We are pleased to have enlisted our friend Ben Lisi of RRL to compile our first Top Picks of 2022 for our upcoming Life in America Auction. Lisi has over 25 years of experience in the fashion and design industry, with a specific focus as an expert in branding for RRL's retail locations.
Read MorePublic Sale’s upcoming auction, titled Life In America, features several antique handmade quilts. Many of these display the patterns that have come to be mythologized as part of a secret code used by escaping slaves during the Underground Railroad.
Read MoreThe story that came with a pair of shoes in Public Sale’s upcoming auction was that a school janitor found them in a locker room after a benefit game in which Kareem Abdul-Jabaar had played. But trying to confirm this provenance, and following the trail of clues, doesn’t offer any definitive proof to the story.
Read MorePublic Sale’s Mid-century Strong auction features over 75 lots from the New York City and Hudson-based artist Cary Leibowitz, also known as “Candy Ass”—a moniker he once picked up in a casual conversation about childhood epithets.
Read MoreWhen Public Sale opened in Summer 2020, our premier auction featured items from the storied Vincent Mulford Antiques, which had recently closed after being a fixture in Hudson for decades. This included hitherto not-for-sale pieces from the basement and other farther reaches of the building, whose every room Mulford had artfully arranged with his eclectic finds.
Read MorePublic Sale staff had the recent privilege of gathering some pieces from Hudson NY’s famous “Tiger House,” a rare example of Dutch Jacobean architecture that some have called “the grandest house in Hudson.”
Read MoreA number of the items in our upcoming auction, titled Beauty and the Beast, came from Ezra Fitch’s childhood estate.
Ezra Fitch was the cofounder of Abercrombie & Fitch, the iconic lifestyle clothing brand that was started by David T. Abercrombie.
Read MoreProceeds from the sales of select firefighting, and rescue-related antiques will be donated to help fund recruitment and retention of Columbia County Volunteer Firefighters.
Read MoreFor our twelfth auction, playfully titled “Weird & Wonderful”, we chose Hudson Valley-based artist Giselle Potter to pick out her “Top Ten” list of items. We felt that she would be the perfect match for this sale considering all of the interesting and unique items in it’s catalog. Giselle has a knack for all things visually interesting, and a broad-reaching and wonderfully distinctive creative touch.
Read MoreHeads Up! Shop items from our Weird and Wonderful sale. Finding inspiration comes so easy these days but executing and hunting for the items to create the decor you desire can be time consuming and downright frustrating. Public Sales ‘Weird and Wonderful’ auction is littered with over the top amazing finds. Here are two examples of coveted looks that can instantly be created from these ‘Weird and Wonderful’ headstrong items.
Read MoreThis past April, the Public Sale staff took a special road trip to the Children’s Museum in Utica, NY. The mission: to remove the complete dinosaur exhibit that had been on prominent display in the museum for years. Now located at our warehouse space in Hudson, NY, the display will feature in our upcoming “Weird & Wonderful” Auction (with bidding beginning on July 17th.)
Read MoreWe have an extraordinary album coming up for sale in Weird & Wonderful which will start at noon on July 17th.
Read MoreAll of us at Public Sale are so excited to have our friend and neighbor Ale Campos join us for this month's rendition of Top Picks.
Read MoreFor our two day, Stone House Classics and Printed Paper sale we asked our friends Philip & Leong to make their Top Picks!
Philip Leeming & Leong Ong live in the Hudson Valley and we have been friends for many years... dating back to our time in the little town of High Falls, NY and our shared love of both vintage.
Read MoreFor our February Decorator & Design Sale’s rendition of Top 5 Picks, we reached out to the award winning graphic designer Woody Pirtle, owner and creative director of Pirtle Design. We are honored to have him select his top five favorite items in our upcoming sale!
In the world of graphic arts, Pirtle is a legend. His client list isn't just a who's who. Instead, it’s an intriguing group of businesses including the American Folk Art Museum, Knoll Furniture, IBM and perhaps most impressively, Amnesty International for which he created posters based on the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
Read MoreFor our two-day Americana sale, we decided to reach out to our friends Frank Sisti & Melia Marden to choose their top picks from our 900-lot auction. Naturally, when Frankie & Melia came to Public Sale, they had quite a hard time narrowing down their top 5 picks!
Read MoreAbout half of the 900 lots from our auction, titled “Americana & Historical Antiques,” were sourced from one Hudson, NY resident’s collection of 19th century furniture, cast iron, and local history.
For this auction we reached out to our beloved friend Carolita Johnson for her top picks.
She is best known for her smart cartoons, appearing in New Yorker Magazine for years. She is also known for her political strength, wit, ethical conviction and unwavering support of justice for all. She is glamorous, funny, hard-working and honest!
Read MoreLot no. 428 Grand Buffet Neon Sign — This sign originally hung on the building we occupy. On November 28th you have a chance to own a piece of local Hudson history! The building we renovated from the old China Buffet restaurant into our newly remodeled auction house.
Read MoreAs we celebrate our third auction at Public Sale, we are delighted to spotlight the wonderful personality and creativity of our good friend Issac Nichols in our third rendition of Top 5 Picks.
Known for his polarizing “boob pots,” Issac has gained widespread recognition for his pottery, with countless blog posts and articles being written about both his art, and his intriguing lifestyle.
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