The 2013 Washington Connecticut Antiques Show will take place October 4-6, opening at Washington Primary School with the traditional Preview Night cocktail party on Friday from 6:30 to 9:00pm. Cellist Mary Costanza will serenade guests during this opportunity for advance buying and browsing from an impressive assortment of exceptional antiques and contemporary collectibles.
The following evening, the Collectors Party will be held - Saturday, October 5 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. Visitors will enjoy browsing while listening to the smooth sounds of The Kerry Linder Brazilian Jazz Trio in an alluring setting of curated treasures and modern curiosities from around the world.
Reservations for the Friday and Saturday evening parties are highly recommended and can be made by visiting www.gunnlibrary.org. Entrance to each party begins at $125 per person. Daytime show hours are Saturday, October 5, 10am to 3pm and Sunday, October 6, 11am to 3pm. Daily admission to the show is $10, payable at the door. For additional information, please contact the Gunn Memorial Library at 860-868-7586 or email gunndevelopment@biblio.org.
Founded in 1985, the Washington Annual Antiques Show consistently draws dealers of the highest quality and offers diverse furnishings and decorative arts for both the period and modern home. The show features 21 dealers from the east coast. Visitors will find larger furnishings, works of art, exquisite jewelry, intimate furniture and decorative accessories.
This year the exhibitors includes:
Behnke Doherty Gallery
Washington, CT
www.behnkedoherty.com
Brad Reh Fine Estate Jewelry
Southampton, NY
www.bradreh.com
Brennan & Mouilleseaux
Northfield, CT
www.antiqueseclectic.com
C.M. Leonard Antiques
South Salem, NY
The Cooley Gallery
Old Lyme, CT
www.cooleygallery.com
Dallas Boesendahl
New York, NY
Donald Rich Antiques
New Canaan, CT
Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge
White Plains, NY
www.vandekar.com
Eckert Fine Art
Millerton, NY
<a href="http://www.eckertfineart.com">www.eckertfineart.com</a>
Embellish Antiques
Chapel Hill, NC
www.embellishantiques.com
George Champion Modern Shop
Woodbury, CT
KMR Arts
Washington Depot, CT
www.kmrarts.com
Melody Rodgers
New York, NY
www.melodyrodgers.com
Mountain Thistle Antiques
Waynesboro, VA
www.rubylane.com/shops
Nemati Collection
New York, NY & New Preston, CT
www.nematicollection.com
Nula Thanhauser
East Hampton, NY
www.nulathanhauser.com
Ober Gallery
Kent, CT
www.obergallery.com
R.M. Barokh, Inc.
Bethlehem, CT
www.rmbarokhantiques.com
Roberto Freitas American Antiques
& Decorative Arts
Stonington, CT
www.robertofreitas.com
R.T. Facts
Kent, CT
www.rtfacts.com
Vintage Poster Art
Monroe Township, NJ
www.trocadero.com/vintagepa
The Museum’s current exhibit, “Coming to America: Washington’s Swedish Immigrants,” will be open to visitors free of charge Saturday and Sunday October 5 & 6 and features photographs and artifacts from its collection, on loan from descendants, and from local dealers Dawn Hill Antiques and Eleish van Breems Antiques. Rhonda Eleish and Edie van Breems, noted Scandinavian style experts, will present the lecture "The Elements of Swedish Style" and sign copies of their new book Reflections on Swedish Interiors on Sunday, October 6, at 1pm in the Wykeham Room of the Gunn Memorial Library.
For area information www.litchfieldhills.com
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Schwenke’s Woodbury Connecticut Auction Features Aronson Folk Art Collection, Heisman Trophy Castings, and Warhol Illustrated Folio
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.
For area information www.litchifeldhills.com
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Woodbury Auction's 2nd Anniversary Antique and Fine Art Auction
Thomas Schwenke commented that "this space in a centrally located and highly visible location allows us to get the auction set up much more efficiently and also provides maximum exposure for the auction, all to the benefit of our consignors and buyers. Attendees will find ample parking in the commercial mall also occupied by Ovens of France, a charming French bakery, and Zee Burger, the newest culinary offering by noted Woodbury chef Carole Peck.
A beautiful mid-spring ride to Woodbury, called by many the "Antiques Capital" of Connecticut, and situated on the "Connecticut Antiques Trail", will bring attendees to Woodbury Auction LLC's anniversary event, featuring American and European furniture, country Americana, folk art, and decorative and fine art. Premier items in the sale include a pair of Joseph H. Sharp watercolors, a rare New Jersey silvered dial tall clock by Aaron Lane, a stunning Continental crystal chandelier, and a Pennsylvania walnut Queen Anne dressing table descended in the family of William Pinckney, Maryland statesman.
Also offered in this anniversary sale, Woodbury Auction's sixth sale since inception in May of 2009, will be furniture, paintings, country Americana, folk art, porcelain, vintage toys and general collectibles from estates and consignors in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island. Absentee, phone and online bidding (through Live Auctioneers) will be available. Preview will be held from May 18th through the morning of the sale.
"Woodbury Auction is an auction house with well-qualified dealer experts in service to appreciators of not only fine arts and antiques, but of the art of the auction itself," noted Mr. Schwenke, founder of the enterprise. "Connecticut is really at the heart of America's historic property preservation and antiquities interest. Being located on the "Connecticut Antiques Trail", we have real time visitors and clients from all over the country. And since our auctions are also conducted live on the internet we offer the opportunity for fine pieces to change hands on a world wide selling platform."
As owner and proprietor of Thomas Schwenke, Inc. Antiques, one of Woodbury's largest shops, Schwenke is widely regarded as one of the country's top antiques experts having over four decades of experience in the antiques business and boasting a broad established network of dealers, appraisers and collectors.
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