Hunt, Heritage & Home: Estate of Susan Ely

NYE & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS WILL OFFER THE SUSAN ELY COLLECTION ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th, FOLLOWED BY A CHIC AND ANTIQUE SALE MAY 1st-2nd The Susan Ely Collection is a magnificent, personal offering from the Gladstone, N.J. area sporting art dealer. May 1-2 is Chic and Antique: A Celebration of Style Across the Centuries. Bloomfield, N.J. ? 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. Following the Ely Collection, Nye & Company will present a vibrant, two-day Chic and Antique Sale on Thursday and Friday, May 1st and 2nd, featuring a dynamic mix of traditional Americana, vintage charm and iconic modern design. The sale is officially titled Chic and Antique: A Celebration of Style Across the Centuries. Start times all three auction days are 10am Eastern. ?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.