Dazzling, rare lady's platinum dinner ring will headline Crescent City's March 17-18 estates auction

NEW ORLEANS - March 6, 2023 - PRLog -- A rare lady's platinum dinner ring with a lovely 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite stone, an oil on canvas painting by New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau, and a circa 1910 Tiffany Studios bronze and favrile glass lamp are a few of the expected highlights in Crescent City Auction Gallery's Important March Estates auction slated for March 17^th and 18^th.

The auction, starting at 10 am Central time both days, is loaded with over 700 choice lots in a wide variety of collecting categories. Bidding is available online, as well as live in the Crescent City gallery at 1330 Saint Charles Avenue in New Orleans. In-person gallery previews will begin on Wednesday, March 8^th, from 10-5 Central time. Phone and absentee bids will be accepted.

The stunning and exceedingly rare lady's platinum dinner ring with a 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite center stone is surrounded by a double concentric border of tiny round diamonds. The split shank also mounted with tiny round diamonds. In all, the total diamond weight is 1.05 carats. The ring, with an appraisal and GIA report is expected to gavel for $70,000-$90,000.

The oil on canvas painting by George Valentine Dureau (1930-2014) is titled El Viaje Dorado and is from the artist's "Dead Toreador" series (referencing Edouard Manet's "Dead Toreador"). Presented in a wood frame measuring 59 ½ inches by 53 ½ inches, the Dureau work is signed on the bottom and signed, dated and titled en verso. The painting should realize $8,000-$12,000.

The circa 1910 Tiffany Studios bronze and favrile lamp, 15 inches tall, boasts a 7-inch diameter shade engraved "L.C.T. Favrile" and a base stamped with Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. logo (est. $3,000-$5,000). Also, a Tiffany Persian favrile glass desk lamp, circa 1910, is 14 inches tall with a 7 ¼ inch diameter shade. The base is signed "L.C. Tiffany Favrile" (est. $2,000-$4,000).

A 151-piece sterling flatware set by Gorham in the "Old English Tipt" pattern, weighing a total of 179.11 troy ounces, has an estimate of $3,500-$4,500; while a 101-piece set of sterling flatware by International in the "Joan of Arc" pattern, 96. 15 troy oz. should hit $1,500-$2,500.

Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Absentee and phone bids will be accepted until 1 pm Central time the day before the auction. For more information, visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com.