape, signed Warren (Charles Wyatt??); oil, farm scene in woods, signed Max Werner; Aquatint, plate XVI from Miserere by Georges Rouault; lithograph, "Le Chilera", signed R.C. Gorman; Pen & Ink drawing, self portrait, signed D. Levine (David); watercolor, view of Rome, Castel Sant'Angelo, signed J. Martin and many others. A good selection of gilt and carved painting frames.

Asian and eastern items include a fine Chinese 'immortality' peach vase signed but drilled, an exceptional Chinese embroidered silk ladies robe, cloisonne, hardstone  and soapstone,  25 snuff bottle, a selection Canton porcelain, woodblock prints, India and Turkish metalwork as well as a group of Inuit carvings.

Several fine bronzes and other sculptures including several Chester Beach maquettes acquired directly from his estate. 

Mid Century Modern highlights feature a rosewood Eames lounge and ottoman, a large selection machine age chrome including Chase and Manning Bowman, several various pairs of chairs, art glass selections and table lamps and chandeliers. Some exceptional porcelain led by a pair of Royal Vienna gilt decorated urns on plinths, Royal Copenhagen, Meissen, Royal Worcester and others.

At least 100 ounces sterling flatware and hollowware and 30 lots of estate fine jewelry. 

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on our website after 1/23. The gallery is open for payments and pickup Tuesday 2/3 from 10am to 3pm and daily that week 9-3:30. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third party vendors only. Auction terms, links to online bidding and other info available at www.HudsonValleyAuctioneers.com or contact sales manager Theo de Haas 845 480 2381 or auctioneer Neil Vaughn 914 489 2399.