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Woodbury CT Multi-Estate Online Auction

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Upcoming Fine Estates Auction

May Fine Estates Auction

Tuesday, May 5th, 4:00PM

Our May 5th Fine Estates Auction - the "Cinco de Mayo" sale - comprises over 375 choice lots which are a mix of eclectic estate items sourced from estates in New York City, Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Prime lots include a vintage 1962 Van Cleef & Arpels 18K gold, pearl and aventurine bead twist necklace being sold for a New York City lady; several fine 18th century pieces of English furniture being offered on behalf of a Westerly, Rhode Island estate; an important pair of George II carved balloon seat side chairs, similar to chairs documented to Giles Grendy, tracing provenance to a Newport Rhode Island estate; several sterling silver lots, including groups of sterling accessories, and three sterling tea and coffee services, one a Gorham sterling five piece tea and coffee service, comprising teapot, coffee pot, creamer, sugar and waste bowl; an extensive James Robinson sterling flatware service in the Queen Anne pattern representing a unique opportunity due to the size and number of matching and closely matching pieces. A trove of fine decorative furniture and fine art is being sold from two separate noted interior designers' collections, many having been in storage for several years. Many fine bronzes are being sold for the Estates of Thomas & Bunty Armstrong. A large group of decorative and fine art is being sold for a New York City collector. A second New York City consignor is offering a large selection of over 70 pieces of fine art, previously in storage for many years.

In person preview is by appointment, with an open preview from 11am to 4pm on Friday, May 1, 2026. Interested bidders should contact the firm by phone or email to arrange preview. The deadline for absentee and phone bids is noon on Monday, May 4th. The sale will be "live online" through Live Auctioneers and Invaluable and will begin at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, May 5th.

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The Phelps-Hathaway Connecticut Queen Anne
Cherrywood Bonnet Top Highboy
Suffield-Windsor Area, circa 1750-65
87" high, 39" wide, 19" deep.
On Loan and Exhibited Since 1988
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford CT
Property from a Pennsylvania Collector



Pair Framed Continental W/C, Allegorical Figures
Frame size: 14" high, 11 3/4" wide.
Property from a Washington CT Collection

Pair Chinese Polychrome Pottery Foo Dogs
18" high, 8" wide, 13" deep.
Property from a Washington CT Collection



John Phillip Osborne (Am. b 1951)
Oil on Canvas "Irish Street"
Frame size: 22 1/4" high, 18 1/4" wide.
Property from a Litchfield CT Collection



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Welcome to Schwenke Auctioneers

Schwenke Auctioneers is located in historic Woodbury, Connecticut, nationally known in the antiques community as "The Antiques Capital of Connecticut" and situated at the beginning of the "Connecticut Antiques Trail". Woodbury is convenient to all major east coast cities, is home to several dozen fine antique shops, and boasts several first class restaurants, inns and spas, all nestled in the scenic general area called the "Litchfield Hills".

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