News from Hudson Valley Auctioneers

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York announces two upcoming auctions in February on consecutive dates with absentee, phone and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com. The first sale is part two of, and the final offering of, the recently discovered cache of artworks executed by Marzette Watts. 

Following the success of our October 9th 2023 sale featuring 150 pieces, the remaining watercolors, woodblocks and charcoals of the enigmatic social activist, musician and artist will be sold. A color catalog of the offering is available along with a comprehensive catalog of the October sale including his biography is available for $20.00 plus postage from the gallery or during the preview. 

The sale will be held Sunday afternoon, February 25th at 4:00 PM with an in house preview Sunday 1pm-3:30 pm.                                                                           

On Sunday the 25th an additional preview of items included in the next day's auction, scheduled for Monday February 26th at 5:00 PM, will be available for viewing.                                                                                                   Monday's sale features three sales in one. 

The first 75 lots consist of a one owner estate collection of Southern face jugs by various makers including W.T. McLennan, Dwayne and Brandon Crocker, M. Pittman, Bob Shields, Bob Armfied, Mike Hanning, Kenneth George, Frank Van Dorsten and many others. 

Hudson Valley Auctioneers, located at 432 Main Street, Beacon, New York will celebrate New Years Day 2024 with an unreserved antique and estate auction with absentee, phone  and online bidding through Liveauctioneers.com on Monday January 1st 1:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday 12/31 from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 10 noon- 12:30 PM or by appointment from December 15th. Traditionally one of our best sales of the year, this auction will offer 475 lots of traditional antiques, excellent Arts and Crafts, lots of silver and jewelry, fine art, Mid Century, Asian and Persian items and more.

This sale begins with Asian items highlighted by another collection of Chinese archers rings from the same remarkable collection we've been dispersing for several years. several porcelains, bronzes, wood carvings and artwork. 

Artists represented in the sale include Anthony Thieme, Samuel Simpson Carr, Vincent Clare, Wladislaw Malecki, Bernard Buffet, Rufino Tomayo, John Heliker, Arthur Coppedge, Dorothy Deyrup, Louise Abrams, Adam Emory Albright, John Wells, George A. Traver, Daniel Ridgeway Knight, Georges Noel, John Picking, Henry Gasser, Walt Louderback, Helen P. Wolhaupter, Henry van Notti, Warren Davis, Susan Kahn, Robert Brackman, Arthur Parton, Armand Marie Guerin, Helen Jackson Brill and others. 

Mid Century items include Brutalist examples led by an early Paul Evans slate, wood and hammered and welded steel polychromed sideboard from a Queens NY estate. The original owners collected Asian and modern sculpture and several other items are available such as a fine marble and bronze sculpture by Arnold Geissbuhler, a bronze Danish vase by Just Anderson and a Fantoni pottery vase.  A rare Hans Wegner armchair, pair Sven Dysthe "Planet" chairs, Tibergaard Danish dresser, a beautiful burlwood and chrome dining table, a set of eight Stendig chairs, Eames airport lounge seating, Bitossi figural pottery lion, lots of Venini, rare Erik Merton chair, a pair of Lapalma stools, a Fornasetti sunburst magazine stand, a Gino Sarfatti for Knoll period lamp and a fine Moulthrop Ashleaf maple bowl are among the offerings.

Period Art Deco items and Austrian Secessionist items feature a rare Marcel A. Bouraine "Turbot" illuminated bronze sculpture, an original Poul Henningsen brass and copper table lamp, a Paul Frankl side chair in original unrestored condition, an excellent three piece split reed sofa set and a fine quality steel and marble side table.a Knox Tudric inkwell, several pieces of Wiener Werkstatte pottery, a fine selection Loetz and Moser glass, Austrian period metalwork and other period makers.

American Arts and Crafts are represented by an excellent 1900 dated Charles Rohlfs chest of drawers never offered and from the original Buffalo NY family, a fine pair of Rohlfs oak candlesticks with original reflectors, L.C. Tiffany bronze and glass candlesticks,  lots of Roycroft copper, art pottery including Teco, 1904 Van Briggle, Volkmar, Roseville and others, a Gustav Stickley desk, settle and rare book cradle and other items from the period.

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 September 18th at an early start of 3:00 PM EST.  In house previews are Sunday prior from 1pm-5pm and Monday from 12 noon- 2:30pm or by appointment. The sale includes approximately 550 lots representing about 40 partial estates and consignors. 

Mid Century highlights in furniture from a Scarsdale estate include several Paul Evans pieces, an  Edward Wormley for Dunbar table, Nelson for Herman Miller dressers and chairs, two wall units, one in rosewood,  H. Probber steel based table, Milo Baughman sofa set and many other pieces. Several Ernest Shaw iron sculptures,  a Ron Kent wooden bowl,  Galle cabinet vases, Curtis Jere sculptures, Elsa Paretti, Kosta Boda and other MCM items mix in with a strong selection of 19th century Grand Tour bronzes, L.C. Tiffany lighting and bronze accessories, an exceptional Japanesque French bronze and marble clock set, a selection of vintage musical instruments, many various clocks and a selection of 19th century lighting. Mention should be made of a single lot of several thousand baseball and sports cards in excellent condition unsorted and ungraded, a rare early Pepsi machine, 2 unusual stick phones, a Gargoyle enamel standing sign and can, an early Standard Oil galvanized tub, four Singer Featherweight machines, an All Star Comet slot machine and a exceptionally rare Meek and Sons Model 44 trout reel in excellent condition.

Sets of fine china by makers Royal Crown Derby, Lenox, Meissen, Limoges, Wedgewood will be sold as well as an extensive collection Mary Greogory enamel glassware sold in lots, a large single lot of cranberry glass, an exceptional epergne, a large lot of Victorian silverplate items, a shaving mug collection, a large section costume and fine jewelry and several hundred ounces sterling holloware and flatware sets are other examples of the diversity of the auction.                                                                                                      

Several paintings are led by a large nude by Robert Brackman, a large old master probably Spanish Colonial, a fine W.P. Stubbs oil of the Yacht Frank M. Mcgear, and other works by artists A.V. Hollingsworth, William Lester Stevens (attrib), C.H.H Burleigh, William Mulready, B.H. De Hoog, Peter Max and others.  Good garden including Victorian cast iron urns and a dog headed bench, some wicker, lots of barrister bookcases, good country, French bronze mounted pieces, brass inlaid India rosewood pieces, a fine pair of brass inlaid 19th century game tables, a carved Horner cheval mirror, lots of Baker and other quality 20th century pieces are scattered throughout.

Among the Asian items are another offering of 12 Chinese archer's rings from the same remarkable collection we have been selling for two years, several porcelain pieces, several woodblocks by Shiko Munakata, a large Japanese bronze elephant group, a China Trade gouache of the Hongs at Canton ca. 1835 and among other pieces a perhaps historically significant collection of photo postal cards and two large albums of fascinating photographs taken by Clarence Wilson of Middletown NY circa 1900 in his travels to rural China and Japan with descriptions of various scenes of village and artisan life.                               

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

Hudson Valley Auctioneers will offer 150 lots for auction including oils, watercolors and ink on paper by Artist and Activist Marzette Watts on October 9th, Columbus Day at 7PM.                                                                                                                    

After the sit-in at the lunch counter at the Montgomery, Alabama courthouse in 1960, Marzette Watts and eight others were expelled from Alabama State College. Enduring intimidation from the police and the Ku Klux Klan, Marzette, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, left Alabama and enrolled at NYU in New York City. Having been an art major at ASC, he continued his studies in the department where famed Amistad muralist Hale Woodruff was teaching. He later spent a year at the Sorbonne.

Settling into 27 Cooper Square in Manhattan, Marzette became part of a vibrant community which included Le Roi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Rivers, and Free Jazz musician, Archie Schepp. The activism of the Free Jazz movement shifted Marzette’s genius from painting to music.

He became a close friend of Lawrence Weiner with whom he worked on soundtracks. Later, he formed his own recording companies and eventually taught at Wesleyan. 

There will also be photographs and a rare Delancey Street Museum flyer featuring a Bob Thompson exhibit. This will be an in person as well as liveauctioneers event.

A bound color catalog featuring an in depth biography of Marzette Watts and images of all 150 lots, is now available. Please forward a check in the amount of $40.00 ($35.00 + 5.00 shipping) to the order of Hudson Valley Auctioneers at the address shown below. To pay with a credit card, please call Neil Vaughn at 914-489-2399 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Hudson Valley Auctioneers

In-House Estate Auction & In House Tag Sale!

432 Main Street, Beacon, NY, 12508

Held on:

Tuesday August 15th: Tag Sale & Auction Preview (see times below)

Wednesday August 16, Auction, starts at 10am, Gallery open at 9am

Thursday August 17, second Tag sale day, 9am to 4pm.

Dates, Times & Details:

Tuesday August 15th: 

Gallery opens at 9am for Christmas in August Tag Sale extravaganza, this sale also includes a great selection of books & hundreds of CD's!

Discovered in a local Cornwall NY warehouse, from a company that used to decorate Broadway plays, a gigantic collection of Christmas items including but no limited to artificial trees, lighting, glass, composite ornaments, figures, Santa figures, candy canes, Nut crackers, cases of holly, ribbons, various faux fruits, too much to list, many items still in bins.

Huge book collection, excellent assortment of estate found books, including art, Science Fiction, Comics, Auction catalogs, decorative arts, modern design & architecture & much more.

A large selection of Jazz, Rock, Pop & Christmas related music CD's, at least 6 bins filled.

On this day items for next days In-House Auction can be viewed from noon to 5pm!

Wednesday August 16th:

In-house auction starts at 10am, expect 300 unreserved lots of estate goods including antique furniture, accessories, art & more, from plain to fancy, additional images can be found on this website under "Images"

Gallery will open at 9am, note that limited seats are available, feel free to bring your own.

Pick up of all items is on day of sale, Thursday and Friday 9-3pm, please no exceptions. 

NO driveway parking or pickups, removals from our South Street entrance.

Please bring your own boxes and packing materials for smaller items!

Absentee & phone bidding will be available.

Buyer’s premium is 23% with a 3% discount for cash or check.

Thursday August 17th:

Second and final day of the Tag sale, open from 9am to 4pm.

Plus pick up of items from prior day Estate Auction!

Call for info Neil Vaughn 914-489-2399, Theo de Haas 845 480-2381

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