Nye and Company has the great honor to represent the sale of Major League Baseball’s iconic New York Yankees catcher,Yogi Berra. Nearly 300 lots will be posted to http://www.igavelauctions.com, starting July 23rd through August 6th. The Bloomfield, New Jersey-based auction house will be open for public viewing from July 28th until the sale closes, including the weekend of August 2nd and 3rd from Noon to 4pm each day.

With the recent sale of the Hall-of-Famer’s home in neighboring Montclair, New Jersey, where he and his wife Carmen resided since 1956, furnishings and personal affects will be available to the highest bidder. Though baseball items will be included in the sale, the majority of the lots are items from his spacious Georgian style home, built in 1902.  

Curated room vignettes will showcase the important pieces that Berra and his wife collected over the years. "We are creating beautiful settings in which to show the pieces off to their best advantage," said John Nye, founder of the eponymous auction house. According to Nye, buyers will find an historic mahogany Federal “butler’s desk” made in New York about 1825, as well as a mahogany American secretary desk of similar date. A George III mahogany pedestal desk, a Baroque style inlaid center table, and a pair of Italian walnut corner cupboards are some of the notable pieces of formal furniture. A lovely set of Neo-classical style cast-iron garden furniture suite, embellished with swags, is one of three groups of outdoor seating.  

Carmen Berra's collection of chicken and figural birds primarily in glass and wood by such notable makers as Royal Worcester, Baccarat, W. Goebel and Boehm are offered for sale, as are several Georgian wall sconces, lamps and dinner services by venerable firms like Adams, Ducal Crownware, Lenox and Heinrich & Co. augment the table-top items.  Numerous commemorative pieces should attract bidders’ attention. For example, there are Yankees inscribed Tiffany ice buckets, a Hall of Fame tea pot, a portrait, team jacket, baseballs, a pair of #8-embroidered Yankee-logo-emblazoned golf shoes, a team suitcase and other pieces, including All-Star Game memorabilia. Each lot will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.  

About Nye and Company

In early 2010, Nye and Company relocated to Bloomfield, New Jersey making them more easily accessible to New York City. The location is off major interstate arties (Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 80, 280, 287) and State Routes 3, 46 and 23, is easily found by the large-format banners on the façade.   For photographs, to schedule an interview, or for further information, please contact: John B. A. Nye Nye and Company Auctioneers / Appraisers, 20 Beach Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003. For more information visit: www.nyeandcompany.com

About iGavel Auctions

When Lark Mason founded iGavel Inc., the online international network of independently owned regional auction salesrooms, specializing in the sale of fine and decorative arts, in 2003, his stellar reputation as a leading expert, appraiser and television personality on the PBS series The Antiques Roadshow, was already well-established within the art world.

With iGavel's large network of auction houses and dealers, there is an abundant selection of items daily flowing onto the iGavel site from companies including: Abington Auctions in Fort Lauderdale, FL; Case Antiques Auctions in Knoxville, TN; Daniel Cooney Fine Art in New York City; Elder's Fine Art & Antiques in Nokomis, FL.; Everard and Company in Savannah, GA.; KC Auction Company in Kansas City, MO; Litchfield County Auctions in Litchfield, CT.; Lark Mason Associates in New York City; Nye and Company in Bloomfield, NJ; Quinn’s Auction Gallery in Falls Church, VA; South Bay Auctions in East Moriches, NY; and Witherell’s in Sacramento, CA. iGavel Auctions is located at 229 East 120th Street (between Second and Third Avenues), New York City. Visit www.igavelauctions.com, or phone 212-289-5588.