50% OFF EVERYTHING 10:00-1:00 (additional discounts) Estate of Art Lover Lawrence Chirico

We have got a packed sale for you - four floors worth!

This is Serendipity’s first foray into the estate of an “excessive collector”.  He collected EVERYTHING and lots of it.

Lawrence (Larry) Chirico was passionate about art of all kinds with particular affinities for classical and Asian motifs which he gained an appreciation for during his travels throughout Europe and Asia.  His love of painting is evident as his works are many and displayed throughout the house. He shared his passion for art with others, teaching within the Catholic Diocese, Amherst, Grand Island, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda and Ken-Ton school districts.  He also taught general art classes at summer camp programs in the area. 

Items of interest include:

Men’s watches, brass decor items galore, crystal and colored glass, nautical decor, elephant collection, art books, art supplies, frames, brand new and in box items including linens and kitchenwares, tons of Christmas and other holidays, XL Roman Inc. nativity set, fabulous antique religious items including c1890 Saint Rita of Cascia religious tin litho print by John Duffy, brass candelabra and floor candleholder, oil paintings and signed prints, artist including:

Oswald Volkel

John Duffy 

Benjamin O’Fallon Raborg

Georges Lambert

Ian McKibben White

Sunol Alvar

Jon Helland

Irving Amen

Justiniano Pires

Roger Merritt

Tom Vincent

Bernard Ganter

John L. Eastman

Hoi Lebadang

Richard Sedlow

Elfriede Fuggi

pair of Gunlocke chairs, garden decor, Toscano decor and statues, general household, furniture including 1930s Jacobean dining room table and chairs, sideboards and china hutch, arts and crafts desk, pedestals etc. and appliances including GE washer and dryer plus so much more not shown!

Special Interest:

Oswald Völkel (German) 1873-1952 “The Mother of God” 1924, 38” x 22” oil on canvas in the neo-baroque style. Völkel is a listed artist who primarily worked on ceiling and alter pieces, making copies primarily for the Dioceses of Augsburg. 

Benjamin O’Fallan Raborg (American) 1871-1918 69” x 30”oil on canvas after “After The Bath” 1881, and “Pets” 1885 by Conrad Kissel (German-American) 1846-1921. Raborg was the nephew of California artist Astley David Middleton Cooper (listed artist). They spent a great deal of time painting together at Astley’s San Francisco studio.  Raborg is known primarily portrait painter. 

Sign up sheet will be posted Thursday morning.