The online auction of real estate treasures by Nye & Company, January 20-21, offers a wide variety of decorative arts

The extravagant, Internet-only auction stars properties from the Siegmund folk art collection and the Steve and Stephanie Alpert collection.

BLOOMFIELD, NJ, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ – Two-day online real estate treasure auction from Nye & Company Auctioneers, featuring properties from the Siegmund folk art collection and the Steve and Stephanie collection Alpert, will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, January 20 and 21, at 10 am Eastern time.

The extravagant online sale will offer a wide range of fine and decorative arts. Each price range will be represented. Online and missing bids in real time will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Bidsquare.com and the Nye & Company website: www.nyeandcompany.com. Telephone bidding will also be available on a limited basis.

The auction is packed with a variety of properties from private collections, with an emphasis on American and English furniture, folk and self-taught art / outside art, American paintings, Chinese and silver artwork and jewelry.

The Steve and Stephanie Alpert collection is one of the attractions expected from the sale. Steve Alpert had an unbridled enthusiasm for all types of fine and decorative art. He and his wife Stephanie are known in various collectors’ circles and their passion for collecting is reflected in every object they have collected.

Furthermore, their support and sponsorship from contemporary artists is nothing short of surprising. This sale will feature an excellent selection of self-taught art by artists mainly from the southwest, such as Felipe and Leroy Archuleta, Leroy Ortega and Felix Lopez, as well as modern furniture by artist Pedro Friedeberg.

The father and son duo of Felipe and Leroy Archuleta created a series of wonderfully charming and fascinatingly capricious animals, like a wild boar, with real boar teeth, an expressive crocodile bank and a Dall sheep covered in real sheep wool. The large giraffe made by Leroy would be a perfect addition to any child’s nursery.

Not to be outdone, Felipe created a fabulous woodpecker feeding his babies inside the hole of a tree branch. In addition, there are three bottle snakes made by Felipe. Leroy Ortega, an artist from Santa Fe, New Mexico, also created some animals sculpted and painted in the same tantalizing aesthetic.

The Siegmund collection is an incredible collection of popular art objects that is sure to please collectors, merchants and institutions. For Joanne H. and Frederick Siegmund, what started as a young couple’s project to furnish their new Upper West Side apartment in the 1960s has evolved into a passionate, intellectual and cultural adventure.

Joanne and Fred – lawyers, New Yorkers and true soul mates – used their second home in Litchfield County, Connecticut, as a base to explore the first outdoor antiques shows. They enjoyed meeting “interesting, friendly and knowledgeable” traffickers and expanding their social circle to include collectors from across the country. Many became lifelong friends.

In Joanne’s words, “Collecting has become the central focus of our memories”. In Fred’s words: “We never buy anything we don’t like”. The Siegmunds knew that they were playing an important role in the recovery of American history. As Joanne said, “I feel like we’re contributing by saving all of these things.” Joanne was invited to serve on the Procurement Committee and join the Board of Trustees at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York.

One of the highlights of this collection is a delicious sailor pipe carved from pine and bone. The pipe bowl is decorated with the face of a sailor wearing a hat. This is anything but a utility object. It is wonderfully expressive, skillfully executed and the perfect 19th century vehicle for smoking tobacco. There is also an incredible seated man, sculpted and painted, by James MacCallister Edgington, from Ohio. This figure wears a large brimmed hat and was once part of the Michael Friedman collection.

Capturing the true, vivid and extremely evocative nature of popular and self-taught art, is the anonymous figure of the black preacher. Pictured in American Primitive, Discoveries in Folk Art Sculpture, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, this piece emits American popular tradition. Additional lots from this collection are also being offered at Christie’s, New York, In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Engravings and Broadsides on January 22.

For those who prefer traditional decorative arts, there is an excellent collection of English and Irish furniture owned by Robert K. Johnson of Maine and South Carolina. The main attraction of the collection is three batches of Anglo-Chinese huanghuali George II chairs, possibly from a set supplied to Sir Henry Gough, an extremely successful trader who did business with India and China. The lots consist of an armchair, a pair of side armchairs with a balloon seat and a pair of straw side armchairs. They are the epitome of the Baroque period and have sparkling curves and bold carving. The knees sculpted in lions are truly expressive and regal in nature.

A very similar set of chairs is shown in a painting by the William Gough family, by William Verelst, dated 1741: private collection, exhibited Manners and Morals The Tate Gallery, London, 1987 exh. cat., pp.124-5, No. 107 and later on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Also in the collection are a rare and superb pair of “Japanese” Georgian hanging wall cabinets, from the well-known English furniture dealers, Mallet. The collection also features exceptional rugs and carpets.

Continuing the theme of traditional decorative arts, Nye & Company is pleased to offer some additional properties owned by William Hodgins, the renowned Boston interior designer. Hodgins was an architect at Architectural Digest, decorator AD100, once described as “a beacon of American Classicism”. He learned his craft by working as an assistant to the leading design firm of Sister Parish and Albert Hadley.

Hodgins later established his own Rolodex of clients who’s who, including Annette de la Renta’s three sisters, financier Felix Rohatyn, a couple of Graham Post family members from the Washington Post, Linda and Robert Taubman and a Saudi prince. His work was published in Architectural Digest, House and Garden, Vogue, Town and Country and in the New York Times.

If traditional furniture is not your preference, don’t be afraid. There is a wonderful selection of modern furniture, including a set of four Robert Venturi “Chippendale” chairs for Knoll. There is also a Pedro Friedeberg hand and foot chair, signed by the manufacturer.

For those who like Piet Mondrian translated into furniture, there is an excellent pair of red and blue Cassina chairs, after Gerrit Rietveld. Beautifully straight and bold in primary colors, these chairs are architectural in design and emblematic of the Dutch Stijl movement of the 1920s. In addition, there are a pair of Knoll “Wassily” chairs after Marcel Breuer and a pair of cross-checking chairs by Frank Gehry.

For fans of fine art, there are a number of delightful works of American folk portraits and classic American art from private collections. The popular art portrait includes works by Micah Williams, John Paradise, deacon Robert Pecham, William Kennedy and others.

For those who prefer artists with a more classical background, the works are delightfully executed by painters like Everett Shin, John Traynor, Joseph Barrett, Henry Bertoia and Peter Moran. Of note, there are a number of drawings by Moran depicting the eastern tip of Long Island around Georgica / East Hampton.

There is also an exceptional double portrait of the brothers Sheldon and Adelbert Niles Potter, painted by William Worcester Churchill (1858-1926). Evocative of the great portraits of John Singer Sargent, Churchill was trained in Boston and Paris. This portrait is an impressive work that attracts viewers and transports them to an era of opulence and grandeur in the late 19th century.

No collection sale would be complete without some flashy and dazzling flashes. For those who like silver, gold and jewelry, Part II by a private collector from Short Hills and San Francisco in New Jersey includes several pieces by designer Marco Bicago, David Yurman, Roberto Coin and Tiffany. Another New Jersey private collector boasts several extravagant 18-carat pieces and jewelry, including a necklace with 18-carat gold Pedro Boregaard pendant.
This collection also includes several early 20th century Tiffany tableware, including a child’s bowl and underplate, a pair of small bowls and other Tiffany bowls. There is also an impressive sterling silver repousse tea service set up by the Jenkins and Jenkins company from the early 20th century in Baltimore. This exceptional service includes seven pieces and was originally a wedding gift for the beauty of Baltimore society, Eleonor Laurenson Myer Simpson Young, from her aunt, Elizabeth Laurenson Abell (Mrs. Edwin F. Abell, also from Baltimore).
People can bid by default and online. An online preview is taking place from January 20th to 21st at www.nyeandcompany.com, www.liveauctioneers.com, www.bidsquare.com and www.invaluable.com. Anyone looking for additional images, condition reports or information about an object is invited to visit the Nye & Company website or send an email to info@nyeandcompany.com.

John Nye had a long and fruitful career at Sotheby’s before he and his wife, Kathleen, acquired Dawson’s in 2003 and started Dawson & Nye. With the move to Bloomfield seven years later, they renamed the business to Nye & Company (Auctioneers, Appraisers, Antiques). The company is national, but most of the business comes from funds and properties in the area of ​​the three states.

For more information about Nye & Company auctioneers and online real estate treasures only on Wednesday and Thursday, January 20 and 21, visit www.nyeandcompany.com. The colorful catalog can be seen in full now, at www.nyeandcompany.com, www.liveauctioneers.com, www.bidsquare.com and www.invaluable.com.

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