We are selling the contents of a famous,  award-winning artist and designer’s home,  an avid “antiquer”, whose antiques and lifetime accumulation of collections inspired an American Country Movement in collecting, home furnishings and textiles.  Included are many items of antique Americana: crockery, pottery, decoys, pine cabinets and an early wedding cabinet, antique wooden toys, paintings-folk and sporting, early rocking horse, wedding chest, antique textile etchings,  a massive miniature animal collection, miniature house collection,  Staffordshire dogs, silver-sterling and lots antique silverplate serving pieces, trays, tea sets, etc., tramp art frames, taxidermy, wonderful eclectic designer furnishings including an extraordinary, large antique cherry drop leaf circular dining table and chairs, an amber glass chandelier, a pair of extra deep leopard modern couches, a tufted leopard upholstered sleigh bed,  antique bejeweled afghani robes, (one weighs at least 30 pounds), intricate antique Indonesian cabinets, benches, pair of gorgeous gilded console tables, un unrivaled box collection, dollbeds, clocks, majolica,  antique photographs, stencilware & porcelain,  antique prints, taxidermy …. and outrageous jewelry.

This sale is  amazing and the estate is untouched.  You will definitely not be disappointed by the unusual items in the estate, many not listed here. (Where else can you find a lifesize GILDED LION STATUE!)

The designers loft is located on 16th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. If you are driving, there is plenty of metered and other street parking. Ring the second floor and take the elevator directly to the entrance of the loft.

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