Capping off their successful Fall sales season, Nye and Company has organized excellent and diverse offerings for their end of the year holiday auction. Now live on www.igavelauctions.com, the sale remains open for bidding until December 16th. An accompanying catalogue is posted to their website and all the objects, including the vehicles are available for inspection and viewing from December 8th – 12th and again from Sunday, December 14th – 16th at Nye and Company.

Among the highlights are:

*Classic Cars: ‘65 Porsche 356C, Award Winning Olds 88 Jetstar, Model T

* Paintings by Arbit Blatas, John Traynor, Renee Zimmerman, Aaron Shattuck, Andre Gisson, *Numerous Landscapes and Portraiture

*Asprey Mixed Gold, Diamond and Sapphire Compact and Lots of Jewelry

* Spratling Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea Service and Lots of Other Silver

* Period French, English and American Furniture

*Pierre Loison, Cast Bronze, Abduction of the Sabine

*Frederick Stuart Church Allegorical Drawings in Polychrome  

Antique car collectors will have the opportunity to bid on three vintage automotive gems. The first is an “as-found”, unrestored 1965 Porsche 356C (Estimate: $40-60,000, Reserve $30,000).  This one-owner car covered with dust and cat paws, housed in a garage for the past 12 years, is a rare and desirable sports car ready for a complete restoration. A retro 1964 award-winning butter-yellow Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 in remarkable condition (Estimate: $30-50,000, Reserve $20,000) is also available, as is a well-maintained 1926 Ford Model T. (Estimate: $8-12,000, Reserve $6,000).  

The Thuman family, famous for cold cuts and delicatessen products, consigned a large cast bronze figural sculpture entitled “The Abduction of the Sabine” signed P. Loison, Pierre Loison (French, 1816-1886). Elegantly situated on a rotating fluted column, the work stands nearly six feet tall.  

A Far Hills, New Jersey family descended from the Dillons is selling a large collection that was in their contiguous large equestrian estates, Overleigh and Fieldview. There are black-and-white photographs and needlepoint of and vistas from the house, as well as a large collection of sterling silver, including a Spratling tea service (Estimate: $8-12,000) and impressive silver-plate, such as hot water kettles and epergnes. Caucasian rugs, needlepoint-upholstered chairs and Baroque style furniture also comprise some of the decorative arts. Numerous paintings come from the family as well. Most impressive is the period scrapbook that features about a half-dozen illustrated and inscribed letters from noted American illustrator Frederick Stuart Church to Lucy Sands Dillon. Horse trophies, ribbons and portraits provide a glimpse into a forgotten way of life.  

Paintings include works by Arbit Blatas from private collections, one in Summit, New Jersey and the other from Westchester County, New York, the latter of impressive size and depicting a view of Paris (Estimate:$8-12,000), as well as Sangimiano Sunrise, a bucolic view of the Italian countryside, by John Traynor (Estimate: $8-12,000). Numerous academic portraits and vistas are also in the sale.  

Another relic from an earlier time is the Asprey mixed gold, diamond and sapphire compact (Estimate: $5-8,000). Other jewelry includes works by Rynstein Ross and others.  

Easily accessible from New York City, Nye and Company is located at 20 Beach Street in Bloomfield, New Jersey easily accessible off major interstate arteries (Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike, Routes 80, 280, 287) and State Routes 3, 46 and 23.

For more information, visit www.nyeandcompany.com and www.igavelauctions.com