On-Site Auction- The contents of a luxurious country estate Brownsville, VT

We have been commissioned by Donna Van Fleet to sell the contents of her luxurious country Vermont home. Donna spared nothing while decorating her VT home with the utmost quality of furnishings & accessories, all to be sold unreserved to the highest bidder, some additions. This magnificent Brownsville, VT property is for sale, you too could live in the same town as did the famous Charles Bronson. Please note we will start at 9:45 am with table lots of kitchen and garage related. Come join us for an auction held on the grounds of a picturesque VT property with MT. Ascutney as the backdrop. Wear proper attire and footwear.

Special Interest: Like new 2010 diesel Kubota RTV500 4X4 utility vehicle with 32 hrs; 2007 Kubota diesel ZD28 zero-turn mower, 60” deck with 456 hours; new Craftsman small size snow blower; Craftsman push mower; New Samsung curved 65” 4K LED TV (UN65JU6700F); Denon AVR2805 receiver; B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) 8 speaker surround sound set up; Realistic LAB-440 turntable; Realistic STA-2300 receiver; Electric guitars including Fender Stratocaster and other musical related; Winter NY upright piano; Gold’s Gym treadmill; artist’s easel; Adirondack bentwood patio set, other Adirondack chairs; and more…

Americana collected over a lifetime including: antique 9’ RR bench; country deacon’s bench; maple Chippendale desk; Chipp. dovetailed blanket box; child’s size Chippendale lift top box; example early two-part school master’s desk; NH card table; dressing tables and work stands; Q/A drop leaf table, other period drop leaf tables; 18th -19th C. chairs including duck foot, continuous arm and other examples; good large two door country floor cupboard, other set-back example; period stands; pair of Vict. school desks; Vict. walnut marble top table; child’s roll top desk, child’s easel/chalkboard, child’s cupboard with china set; single drawer tavern table; period music stand; hanging corner cupboard; six Sheraton fancy chairs; early paneled one drawer blanket chest; and much more…

Quality modern furnishings and accessories including: Danish dining table with leaves and pads, Vejle Stole; set of six Polish bentwood and cane chairs; Thonet rocking chair; Pompanoosuc cherry desk and hall table; teak bookcase; pair of wicker armchairs; Shoe String Creations artisan cupboard; 7 pcs Ebel all-weather wicker set; Century “Tuscany” dining set, extension table with leaves, 8 chairs, breakfront china cabinet, buffet; marble top Century console and other hall table; Bombay style Italian commode; Century Deco style writing desk; pr of Paul Robert club chairs with ottoman; French style bergeres; Mitchell Gold sectional sofa (red); Mission style coffee table and end stand; Brandywine semi-circular pin stripe sofa; Chinese rice basket made into coffee table, other Eastern stands; oak poker/bumper pool table and chairs; wood and rattan (Pottery Barn) bedroom set; 12 modern bar stools; Deco style rattan chair and ottoman; top quality queen size bed with Shiffman mattress; pair of like new twin beds and more…

Kitchen & Garage Related - Sold at 9:45am: Extensive set of like new Mikasa “Garden Harvest” china, service for 24 plus all the extra service and side pieces; massive like new set of Yanko Chino White restaurant grade china, 275 plus pieces including platters and more; 48 matching water glasses; boilers, steamers other pots and pans; Cuisinart toaster, Keurig machines, Oster blenders/immersion; plant shed/greenhouse related including tools; dry cord wood; modern library of books; work bench and related; games and puzzles; records and more…

Sterling: Lots and lots of sterling including flatware, Lunt Modern Victorian service for 12 and others; hollowware and much more…

Accessories: Two good H.F. Walling 1858 Merrimack County wall maps; The Natl. Pub Co, US and it’s new possessions 1900 map, other maps; Swiss 10 tune music box; early stuffed teddy bears; bird carvings; Doris Stauble creation, 1972; brass pails; Hudson bay blankets; homespuns; several early baskets; lots of country apple baskets; various pieces of old pewter; antique marbles; antique still banks and door stops; two brass and glass carriage clocks; large turned bowl; stoneware including some made into lamps and with cobalt decorations; cobalt bottles; redware pieces; opera glasses; Austrian enameled clock; bronze/enameled clock; mounted braided rug, Victorian hanging glass Christmas lights; huge lot of modern X-mas related including two trees; brass lantern ;Darrow School Shaker peg rack; art glass lamps; early lighting including iron examples; foot warmers; luster ware; needlework sampler; copper shot pouch; Springfield, VT log toy/game; lot of vintage hats;  butter churns; decorated boxes; early demi-john bottle; jack-knives; stained and leaded glass window; stamps; school house clocks; stamps; several hooked rugs; artisan painted floor lamp; old canning jars; Chelsea presentation clock; TY beanie babies; foreign coin collection; collection of 1988 Olympic pins; vintage Mickey Mouse phone; mirrored wall sconces tea bins made into side tables; and more…

Asian: Carved hardstone elephant; pr of cloisonné trousse; pr of soapstone bookends; Chinese tang style horses; celadon pieces; Republic period Chinese porcelain bowl; framed needlework on silk; Imari lamp and charger, other Asian porcelains and related…

Glass & China: Johann Haviland “Rose Chintz” service for 12; large and small mirrors; Miranda Thomas Tree of Life vase; Chelsea presentation clock; Waterford crystal lamps and glasses; Stephen Schlanser 22” bowl; Royal Copenhagen porcelain vases and charger; and more…

Art: Two large set pieces/stage scenery on canvas from a production of Madam Butterfly, Asian motifs and gold leaf ground; acrylic depiction of Mimi from La Boheme opera; oil on canvas from the opera Carmen, depiction of a matador; Leroy Neiman, The Stags Head; posters including rock and roll bands; watercolors by Wm. Paskell; unsigned oil of Blue Hills, Milton Mass; artwork of train arriving at station; early English engravings; primitive landscape oil paintings; ancestral portraits; reverse painting on glass; Japanese woodblock prints; Yves Saint Laurent posters (4);  serigraph, Susanne Bisendeick; etching, Arthur Covey; etching, Elms By The Lake, L. Lucioni; litho, Notre Dame, Reginald Neal; 1/300 framed Modigliani sketch; Audubon “Snowy Heron or White Egret”; Vintage Maxfield Parrish prints, Knave of Hearts; Hibel sketch and plate and more… 

Oriental Rugs: Several Oriental room and scatter size rugs including Tibetan room size wool Tufenkian (10K new) rug and more….