Crescent City will hold an Important Estates Auction, Jan. 19-20 online and live in New Orleans, La

NEW ORLEANS - Dec. 25, 2023 - PRLog -- Nearly 800 fine lots pulled from prominent local and regional estates and collections will come up for bid in a two-day Important Estates Auction planned for Friday and Saturday, January 19^th and 20^th, by Crescent City Auction Gallery, online and live in the gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Start times both days will be 11 am Central.

It will be an eclectic sale, one featuring couture purses by Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Gucci and Givenchy; ladies' rings and other jewelry, plus a men's 18k yellow gold and steel 36mm Rolex Datejust wristwatch (est. $3,000-$5,000); bronzes, including works by Carl Brose and Jules Moigniez; and an unglazed pottery bowl by George Ohr (1857-1918) (est. $1,500-$2,500).

The rest of the two days will feature the kinds of quality items people have come to expect from Crescent City Auction Gallery: fine French, English and American furniture; original paintings and watercolors, many by noted local and regional artists; well-known prints and etchings; Oriental carpets; sterling silver (including flatware, Tiffany and silver-plate); and chandeliers.

Original paintings by local and regional artists will be led by an acrylic and mixed media with resin on a gallery-wrapped canvas by Sarah Ashley Longshore (La./Ala., b. 1975), titled You Do Not Look Fat, You Look Crazy (est. $5,000-$7,000); and a watercolor and gouache on cardboard by George Viavant (La., 1872-1925), titled Swamp Scene with Herons (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Other paintings will include a 1992 watercolor by Jim Blanchard (La., b. 1955), titled St. Mary's Hall, Dominican College (est. $2,000-$4,000); a 1960 oil on canvas by Noel Rockmore (La., 1928-1995), titled Kaja (est. $1,000-$2,000); a 1976 oil on board by Rhoda Brady Stokes (La./Miss., 1902-1988), titled Scrapping Cotton the Old Way (est. $1,200-$1,800); and an oil on canvas by Joseph A. Wilhelm (La., 1923-2003), titled Liberty Ship Meteor (est. $800-$1,200).

French furniture will include a Louis XV cherrywood commode (est. $800-$1,200); an 8-piece Louis XV style carved walnut needlepoint parlor set, including long settee and seven arm chairs (est. $800-$1,200); a French Provincial style cherrywood buffet a deux corps (est. $600-$900); and an 1840 French Empire marble-top bronze mounted mahogany commode (est. $600-$1,200).

Internet bidding will be provided by CrescentCityAuctionGallery.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. For more information, please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com.