Stunning R. J. Horner dining room suite will headline Stevens Auction's Nov. 13 Thanksgiving auction

ABERDEEN, Miss. - Nov. 3, 2021 - PRLog -- Eager bidders will be giving thanks at Stevens Auction's Thanksgiving Antique Auction set for Saturday, November 13^th, live in the gallery at 609 North Meridian Street in Aberdeen, and online via LiveAuctioneers.com. Offered will be items from a 9,000-square-foot home in Gulf Port, Miss., plus estates from Eutaw, Ala., and Centerville, Miss.

Expected top lots include a heavily carved oak dining room suite attributed to the renowned 19^th century American furnituremaker R. J. Horner, a beautiful palace-size Aubusson rug and a magnificent pair of early 19^th century Old Paris vases. The auction will start at 10 am Central time.

The Horner dining room suite is the sale's headliner, with an estimate of $15,000-$45,000. It consists of a china cabinet, banquet-size table with five leaves, six chairs and a sideboard, all beautifully carved with wing griffins and feet.

The Aubusson rug is truly palace-size, at 14 feet by 30 feet. It's expected to sell for $10,000-$20,000, half its original sale price. Other fine rugs up for bid will include a beige, green and gold Oushak rug, 18 feet by 12 feet (estimate: $1,800-$3,000); and a handmade red, blue and white Persian rug, 9 feet 10 inches by 14 feet 2 inches (estimate: $600-$1,500).

The pair of two-part, early 20^th Old Paris vases boasts intricate detailing, with lattice work from top to bottom and breathtaking painting with the highest gold content for all the gilting. The vases, showing no wear at all, is estimated to bring $5,000-$15,000. Also offered will be a large and impressive pair of two-part, 19^th century Royal Vienna urns with fine figural paintings, ornate raised decorations and intense gold gilt, both 23 inches tall (estimate: $3,000-$5,000).

Tables worth considering include a unique rosewood Aesthetic Movement pedestal table with winged griffins and inlay burl trim (estimate: $4,000-$10,000); and a very large rosewood Victorian center table attributed to Charles Boudoine, 46 inches wide (estimate: $2,000-$4,000).

An open house preview will be held at the gallery on Friday, November 12^th, from 10 am-7 pm. Doors will open at 8 am on auction day, Nov. 13^th. Pictures are continually being added to the Stevens website (www.stevensauction.com). For information not contained in the sales brochure, please call 662-369-2200 or email to stevensauction@bellsouth.net. Phone bids are welcome.