Sotheby's auction of Important Americana: 21 & 22 January 2011 in New York
Sotheby's auction of Important Americana will be held on 21 & 22 January 2011 in New York.
The first day of the sale offers silver, prints and Chinese export porcelain, including works with truly exceptional histories. Day two of the sale begins with a selection of stoneware assembled by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hochberg, and continues with furniture, folk art and carpets. The furniture on offer is led by An Important Searls Family Chippendale Highly Inlaid Cherrywood and Mahogany Chest of Drawers, Attributed to Nathan Lombard, Sutton, Massachusetts, circa 1800 (est. $250/700,000).
Sotheby’s Americana Week auctions continue with the dedicated sales of Important Americana from a Private Collection in the afternoon of 22 January, which features American furniture and clocks, Paktong and English pottery, and Property from the Hascoe Family Collection: Important American and English Furniture, Fine & Decorative Artson Sunday the 23rd. All Americana Week sales will open for exhibition at Sotheby’s York Avenue Galleries on 15 January.