Freeman’s | Hindman is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated Early 20th Century Design auction, taking place on May 20. This signature sale showcases an exceptional selection of furniture and decorative arts that celebrate the elegance and innovation of the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Arts and Crafts movements. Collectors and design enthusiasts alike will be captivated by standout pieces, including several examples of exquisite Tiffany lighting, an array of George Ohr pottery, and a collection of rare leaded glass windows by the Linden Glass Company. The auction also features works by celebrated designers such as Raymond Subes, Jules Leleu, and Ercole Barovier—offering a rare opportunity to acquire masterpieces from some of the most iconic names of the era.

Freeman’s | Hindman is delighted to present its premier Modern Design auction on May 20, featuring an exceptional array of furniture and decorative arts that embody the very best in 20th-century design. Headlining the sale is a remarkable collection of George Nakashima furniture, celebrated for its organic forms and masterful craftsmanship. The auction also includes standout pieces of Danish design by Finn Juhl and Hans Wegner, alongside iconic works by Paul Evans, Jacques Adnet, Wharton Esherick, Karl Springer, and Warren Platner. In addition to furniture, the sale features captivating studio works by celebrated ceramicists and artists including Toshiko Takaezu, June Kaneko, and Philip Moulthrop.

More than 150 years after his untimely death, Abraham Lincoln remains a towering figure in our nation’s collective memory. His purpose, to save the Union, was never in doubt. His legacy, likewise, remains assured. Other than George Washington, there is perhaps no president whose leadership proved as pivotal to American history. Lincoln’s integrity of character, determination to ensure the success of the American experiment, and hope for our nation’s future endure as guiding principles for our country. He represents, in many ways, the very promise of America: that a man, with no family connections but possessing a keen intellect and a willingness to work, could rise to hold the most important office in the country. This spring Freeman’s | Hindman will have the great honor to offer selections from the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection of Lincolniana, one of the most important Lincoln collections ever brought to market. Presented chronologically, every era of Lincoln’s journey to the presidency is represented in the Foundation’s collection. Frontiersman. Lawyer. Husband. Father. Politician. President. Lincoln's Legacy will explore the evolution of Abraham Lincoln’s personal and political life via around 140 lots of historic Americana ranging from manuscripts to artifacts from Lincoln’s Illinois law office, to campaign ephemera, early photography, and relics associated with Lincoln’s assassination.

Chicago

Chicago

Chicago

The Fetcher House in Winnetka, Illinois was designed by local architect Augustus Higginson and built in 1901 for Edwin S. Fechheimer (who later changed his last name to Fetcher). Higginson was a Winnetka resident and member of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Society at Hull House and was therefore the ideal architect to design Fetcher’s home in the desired Arts and Crafts style. In April 1905, The House Beautiful featured the home, praising the architecture and interior design as “simple, sincere, and unpretentious.” [1]Over the following century, there were several additions and renovations to the home as it passed through three owners before James Hansen purchased it in 1979. Hansen was a passionate and knowledgeable collector, who valued and preserved the history of The Fetcher House. As an artist and industrial designer himself, he had a deep appreciation for the Arts and Crafts movement for its creation of beautiful, functional objects made from natural materials as a reaction against mass production.Hansen built his collection to fit the style of the home including striking examples of works by important early 20th century makers such as Tiffany Studios, Roycroft, Stickley, and Grueby, as well as Chicago metalsmiths Robert Jarvie and Jessie Preston. Freeman’s | Hindman is honored to present this eclectic and inspired collection in our Early 20th Century Design auction on May 20, 2025 and Artist and Artisan: Fetcher House and the Collection of James G. Hansen auction on June 6, 2025.[1] Robie, Virginia, “A Bachelor’s Cottage in the Country,” The House Beautiful (April 1905), 30-31

Freeman’s | Hindman’s spring auction of American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists presents a strong selection of works from significant public and private collections. The sale is distinguished by exceptional, fresh-to-market examples by Pennsylvania Impressionists Daniel Garber, Edward W. Redfield, Fern Coppedge, and George William Sotter, and by Property from the Family Collection of Dr. Percival Eaton, Jr. of Provincetown, Massachusetts, including Sunday Morning, Quebec by French-Canadian landscapist, Clarence Alphonse Gagnon. The auction also proudly features Property from the Atlanta History Center, with proceeds dedicated to the essential care and preservation of their collections.  Alongside, J. Alden Weir’s masterful Day in June (c. 1903) and Louis Ritman’s Quiet Afternoon (1915), the sale features far-reaching manifestations of American Impressionism by the likes of Childe Hassam, Edward Henry Potthast, and T. C. Steele. The contributions of women artists are on display in works by Martha Walter, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, and in an attractive series of views by Emma Fordyce MacRae. Rounding out the sale are illustrations by Howard Pyle and N. C. Wyeth–including the latter's In Naaman’s House (1929)–and an impressive grouping of oils and pastels by Wolf Kahn.