Updated
Updated · North Country Public Radio · Aug 3
Whitney Park Puts Hundreds of Items Up for Auction as 36,000-Acre Estate Seeks $125 Million Buyer
Updated
Updated · North Country Public Radio · Aug 3

Whitney Park Puts Hundreds of Items Up for Auction as 36,000-Acre Estate Seeks $125 Million Buyer

1 articles · Updated · North Country Public Radio · Aug 3

Summary

  • Hundreds of furnishings, artworks and Adirondack guideboats from Whitney Park will be sold in an online auction on Aug. 14, with previews in Potsdam on Aug. 11-13.
  • Blanchard’s Auction Service said the sale includes more than two dozen guideboats, over 100 pieces of old hickory furniture, duck decoys and art removed from the historic estate.
  • Prices are expected to range from about $50 to $50,000, with a Ralph Cahoon painting, Marylou Whitney fish paintings and a silver-engraved walking stick tied to founder William Whitney among standout lots.
  • The auction comes as the 36,000-acre property near Long Lake has spent more than a year on the market for $125 million after a planned sale to a Texas developer collapsed last year.

Insights

What does the Whitney Park auction reveal about the future of one of the Adirondacks’ last great family estates?
Why are collectors watching a Ralph Cahoon painting and historic guideboats from Whitney Park so closely?