Posted on the Great American Auction site is an announcement for a 2-day "Estate" sale auction on Friday May 7 and Saturday May 8 at their facilities in Poughkeepsie, NY. Here a sale link:
http://www.greatamericanauction.com/ Although some of the item lots listed in this sale have been offered in previous sales, there's still quite a variety and the sale is weighted towards Victorian tastes. Besides some identified Thomas Brooks pieces, there's a Wooten Patent Desk , lot 300:
http://www.greatamericanauction.com/Lot0300.html ; a circa "1860" piece attributed incorrectly to R.J. Horner (who didn't open up his NYC shop until 1886) lot 100:
http://www.greatamericanauction.com/lot0100.html ; several pieces attributed to Herter Bros., such as: Lot 695, a credenza with french-style painted plaques that does
not look like any Herter piece I've ever seen. (maybe made by Alexander Roux?) Lot 64 which DOES very much look like a Herter Japanese-Aesthetic Movement Etegere; and lot 1033 which also looks like some of the later Herter Brothers pieces from the late 1880's to circa 1890; The sale includes some great period lighting as well as some antique firearms and swords for those who collect such things. Happy Antiquing and bidding!
