Igor Mitoraj (1944-2014): Luci di Nara sells from $95,000 in the 20th Century, Modern & Contemporary sale

Niall Smith gets a grand tour from Stair in a successful spring auction

Rare American Wrought Iron Garden Gate Designed by William Adams Delano (1874-1960) sells for $36,000 in The Garden Sale

“Master Class: John Rosselli’s Artful Eye” was a rampant feast worth sharing, a sale that celebrated a unique opportunity to tap into unparalleled experience and illustrious, personal style.

Stair brings the collection of art historian Sir John Richardson to auction

Stair was thrilled to offer over 1,000 lots over four days from the Collection of Mario Buatta, interior design icon and legendary collector.

Scandinavian art and design opened the sales season with modern and contemporary works by iconic Nordic artists and designers, and a specialized sale of Viennese design.

In 2019 we had the honor of selling works from outstanding collections including the Collection of Mrs. John Gutfreund, Murray House, Villanova, PA, Indian Art from the Estate of David Swope, the Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen, the Collection of John B. Elliott, Furnishings and Objects from the Collection of Michael S. Smith, the Starr Collection, and the Collection of William Kelly Simpson.

Stair offered a series of niche-market sales including Art & Design, The Porcelain Sale, Animation Art, Joseph Beuys: Prints & Multiples, and Maine on Paper.

An Agnes Pelton painting, Fires in Space, sells for $230,000, a record-setting price for a work by Agnes Pelton (American, 1881-1961), and approximately 10 times the previous record for the artist.

Stair had the honor of selling The Collection of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen, with property from the Manhattan apartment of the legendary Rolling Stones’ guitarist and his stunning model wife.

Stair was pleased to offer property from the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection, an eclectic mix of modern and contemporary art, ethnographic and antique objects, and music-related ephemera and books, representing their creative legacy.

Stair was pleased to sell property from the Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Verner Reed, Jr., avid collectors of both the fine and decorative arts, with a honed aesthetic and a love for all things beautiful.

Stair sold another Fabergé treasure, Lot 555, The C.K.G. Billings “Loving Cup.” This rare and unique Fabergé kovsh cup, was presented on behalf of Tsar Nicholas II to C.K.G. Billings in Moscow, following the triumphant performance of Billings’ horse. It sold for $320,000.

Stair was pleased to sell property from Cornelia Guest, Templeton

Stair offered property from the Estate of Helen Frankenthaler, comprising jewelry, fashion, furniture and objects.

Stair presented Classicism to Contemporary: The Collection of Ashton Hawkins and Johnnie Moore, a selection of art, objects and furniture from their homes in New York City and Athens, New York. This collection, amassed over 50 years, included 18th and 19th century Russian silver, paintings and bronzes, Victorian and modern furniture and contemporary works of art and photography.

Confluence: The Collection of Tom Noonan was presented by Stair. Tom is a collector known worldwide for his visionary taste, and also our neighbor, one of the original antique dealers here on Warren Street in Hudson.

Stair set a world record with a rare Fabergé Imperial figure, Lot 125, which sold for $5,980,000, against a pre-sale auction estimate of $500,000 to $800,000. The last hardstone figure sold for $1.8 million in 2005, at Sotheby’s, New York.

Stair had a record-breaking sale, which nearly topped $1 million for Asian, Middle Eastern and Ethnographic items. A Greek carved marble bust of Hercules, from the Collection of Robertson and Mary Paige Alford in Norfolk, CT, sold for $74,750.

Stair sold property from the Estate of Dominick Dunne, the American writer and investigative journalist, from his New York City penthouse as well as his country home in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Stair set a record for a Middle Eastern carved plaque, which sold for $230,000.

Attributed to Constantin: Korovin Paris at Night, Oil on Canvas, 1901 sold for $350,000.

We sold over $3 million in property within one month in our Salander-O’Reilly bankruptcy auction and our Antiquities and Modern Art sales.

Stair sold Search for the Right Address, an oil on canvas by Mark Tansey (b. 1949) for $247,250.

Colin Stair returned to the auction podium. At our first sale of only American and European paintings, featuring the Thomas Van Loan Collection, which sold over $1.7 million in fine art, we set records for the artist William Mason Brown (1828-1898), with his White Mountain View, oil on board, selling for $43,700, and for Frank Anderson (1844-1891), selling his oil painting of the Hudson Highlands for $212,750.

With business rapidly growing, Stair Galleries relocated to a 25,000 square foot building on Warren Street in Hudson, NY and our first sale was held there.  We sold $1 million worth of English and Continental furniture, paintings and decoration. Diana and a Satyr, a European School oil painting, sold for $86,250.

Stair Galleries set a world record for the artist Paul Seifert (1840-1921) selling his watercolor depiction of a Wisconsin farmhouse for $66,700.

The first auction was held at a rented premises in Hudson, with 481 lots, totaling $235,538. Below is Rebecca Hoffmann taking bids, with Rupert Fennell, also an auctioneer, helping out as a bid spotter. Within the first year and a half, the sales totaled $3 million.

Colin opened Stair Galleries, an auction house specializing in fine art and antiques, working side by side with Rebecca Hoffmann, a Fine Arts Specialist and very gifted auctioneer.

Sotheby’s closed their restoration division. Colin purchased the facility and created his own company, Stair Restoration, a firm that continued the highest standards of excellence established by its predecessor.

John Stair retired, and Colin took over Sotheby’s Restoration as Managing Director and Vice President.

John Stair moved most of the operations of Sotheby’s Restoration from Manhattan to Claverack, NY. Under John’s supervision, the department achieved a national reputation for excellence in historical restoration. Meanwhile, John’s son, Colin, had been working under John at Sotheby’s Restoration. Colin also spent time cataloguing furniture at Sotheby’s in England.

Alastair A. Stair sold Stair & Company to David Murdoch, a Los Angeles financier. Alastair then joined Sotheby’s New York where he served as a well-respected consultant.

John Stair opened his own gallery with Ward Landrigan, a former Sotheby’s colleague who currently owns the iconic jeweler, Verdura. John then reunited with Sotheby’s to launch the company’s restoration division.

Sotheby’s purchased Parke-Bernet. John Stair, working with Louis and John Marion, spearheaded the effort to make Sotheby’s an international presence. In the process, they created the largest fine art auction house in the United States.

Alastair A. Stair founded the Winter Antiques Show in Manhattan, a benefit for East Side House Settlement. He also founded the National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America.

Mr. Andrew retired and Alastair bought the business, renaming the firm “Stair & Company.” He relocated the company to a beautifully restored townhouse at 59 East 57th Street.

Alastair A. Stair transferred to the New York branch to work with Mr. Andrew. 

Alastair Arthur Stair, Colin’s grandfather, joined Stair & Andrew, Ltd. in London.

Arthur C. Stair resided at The Yellow House, Bayswater, London, which also served as an extension to Stair & Andrew showrooms.

Stair & Andrew became the first London antiques firm to open branch offices overseas. A gallery was opened in Manhattan, which included a decorating department that sold architectural woodwork from historical English interiors. Additional galleries were opened in Palm Beach and Williamsburg, VA. The firm also maintained a fully staffed restoration company, Oxford Restoration.

Colin’s great-grandfather, Arthur C. Stair and his partner, Valentine S. Andrew, established their antiques business, Stair & Andrew, Ltd., a firm specializing in fine antique English furniture.

Stair was thrilled to offer over 1,000 lots over four days from the Collection of Mario Buatta, interior design icon and legendary collector.

Scandinavian art and design opened the sales season with modern and contemporary works by iconic Nordic artists and designers, and a specialized sale of Viennese design.

In 2019 we had the honor of selling works from outstanding collections including the Collection of Mrs. John Gutfreund, Murray House, Villanova, PA, Indian Art from the Estate of David Swope, the Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen, the Collection of John B. Elliott, Furnishings and Objects from the Collection of Michael S. Smith, the Starr Collection, and the Collection of William Kelly Simpson.

Stair offered a series of niche-market sales including Art & Design, The Porcelain Sale, Animation Art, Joseph Beuys: Prints & Multiples, and Maine on Paper.

An Agnes Pelton painting, Fires in Space, sells for $230,000, a record-setting price for a work by Agnes Pelton (American, 1881-1961), and approximately 10 times the previous record for the artist.

Stair had the honor of selling The Collection of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen, with property from the Manhattan apartment of the legendary Rolling Stones’ guitarist and his stunning model wife.

Stair was pleased to offer property from the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection, an eclectic mix of modern and contemporary art, ethnographic and antique objects, and music-related ephemera and books, representing their creative legacy.

Stair was pleased to sell property from the Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Verner Reed, Jr., avid collectors of both the fine and decorative arts, with a honed aesthetic and a love for all things beautiful.

Stair sold another Fabergé treasure, Lot 555, The C.K.G. Billings “Loving Cup.” This rare and unique Fabergé kovsh cup, was presented on behalf of Tsar Nicholas II to C.K.G. Billings in Moscow, following the triumphant performance of Billings’ horse. It sold for $320,000.

Stair was pleased to sell property from Cornelia Guest, Templeton

Stair offered property from the Estate of Helen Frankenthaler, comprising jewelry, fashion, furniture and objects.

Stair presented Classicism to Contemporary: The Collection of Ashton Hawkins and Johnnie Moore, a selection of art, objects and furniture from their homes in New York City and Athens, New York. This collection, amassed over 50 years, included 18th and 19th century Russian silver, paintings and bronzes, Victorian and modern furniture and contemporary works of art and photography.

Confluence: The Collection of Tom Noonan was presented by Stair. Tom is a collector known worldwide for his visionary taste, and also our neighbor, one of the original antique dealers here on Warren Street in Hudson.

Stair set a world record with a rare Fabergé Imperial figure, Lot 125, which sold for $5,980,000, against a pre-sale auction estimate of $500,000 to $800,000. The last hardstone figure sold for $1.8 million in 2005, at Sotheby’s, New York.

Stair had a record-breaking sale, which nearly topped $1 million for Asian, Middle Eastern and Ethnographic items. A Greek carved marble bust of Hercules, from the Collection of Robertson and Mary Paige Alford in Norfolk, CT, sold for $74,750.

Stair sold property from the Estate of Dominick Dunne, the American writer and investigative journalist, from his New York City penthouse as well as his country home in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

Stair set a record for a Middle Eastern carved plaque, which sold for $230,000.

Attributed to Constantin: Korovin Paris at Night, Oil on Canvas, 1901 sold for $350,000.

We sold over $3 million in property within one month in our Salander-O’Reilly bankruptcy auction and our Antiquities and Modern Art sales.

Stair sold Search for the Right Address, an oil on canvas by Mark Tansey (b. 1949) for $247,250.

Colin Stair returned to the auction podium. At our first sale of only American and European paintings, featuring the Thomas Van Loan Collection, which sold over $1.7 million in fine art, we set records for the artist William Mason Brown (1828-1898), with his White Mountain View, oil on board, selling for $43,700, and for Frank Anderson (1844-1891), selling his oil painting of the Hudson Highlands for $212,750.

With business rapidly growing, Stair Galleries relocated to a 25,000 square foot building on Warren Street in Hudson, NY and our first sale was held there.  We sold $1 million worth of English and Continental furniture, paintings and decoration. Diana and a Satyr, a European School oil painting, sold for $86,250.

Stair Galleries set a world record for the artist Paul Seifert (1840-1921) selling his watercolor depiction of a Wisconsin farmhouse for $66,700.

The first auction was held at a rented premises in Hudson, with 481 lots, totaling $235,538. Below is Rebecca Hoffmann taking bids, with Rupert Fennell, also an auctioneer, helping out as a bid spotter. Within the first year and a half, the sales totaled $3 million.

Colin opened Stair Galleries, an auction house specializing in fine art and antiques, working side by side with Rebecca Hoffmann, a Fine Arts Specialist and very gifted auctioneer.

Sotheby’s closed their restoration division. Colin purchased the facility and created his own company, Stair Restoration, a firm that continued the highest standards of excellence established by its predecessor.

John Stair retired, and Colin took over Sotheby’s Restoration as Managing Director and Vice President.

John Stair moved most of the operations of Sotheby’s Restoration from Manhattan to Claverack, NY. Under John’s supervision, the department achieved a national reputation for excellence in historical restoration. Meanwhile, John’s son, Colin, had been working under John at Sotheby’s Restoration. Colin also spent time cataloguing furniture at Sotheby’s in England.

Alastair A. Stair sold Stair & Company to David Murdoch, a Los Angeles financier. Alastair then joined Sotheby’s New York where he served as a well-respected consultant.

John Stair opened his own gallery with Ward Landrigan, a former Sotheby’s colleague who currently owns the iconic jeweler, Verdura. John then reunited with Sotheby’s to launch the company’s restoration division.

Sotheby’s purchased Parke-Bernet. John Stair, working with Louis and John Marion, spearheaded the effort to make Sotheby’s an international presence. In the process, they created the largest fine art auction house in the United States.

Alastair A. Stair founded the Winter Antiques Show in Manhattan, a benefit for East Side House Settlement. He also founded the National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America.

Mr. Andrew retired and Alastair bought the business, renaming the firm “Stair & Company.” He relocated the company to a beautifully restored townhouse at 59 East 57th Street.

Alastair A. Stair transferred to the New York branch to work with Mr. Andrew. 

Alastair Arthur Stair, Colin’s grandfather, joined Stair & Andrew, Ltd. in London.

Arthur C. Stair resided at The Yellow House, Bayswater, London, which also served as an extension to Stair & Andrew showrooms.

Stair & Andrew became the first London antiques firm to open branch offices overseas. A gallery was opened in Manhattan, which included a decorating department that sold architectural woodwork from historical English interiors. Additional galleries were opened in Palm Beach and Williamsburg, VA. The firm also maintained a fully staffed restoration company, Oxford Restoration.

Colin’s great-grandfather, Arthur C. Stair and his partner, Valentine S. Andrew, established their antiques business, Stair & Andrew, Ltd., a firm specializing in fine antique English furniture.