Ethnographic, Art, and Antiques Estate Sale of Marilyn Neumann Smith

We usually don’t get this biographical in the ad, but in this case it will help to

Appreciate the scope of the inventory and collection. 

Marilyn held a PhD in molecular biology.  She traveled throughout the United States (Santa Fe and Taos especially), Canada, and Mexico as well as to exotic places, including China, India, Africa, and South America.. She bicycled throughout Europe, explored the Amazon, and trekked across the Himalayas in Nepal.

Marilyn was an amazing and award winning watercolor artist and a member of the Visual Art Society of Texas (VAST). She was also a ceramic artist who worked in a style reminiscent of the Cado Indian culture of North Texas

(Most of the above text is lifted from her obituary found here: http://www.dentonrc.com/obituaries-headlines/20140112-marilyn-n.-smith.ece). 

She was a skilled craftsman

and early and imaginative re purposer.

She appreciated everything from modernist to folk art to traditional antiques. This house has everything from Roman oil lamps to Dansk flatware, and two outstanding, early, mid-century bedroom suites—one probably late 40’s Heywood Wakefield,

the other a Birdseye maple with custom

knobs & pulls.

She had a huge textile collection, African saturated dye & antique silk Kente cloth pieces, Peruvian, Mexican, and South West rugs, ponchos, & wall hangings.

Most of her own watercolors are located

In the studio building along with works

By friends and listed artists.  The highlight of these is a Jimo Buriamoh,

Cubist beadwork portrait. Other signed pieces include a Judy Rhymes (Santa Fe) watercolor, a Robert Redbird (Kiowa) painting, a Jackie D. Tointigh drawing, and a Virginia Stroud (Cherokee-Muscogee Creek) signed print. 

There are several cotton Nigerian batiks signed Nike Davies Okundaye, and a batik on paper by Tunde Odunlade.  And we have gazillion small souvenirs and mementos from her travels and garage sales.

Furniture besides the bedroom suites includes:

Small mahogany china cabinet

New Mexico style low credenza

Folky antique pine blanket chest

Mid Century Modern Brasilia style dining chairs.

Dining table decorated by Marilyn

2 late 40’s early 50’s modern sleeper sofas

2 Desk-streamlined 80’s and vintage office desk.

Modern 2 chair & table patio set

4 Vintage metal painted lawn chairs

Large antique trunk and red steamer trunk

2 Danish, small storage cabinets

and lots of chairs

Additional items:

Rag rug loom

Room full of fabric scraps and linens

Several good quilts-- one an exceptional

Folky, antique, friendship quilt.

Collection of Pueblo and Oaxaca

Burnished pots.  Some of the Pueblo

At least 2 dozen Mexican bateas (carved and decorated wood chargers)

and vintage Mexican tourist pottery.

Folk pieces from Romania including

A traditional lady’s vest.

Three sets of dishes Franciscan Whitestone and H. Lauglin Virginia Rose

Some vintage kitchen

S/S Amana Frig and older washer/dryer

Tools and art supplies.

2 bicycles.

Jewelry, vintage clothes, & hats. 

Vehicles:

1987 Nissan PU, 170k miles, runs well.

and has new ac compressor.

2003 VW Passat  loaded, 6 cyl, 90k mi.

For Sunday morning update go to:

 EstateSaleDenton.blogspot.com

Sale schedule:

Friday-Sunday, Aug. 8-10.

Friday and Saturday 9-5

Sunday (half price) 11-5

Sorry no children and

No large handbags.

ACCESS WILL BE LIMITED IN

STUDIO AND HOUSE.

No Early sales.