On Sunday June 9th at 11am, Schwenke’s Woodbury
Auction presents its Fourth Anniversary Spring Fine Estates Auction. According
to owner Thomas Schwenke, “this will be one of our strongest sales to date, and
we are happy to be offering the wonderful American folk art collection of
Arnold and Sheila Aronson - 150 lots of carefully selected American Folk Art
examples comprising painted furniture, artwork, whirligigs, quilts,
weathervanes and accessories.” The Aronson Collection will be auctioned as a
special section during the sale, beginning at 12:30 pm.
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| American Chippendale Chair |
One of the prime single lots is very rare cast bronze
unawarded production model of the Heisman trophy from the Roman Bronze Works,
grouped with an unassembled second model, being offered for the first time
having been acquired by the consignor from the late Philip Schiavo, owner of
the Roman Bronze Works. Several other bronzes, some from Roman Bronze Works,
are also on offer, as well as a Portrait Bust by Elie Nadelman.
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| Elie Nadelman |
Also featured is Andy Warhol’s “Wild Raspberries” a hand
colored folio of 18 hand-colored lithographs created in 1959 and signed by
Warhol to/for the original purchaser; along with the book “Pre-Pop Warhol”,
published by Panache Press of Random House, which was written in part using
this folio, and including two letters of thanks from the publisher to the
original owner.
The sale also includes property from various estates and
consignors from Litchfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York,
and the Native American collection of a New York gentleman, including Navajo
folk art carvings, New Mexican painted retablos, Hopi, Zuni and Laguna pottery,
kachinas, artwork, and baskets.
Other decorative arts lots of interest include a thirteen
piece Tiffany “Venetian” pattern desk set including the inkwell, blotter, pen
holder, calendar, notepad, letter hold, pen tray, postage scale, stamp box,
paper clip are being sold individually and are fresh to market from original
owner’s family; a 17th C. framed, silk trapunto English needlework
of Romulus and Remus alongside a lion; and a Kathe Kollwitz, Etching, “Frau Mit
Totem Kind”.
Seven distinctive pieces of Indian jewelry, including five
Muhgal style 20K gold examples, are offered on behalf of a New York State
private collector.
Many fine lots of American and English furniture are being
sold as lots 502 to 614. Prime American examples include a Portsmouth inlaid
mahogany swell front chest with fan inlays, a circa 1810 Federal tiger and
birdseye maple server, most likely New Hampshire, an American Chippendale
mirror with phoenix, an inlaid mahogany corner cupboard, a Sheraton figured
maple drop leaf work table, and a Philadelphia Chippendale carved mahogany side
chair. English featured pieces are a George II concertina card table, a George
III mahogany pie crust table, possibly Irish, a signed London bracket clock, a
Regency mahogany cellarette, and a pair of Sheraton brass mounted hall chairs.
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| George III Maghogany Pie Crust Table |
This sale also will feature many estate oriental carpets
including Persian and Caucasian room and scatter sized rugs, and other regional
Asian rugs of varying sizes.
This sale is being held at the firm’s auction hall at 710
Main Street South, Middle Quarter Plaza, in Woodbury. Preview times are Sunday,
June 2th from 11am to 4:00 pm; Friday June 7th from noon to 5 pm;
Saturday, June 8th from 10am to 5pm; and Sunday, June 9th from 8am to sale time
at 11:00 am, with the Aronson Collection being sold at 12:30 pm.
The catalog for the sale is viewable at www.woodburyauction.comwww.woodburyauction.com. Absentee
and phone bidding are available for this live gallery auction, and the sale
will be broadcast live through Live Auctioneers. To register or arrange for absentee or phone
bidding, please call Woodbury Auction at 203-266-0323.
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