Nye & Company's online-only December 3rd auction will feature property from the collection of Nancy and Robert Stein

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Nov. 20, 2025 - PRLog -- Nye & Company Auctioneers and Appraisers will hold a scintillating and scholarship-rich single-owner auction featuring property from the collection of Nancy and Robert Stein, on Wednesday, December 3^rd, beginning promptly at 10am Eastern time.

The thoughtfully curated collection—assembled over decades with passion, connoisseurship and an eye for early American artistry—encompasses exceptional examples of antique furniture, fine art, historical portraiture, ceramics, needlework, pewter, and decorative arts.

Immediately after the Stein Collection sale, Nye & Company will present its two-session Chic & Antique Auction: Session I: Dec. 3 at 1pm Eastern time; and Session II: Dec. 4 at 10am Eastern.

The Stein Collection reflects a discerning appreciation for early American furniture, Pennsylvania Impressionism, Russian art with American parallels, mochaware, delftware, early pewter and a notable group of portraits attributed to James Sharples Sr. and his daughter Ellen Wallace Sharples—a family of itinerant artists whose work forms an important chapter in late 18th- and early 19th-century Anglo-American portraiture.

James Sharples Sr. (ca. 1751–1811) was an English-born portraitist celebrated for his intimate pastel likenesses of political leaders, intellectuals, and civic figures. After emigrating to the United States in the 1790s, Sharples traveled extensively, creating admired portraits of figures including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Ellen Wallace Sharples (1769–1849), his highly accomplished daughter, produced finely rendered portraits notable for their subtle tonality and quiet psychological depth. Both artists operated portrait galleries in Philadelphia and New York, contributing significantly to America's early artistic identity. Works from this lineage are increasingly prized by collectors for their charm, historic resonance, and scarcity.

A public preview will be held November 24–26 and December 1–2, from 10am–4pm Eastern time each day at Nye & Company's Bloomfield gallery located at 20 Beach Street in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The full catalogue will be livestreamed on www.nyeandcompany.com and across major online bidding platforms including Invaluable, LiveAuctioneers, BidSquare, Drouot and BidSpirit. Clients may participate in real time, leave absentee bids or arrange for phone bidding.

Public preview hours remain the same for both sales.

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