Assembled over the course of several decades, this comprehensive collection is brimming with exceptional examples by artists from around the world who push the limits of formal boundaries using an array of familiar and exotic wood types.

Highlights of particular note in the Crafted in Wood auction are: multiple works by William Hunter, including an upright, walnut composition, Into the Wind, and a squat, round rosewood Jazz Basket; various examples from Ron Layport, such as his biomorphic, maple Dragonflies and Wolf Spirit; Miriam Carpenter's sleek, black-and-white Find Your Bearings; and some J. Paul Fennell works with impressive weaving or latticework, including his African sumac Spiral (from the Rhythmic Patterns series).

Other important wood artists with works on offer are: Grant Vaughan, Jacques Vesery, Harvey Fein, Binh Pho, Joël Urruty, Bud Latven, and Philip and Matt Moulthrop.

Stephen Weinroth (1938–2022) attended Amherst College and Columbia University before embarking on a long and successful career in finance, during which time he was a partner at Loeb, Rhodes & Co., a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, a co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Core Laboratories, and a longtime Board member of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a large national home builder. Weinroth also served for many years as the President of the U.S. Central Asia Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on helping to develop the private enterprise sector in the region by providing approximately 400 scholarships for business education at two universities. Beyond his impressive career and personal achievements, Weinroth was a devotee of the arts and theater, with a particular passion for works made in wood and metal.