Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/30/2025
All Day
Location
Nye & Company Auctioneers
Contact
andrew@nyeandcompany.com
Website
www.nyeandcompany.com
Categories
This spring, Nye & Company Auctioneers is honored to present a truly exceptional series of auctions beginning Wednesday, April 30th, with Hunt, Heritage and Home: The Private Collection of Susan Ely, a magnificent, deeply personal offering from the Gladstone, N.J. area sporting art dealer whose passions and irrepressible spirit are reflected in every item. “The Susan Ely auction is more than a sale—it’s a window into a life richly lived,” said Andrew Holter of Nye & Company Auctioneers. “With the air and elegance of a traditional English Country house, Ely’s collection is a tribute to the sporting life, fine craftsmanship, and the power of objects to hold memory and meaning.” According to her son Tim, many of the things his mother valued in life were beautiful old antiques, baubles from friends and family, bronze statues, ribbons earned by her many terriers, and even a collection of ubiquitous red tail hawk feathers tucked neatly for display, camouflaged among her other treasures. The only things she held dearer than these inanimate objects, other than her dogs, were all of her friends and acquaintances. Looking through the auction catalog for the Private Collection of Susan Ely is like stepping inside a storybook of English refinement and country elegance, beginning with the wonderful selection of sporting art and animal portraiture – beautifully rendered dog and horse paintings, evocative of quiet country mornings and windswept fields. Real-time Internet and absentee bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Bidsquare.com, BidSpirit.com, Drouot.com and the Nye & Company website: www.nyeandcompany.com. Telephone bidding is available on a limited basis. Anyone looking for additional images, condition reports or info about an object is invited to visit the Nye & Company website or send an email to info@nyeandcompany.com. For those who would like to inspect the items in person, a public exhibition and preview will be held April 21-25 and April 28-30, from 10am to 4pm Eastern time. For more information, please visit www.nyeandcompany.com or contact Nye & Company at (973) 984-6900.