Vintage Soul/That Mid Century Vibe: Multi-Consignor Auction

We are offering Mid Century signed and designed originals by artists such as: husband & wife duo Charles & Ray Eames’s First-generation DKX chairs for Henry Miller, with the original Alexander Girard hopsak covers • Jens Risom (Florence Knoll’s first designer, introduced Scandinavian design) • Sigurd Ressell’s amazing Falcon chair • Arthur Umanoff whose design influence is still seen today • Folke Ohlsson’s Slipper Chair,  designed in the early 50s & still in production for Dux • Arne Wahl Iversen (ironically, an early Ikea designer) • We have many other excellent vintage MCM pieces with no detectable signature or label, but whose age, design and quality of build overwhelmingly suggest Milo Baughman, Ingo Maurer, Kovacs, etc. You be the judge.  So many of these designs are ubiquitous today, that we take them for granted. What we are offering was made between the late 1950 the 70s, many of is Danish origin, all are in fantastic shape for their age. 

A note on condition: Read the notes for every item. Do consider these pieces  were owned by families, and date back to the moon launches. Some fading, pilling, yellowing and/or foam deterioration is to be expected. Be as vintage as you want to be. You may decide to use it as is, or replace/re-upholster.

Hudson Estate Sales is turning up  the heat with an online estate auction! Up for bidding are original, iconic treasures from the late 60s to early 70. We include antiques that predict or lead up to the era, and recent objects that followed in its wake. They work together to represent the innovators whose contributions redefined "Modern", and helped change the course of the mainstream.

VINTAGE SOUL..THAT Mid Century V I B E. What’s that mean?  It’s an aesthetic of the influencers and geniuses that came from outside the mainstream over 40 years ago, and changed the world as we know it. It’s about thinkers and writers and innovators whose creativity was born out of restlessness and struggle of the 50’s, 60’s 70’s & beyond. It’s  about the troublemakers who dared to provoke, and challenged others to think differently. How quickly we dismiss the heart and sweat, courage, intellect and muscle that went into creating the seismic innovations that we now take for granted ... especially that these works have become “mainstream.”

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Hudson Estate Sales has gathered so many vintage gems, meticulously curated from three local estates, into this single most exciting auction! This pieces represent the designers, writers, and innovators who, in their own way, dared to reinvent the status quo. This is a tribute to the creators of the mid century aesthetic. We’ve added a few portent antiques that started to tip the scales, and even recent items to show how the legacy continues. You’re invited to preview and bid on this celebration of the aesthetic, the music, the style, the intellect and the magic of the era!  

We have important signed, first-edition books! a volume of Collected Poems signed by Maya Angelou, and three signed novels by Toni Morrison.We best sellers and celebrity signers: Spike Lee, Chris Rock’s autographed “Rock This”, , Ruby Dee, Walt Frazier,  Billie  Jean King, Anthony Bourdain’s  “A Cook’s Tour”, Caitlyn Jenner, Damon Wayons inagural novel, ,  a book of Romaire Bearden's work, sign by the author. 11 volumes of The Crisis, the first and longest running magazine for and by African Americans • A  HUGE array of Barack Obama-related periodicals, books and ephemera relating to the Presidential campaign (in 2 lots) and •  The Death of Superman DC Comic signed by guest comic-character: President Bill Clinton!

Plus, several examples of sports-memorabilia, Bobble-heads, framed prints, coffee table books, signed baseballs, first-edition books autographed by 
•  Venus and Serena Williams
•  Yankees Willie Randolph and Joe Torre
•  Basketball legend Oscar Robertson

In jewelry we have Bakelite bangles, vintage native American turquoise, vintage costume jewelry, Mexican silver jewelry, David Andersen, Eskimo soapstone carvings, walrus ivory scrimshaw. Look for an imposing figural modern art sculpture, along with a pedestal, is a pièce de résistance in any modern interior,  and vintage 196os flat-weave textiles and kilims that are currently in such high demand..

To represent technology, we have the world’s first folding typewriter, the  Corona 3 and a 1950s Vintage Olympia German typewriter, a witness to the early days of self-publishing.  The rise of mass communication is represented  by the iconic 1955’s Electro-Voice V-3 Ribbon broadcast microphone.

Ah, the music! It was always there, at the forefront of change, the lyrics uniting people behind a common cause.  It didn't seem to matter if we couldn't sing.) We are auctioning  vinyl albums, singles, CDs and cassettes. Take a look at the 45s, you'll surely remember those tunes. Ccareful,  they'll stay in your head all day.

Let’s not forget all of the art that goes unsigned, whose names are lost to time, from South Africa, Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya,Mexico, Peru, Costa Rico, Chile, Pacific Northwest, Canada, Indonesia, Turkey, Japan, Thailand, India and more. Artist world-wide who supported their families by their skilled hand crafts by carving, painting, weaving, metalwork, printmaking, ceramics, whose names are lost to time. Of these items, we have Goli mask, Kifwebe masks, Macassar ebony carvings for the tourist trade, Gullah baskets, hand-woven wall hangings, Turkish Kilims, Peruvian and Mexican rugs and textiles, jewelry, African trade-beads. As evidence by their vast collections, these families had a hunger for knowledge and a curiosity about   cultures outside their own. They’ve made it easy for you to expand your world view by incorporating these vintage relics into your home.

The books, decor, art and design, and even furnishings from the mid century are all inextricably linked to the cultural landscape today.. They all serve as a reminder (to those who can remember) of a time when the earth beneath our feet shifted ... when the mainstream was finally forced to pay attention, adapt and embrace the change. 

Special regards go to the African American men and women of the Black Arts Movement. Among them, we are thrilled to represent signed first-edition works by the supremely excellent Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison in this auction. It is our hope this collection will generate conversation and curiosity, and lead others to explore the artists, play writers, poets and authors who courageously held up a mirror to racism and oppression. America is still learning.

-  Hudson Estate Sales

Please Note: Some of the items in this sale represent racial prejudice that is not held by Hudson Estate Sales. These pieces were contributed to the sale through the estate of African-American collectors and consignors, and while the viewpoints are outdated, they are representative of American history. Please be sensitive of this in your viewing.