Mid-Century Modern Needham Estate

  2-Day sale On-site and in-person: 

Friday, June 16th & Saturday, June 17th

  (9am - 1pm each day)

There will be a sign-up sheet, numbers given out at 8am

Parking on street.  (Please be courteous to neighbors when parking, do not block driveways).

Selling the entire contents from a Landscape Architect's Estate

including outdoor statuary, ornamental garden and more!

MID-CENTURY MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY STYLE FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, POTTERY; ACCESSORIES AND MORE: Steel and glass top console table (54” x 22½ x 29”ht”); chrome base glass top dining table (84” x 40”); set of (6) Knoll Marcel Breuer Cesca chrome framed armchairs w/caned seats & backs; plastic taborette w/glass top; Founder black lacquered end table; 3-cushon sofa in the manor of Kagor w/steel tubular legs (89”w. x 37”d); pair of chrome and upholstered armchairs in the manner of Harvey Probbles style; pair of upholstered armchairs in the manner of Milo Baughman; Barcelona style glass top coffee table on chrome base (36” sq.); pair of small Lucite side tables; chrome framed side table w/marble top; Ames style black leather recliner chair w/ottoman; contemporary style metal king headboard; cedar lined wood trunk w/iron hardware (63”x16” d.x18”ht.); L-shaped office desk; Mission style wood framed futon; pair of iron plant stands w/copper insert trays (28” x 14” x 29” ht.); metal 3-shelf plant cart on wheels; black painted 18” ht. iron plant pot; Lucite & Chrome Paul Mayen floor lamp c. 1960's , Atomic style floor lamps, Sunnex halogen table lamp, Letraset revolving desk organizer, signed JOE COLUMBO Black Boby Cart and more.  OTHER: Mahogany stained library step ladder.

 Pottery includes Acoma vases; Shippibo Peru vase; Mexican vase; Peruvian vases w/brown & white decoration, 5” & 13” ht; Contemporary style stoneware bowl 16 ½” dia. impressed “JF”; modern glazed pottery plant stand; Contemporary South West style vase on iron base; Contemporary plant stand w/ daffodil decoration, 21”ht.; Contemporary South Western pottery floor vase w/raised snakes, on iron stand, 27” ht.; Contemporary brown stone covered jar; contemporary square shape glazed in turquoise garden seat; many contemporary and modern artist signed and unsigned pottery; Weller 10” vase and more.

 Decorative accessories: R. Hughes mid-century teakwood abstract sculpture, 31”ht. x14”w.; contemporary carved plaster torso, 28” ht.; Contemporary style stone carving of figure on walnut base, 15”x15”; carved wood African 24” standing figure.; assortment of Pre-Columbian objects and original fragments, carved wood objects; assorted mineral specimens; small collection of sea shells; S. Western and ingidious baskets and bowls; large pottery floor plant pot w/dragon motif; Alabaster and marble sculptures; modern round oak framed mirror; carved modern wood mask; (2) Bjorn Wiinblad Christmas plates; Pr. Ittallia Festivo ice candle holders; assorted iron plant stands & plant pots and more.

 CONTEMPORARY ART WORKS AND PRINTS, ETC:  Acrylic on canvas abstract mixed media painting unsigned in style of Mark Rothko, 50” ht. x 34½” w.; abstract colored print, pencil signed; abstract print w/embossing signed Lisbeth Deser, dated 73, #3/20, 28½” ht. x 22” w.; abstract paintings by Richard Vandall, oil on Masonite, “Untitled”, 37” square;   abstract art signed Pat Morse, dated 1-64’ 34” sq.; framed landscape etchings; abstract painting oil on canvas, initialed SRG, dated 1963, 26½” x 42”; abstract landscape painting by Katherine Stevens, Lincoln Ma. dated 1964, 30” x 24”; Judith Lieberman print of figure–Composition #1, 2/35; framed print of woman with child, pencil signed; Framed Picasso print, The Collectors Guild, Ltd. re-print of drawing La Pose Du Modele; framed print “Divine Comedy, Dante Alighiere, Salvador Dali, The Collectors Guild (12 ½” x 8 ¾”); framed print signed Gavor Peterdi, # 90/150, 24½” x 20”; framed Picasso print “NU DE DOS”, The Collector’s Guild; print signed B. Melauer, dated 1970, #116/150; framed print: Eypyia & Epos, George Braque, The Collector’s Guild; hand colored German print of a Chateaux; abstract titled “Sevil de la Signfication, 24/70, 18” x 13”; abstract print titled Demeure Successive, pencil signed, 44/70, 22” ht. x 16 ½” w.; (2) framed Calder prints, re-prints dated 69, The Collectors Guild; print signed Robert Hughs “Homage to Chartes” # 3/25; Japanese woodcut print; Japanese print signed OR Tesa, #55/100; Japanese print of black panthers, pencil signed; Chinese silk weaving of a landscape scene; etc.

 MUSIC:  Vose mahogany baby grand piano 5’6” w/bench   ANTIQUES: Late Victorian iron music stand

 BOOKS: Large selection of books includes Limited Edition and Collector’s Guild Art books; many subjects including gardening, landscape, cooking, Art, Civilization; Europe, Picasso; Don Quixote; W. Shakespeare; Birds of America; Mark Twain, The Three Musketeers; Master pieces–figure paintings; Michelangelo; Decline of Roman Empire; History; Poetry; Masters in Paintings; Work of Frank Lloyd Wright; Religious; Leonardo Davinci, Pictorial encyclopedia of Oriental Arts; Gauiguin Tahiti MFA; plus much more too numerious to list.

 COLLECTIBLES: Southern Arizona oval shallow basket; Salish basket w/lid; (2) Oriental doll 15” & 17” figures; walking sticks and canes;  Hot wheels and Matchbox cars; Britians plastic Civil War figures, cannons, infantry and more.  Cameras: Polaroid 800; Minolta 460T; Samsung 145 Maxima; Yashica film; Olympus Super zoom 300 film, Nikon 4800 ED film.  Binoculars: Sight Mark 2; Audubon, Leopold, Berger sight level, Canon 6x22A, Tasco Off shore 21; Bausch & Lomb 7x50, Panorama 8x30, Nikon Scoutmaster 310. Other: E.S. Ritchel Plymouth ships compass in box; stoneware jug, Maine; Tecnar by Swift Satellite telescope mdl 816 w/box; Vintage 33’s & 45’s vinyl records w/classic rock from 60’s & 70’s; (21) MAD magazines (specific issues dated from 1977 thru 1982); and more.

RUGS: Antique Persian Farahan Sarouk, 3’10” x 5’10”; Kilims 8’3” x 2’6”, 7'5" x 2'6" , 3’11” x 5’9” and others; modern decorative machine made “Great Plains, 7’x 9’, India; Tibetan rug, 2’2” x 3’; Sphinx Jaggesh runners.

KITCHEN, ETC: Vintage Mid-century Dansk Kobenstyle ceramic/enamel paella pan, baking pans, stock pot; Voss Denmark orange pot and trivet, Le Cruset.  Copperware: (Made in France / Korea) some solid copper skillets, pans, double boiler, roasting pan, stock pot, large open pot, long handled pan covers, strainer, mold, teapot, hanging utensils, bowls, etc.  Vintage Dansk: Stainless steel flatware includes Angleterre pattern, cheese knife set in stainless & brass, cheese boards, dinnerware – Gridworks, Bistro china pieces, fish design bowls, amber acrylic bowl set and divided dish, Dansk blue & white multi-fish design platters – Germany Melitta blue & white china; Vintage and newer bakers / roasters / pie pans, mixing bowls, etc.  Fitz & Floyd “Potager” luncheon set; set of Picasso living faces plates; HOAN, France stacking teapot; Alessi, Italy tea pot; Vintage Corelle dishes; Vintage baking pans, cookie cutters, Spatzle Hex, carving sets, etc.  Wilkinson sword Knife set in cases; assorted knives includes Henckels and Wusthof; kitchen classic knife set w/block; Flemming Digsmed teak nutcracker  (2) large covered speckled enamel roasting pans and more. German Cromargan modernist Vintage German stainless steel bowl; pr. Dansk Designs candlesticks; vintage kitchen towels; Portugal pottery dishes; wine cork screw; pair silver on copper candlesticks; silverplated coffee pot, tea pot and waiter; other assorted silverplate items, and more. (3) Contemporary black metal framed swivel counter stools/chairs

GLASS:  Michael Nourot signed Studio Art glass vase, 7½”ht; crystal 10¾” vase w/etched sun and sailboats; Waterford stemmed goblets; sets of stem glasses w/cobalt blue stems & bases; Set of (10) water goblets with green glass bases, vintage green glass insect catcher and more. 

ARCHITECT’S: (2) metal 5-draw architect’s flat file cabinets for blue prints – maps – CAD drawings or artwork; Vemco model 520 V-track drafting table (38”x48”); Architects drafting tools, templates & access; J. Woods  grade rod survey measuring stick; 

assorted office and desk top items includes Selamet Designs wood desk pcs; leather desk pad; etc.

MISCELLANEOUS: Pioneer PDK-1012 table top TV stand (new); Pioneer PDP-S50 TV speakers (new);  old model Realistic audio component system with speakers; new rolls of Christmas wrapping paper; women’s leather handbags, hats, jewelry cases, Peruvian Connection Alpaca shawls

 OUTDOOR DECK & PATIO FURNITUE: Vintage Smith & Hawken iron garden bench; (2) other iron garden settees; vintage wrought iron round table w/(4) radar chairs possibly Salterini and chaise lounge; many assorted iron and metal indoor and outdoor plant stands; Plow & Hearth white painted settee; white patio table w/(4) chairs & side table and more.

OUTDOOR STATURARY, ORNAMENTAL AND GARDEN: Reproduction copy of Frank Lloyd Wright Sprite full size sculpture in sandstone (66” ht.); pair of 4ft. stone carvings of a obelisk; (2) carved granite stone pedestal bird baths; stone carving of frog; cast stone ammonite sculpture; large pottery floor standing plant pot; pair of cement foo dogs; pair of modern 24” marble urns; modern Asian pottery plant pot w/dragon motif; carved plant pot w/floral decoration; cement garden bench; large pottery storage container incised R.G., supported on iron stand; assorted iron plant stands, iron finial plant stand; plant caddies; other garden ornaments and decorations; pair of Plow & Hearth wood plant boxes & long plant box with iron trellis; metal garden cranes; cement planters; iron hanging butterfly , galvanized Schneiderkanne watering can and more

GARAGE: Ariens Classic model 8524 gas snow blower; lawn cart on wheels; assorted garden tools and accessories; Ridget 12 gal. shop vacuum, Rubbermaid wash bucket w/mop; 2-wheel hand truck; assorted hand tools, axes and more; Frabill fresh water landing fish net; 6ft. step ladder & step stools, kiddie fire extinguishers and more.

BASEMENT: Tall sliding glass display cabinet; more hand tools and accessories; Everlast punching bag; dehumidifiers; Christmas ornaments/decorations.