Hudson Valley Auctioneers – Antique and Estate Auction
Monday, March 3rd • 3pm Start
432 Main Street, Beacon, New York, 12508
www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com

BEACON, N.Y. — Hudson Valley Auctioneers will present an unreserved antiques and estate auction with absentee, phone and online bidding through LiveAuctioneers on Monday, March 3, at an early start of 3 pm. In-house previews are Sunday, March 2, from 1-5 pm and Monday, March 3, from noon-2:30 pm or by appointment beginning February 24. The auction features the remaining contents of the estate of Larry Wiseman, Sparkill, N.Y., with select additions.

“Those of us who are fortunate to have spent and still spend our lives in this thoroughly engrossing and occasionally maddening trade share many similar experiences,” stated Theo de Haas, Hudson Valley’s general manager. “Aside from all the endless stories of triumph and tragedy, there is one constant; the meeting of the same and seemingly ever-changing group of unique personalities that frequent the shows, markets, shops and auctions.

“Very early in my first auctions in Cold Spring I met Larry Wiseman. He was already well established and known as ‘The Renaissance Man.’ At the time I had sold him a cast stone Works Progress Administration (WPA) sculpture and, after buying it, he exuberantly told me what a fantastic purchase he had made and frankly how much of a bargain he had gotten. He remained a client and one of those ‘personalities’ in and out of my life for the next 45 years.

“I hadn’t known he’d passed two years ago. He had still been buying the occasional auction lot that I had personally delivered to his slowly decaying Victorian mansion in Sparkill at his insistence. He never let me inside. And now, as I offer for sale what remains in his house and grounds, I’ve gotten to know better the fascinating fellow he was. His numerous interests are represented by the variety of items in this upcoming auction.

“For example, Larry’s lifelong affection for Venice, Italy, was evident by a collection of gondola oar locks; one by Giuseppe Carli, several paintings, Murano glass, cameo shells, Italian Provincial furniture and Renaissance decorative items.

“He was enamored with cowboys and the American West. Several reproduction Remington bronzes; two large, cowboy-themed canvas murals; various skulls; a fine tooled saddle; tooled belts; two F.V. Guinzburg terracotta exhibition sculptures of Mexican women; and a very large cast set of antler-styled, rustic furniture are evidence. Religious objects include a very early carved Christian triptych, early gilt carved station, a Seventeenth Century bible with leather binding, an early icon, several statues and other artworks.

“Victorianna was another interest, as evidenced by a pair of cast iron figural boys, an exceptional pair of leaded windows, a Herter quality standing desk, carved marble and alabaster statues and spelter statues that will be offered. And then there are the oddities: a stuffed dog in a shadowbox, a stuffed monkey, a taxidermy horse head, a Concetta Scaravaglione WPA statue of an island drummer, ethnographic carvings and, from Doyle NY’s 1986 auction of Rock Hudson’s personal items, a Stroud player piano with trompe l’oeil decoration, Hudson’s collection of piano rolls and the original auction catalog and receipt.

“Sadly, we lost another longtime client this year, Arthur Gordon of Tarrytown, N.Y. A former educator, show and shop dealer with whom we had been working closely with. Over the past fe years, Arthur and his wife Michelle had been dispersing their multiple overstuffed storage units. This auction has several lots from their personal furnishings to include fine bronzes, bronze Nineteenth Century decorative items, lighting, a fine marble clock, brilliant cut crystal, porcelains and Italian gilt carvings.”

From the local home of a world-renowned photographer, now 90 years old, come a Midcentury Herman Miller bedroom set, several lots of silver, L.C. Tiffany glass, a Gothic Revival silverplate mechanical cruet set and some china services.

Other silver and jewelry lots include a Reed and Barton flatware set, lots of hollowware, watches, lots of gold jewelry led by a large 18K gold brooch with gemstones by Ed Wiener and several lots of sterling jewelry.

Brown furniture from a prominent Rye, N.Y., family estate offers several period George III pieces, including a leather top partner’s desk, a chest-on-chest in burl, a silver chest and a later dining table and chairs, a banded Regency Pembroke table, an English Regency burl desk and a Chippendale mahogany fretwork silver table purchased from George N Antiques. Bidders can expect many other individual and group lots of interesting and fresh-to-the-market items of interest among the nearly 600 lots on offer.

Plan to preview or view the sale online. Images and listings as well as bidding links for all items are available on the firm’s website after February 21. The gallery at 432 Main Street is open for payments and pickup Tuesday, March 4, from 10 am to 3 pm and daily that week 9 am-3:30 pm. Weekend appointments can be arranged for limited pickups if invoices are prepaid. All shipping is by third-party vendors only.

For information, www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com, 845-480-2381 or 914-489-2399.

Previews: Sunday March 2nd from l-5pm & Monday, March 3nd day of sale from 12-2:30pm
Featuring the Estate of Larry Wiseman with select additions. Highlights to include sculpture, statuary, lots of art, interesting & antique furniture & decorative arts & the rare & unusual.
19th Century French gilt mantle clock
Cast iron garden figures
Chippendale mahogany silver table with open fretwork
Gus Constantine robot sculpture
Oil, Ecce Homo, signed Gustave Dore
Sample fine leaded glass
Rare Vintage Ed Wiener 18kt gold brooch pendant
Large selection of antler furniture, manner of Arthur Court
Karl Springer style grass cloth and brass trim credenza
Oil, Herman Ten Kate
Period Bulls eye convex mirror with eagle
Oil, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 by Thomas Quinn
George III chest on chest
Antique carved drop front desk, Herter quality
Piano, Rock Hudson provenance
Spelter statue, L’Amour Irresistible, Par M. Cassavetti
Concetta Scaravaglione WPA sculpture
TERMS: cash, check, all major credit cards, wire transfer Buyer’s Premium 28%, 3% cash or check discount.
Wire fee 2000. Sales Tax 8.125% unless NYS ST120 sales tax exemption is filed with us or purchases shipped out of state by certified shipper.
All shipping by third party
Absentee, phone bids and online bidding through www.liveauctioneers.com
Neil Vaughn, Auctioneer: 914-489-2399 • Theo DeHaas, Sales Manager: 845-480-2381 • Office: 845 838 3049 or 845 831-6800 • Fax: 845-838-6806
www.hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com • 432 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508