Estate Sale from Jacksonville’s Famous Artist, Eugene Bennett.

Fri. 7/15, Sat. 7/16 & Sun. 7/17, 9am-4pm -behind Eugene’s home on Oregon Street.

Full estate, from household to family heirlooms.

Estate AUCTION next Saturday, July 23 at 10am at 355 Oregon Street. Preview 2pm – 6 pm on Friday, July 22. Quality antique furniture. Check out Steve Wall’s website at www.wallauctioneers.com for photos & notifications.

Don’t miss this amazing estate sale. Mr. Bennett was a collector of varied and interesting items.

Included, but not limited to the sale are the following items:

Furniture: (2) Antique two door glass front cupboards, Set of four antique oak pressed back kitchen chairs, Oak stacking lawyers bookcase, Antique pine dining table, Mahogany sheet music cabinet, 1960′s Vintage black naugahyde sofa, Victorian mahogany pestedal plantstand, Sets of wooden chairs, wooden bookcases, numerous chests of drawers, wooden tables, old directors chairs, lots of stepstools, Classic 1960′s black & chrome cabinet, Iron plant stand, Samsonite folding chairs, metal shelving units, Englander Queen size mattress & boxs pring-ex. cond., single mattress & box spring with old frame, Outdoor patio furniture

Office Furniture & Supplies: 1940′s metal office desk, older office chairs, metal storage closets, file cabinets of all sizes, office cabinets, file folders, printer paper, notebooks, staplers, binders, scissors, envelopes, etc.

Lamps: converted Aladdin metal oil lamps, converted glass oil lamps, turned wooden lamps, vintage 3-way floor lamp, student lamps

Electronics: Panasonic stereo system, numerous turntables, Garrard Mod. RC 80, telephones, space heaters, Fellows shredder, radios

Photography: Smith Victor light stands & photo lights, (3) tripods, (3) Minolta cameras, accessories

Tools: (3) Craftsman rolling tool chests, lots of hand tools, Craftsman work bench, Craftsman Heavy Duty 10″ table saw, shovels, rakes, pitchforks, mauls, clippers, like-new Sears weedwacker, electric chainsaw,

Appliances: Whirlpool Stacking 24″ Washer & Dryer, Kenmore upright freezer, Kenmore Coldspot 17 cu.’ refrigerator

Art Supplies: Matt boards, Photo mats, 100′s of picture frames of all sizes, many antique Victorian frames, large quantity of picture frame glass all sizes, portable sculpture pedestals

Artwork: Many framed old prints, hundreds of unframed prints, vintage photographs, chromolithographs, old maps, signed vintage Britt posters, thousands of art magazines from 1940′s to present

Medical: Hugo dual brake walker, Invacare shower seat, walker with wheels

Primitives: many unusual cast iron pieces, tool boxes, kitchen cupboards, cast iron & enamel fireplace pots, enamelware pitchers, jugs, pans, teapots & dishes, Old whiskey bottles, old medicinal bottles, old milk bottles

Kitchen: Blue Danube china, many sets of silverware stainless & plate, Full set of English china, pots, pans, dishes, glassware, utensils, cleaning supplies, toaster, many glass canning jars

Pottery: #12 Pacific stoneware crock, Fiesta & California pottery dishes, many salt glaze stoneware pieces, blue & white pottery

More details about the sale at http://wallauctioneers.com

Eugene Peart Bennett was born on December 20, 1921 in Central Point, graduated from Medford High School, and attended the University of Oregon as a music major before serving in the Navy. Bennett passed away on November 2, 2010.

An early interest in visual arts blossomed while in the Navy. Upon his discharge, he was accepted at The Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his Bachelors and Masters degrees. He taught at the Art Institute and at New Trier Township High School. In 1954 he moved to Europe for a year, staying primarily in Florence, while traveling to other areas of Italy and to France.

He returned to acclaim in Chicago, yet elected to return to the beauty and familiar landscape of the Rogue Valley in 1958. He taught art and worked with other artists to found the Rogue Valley Art Association and the Rogue Gallery in 1960. He also continued to exhibit in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. He became an advocate for the arts and a tireless supporter of local arts groups.

Eugene was truly a renaissance man. He composed music, including a piece used in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production in 1940, and acted in a Shakespeare play that same year. His talent in the visual arts included watercolor and oil painting, collage, assemblage and sculpture – including sculptural poles that graced the entrance to the Oregon Pavilion at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. His interests extended to the community he lived in. He helped develop the Historic Preservation standards for Jacksonville, was the first chairman of the Jacksonville Preservation Commission, and served on other committees as well.

His achievements include a solo show at the Portland Art Museum while still a student at The Art Institute of Chicago. More recently, he was the first recipient of the Arts Council of Southern Oregon’s Lifetime Achievement Award, was featured on the Oregon Art Beat television show, and received the Governor’s Arts Award for having “significantly contributed to the growth and development of Oregon’s cultural life.”