Ahlers & Ogletree's Fine Estates Auction, Sept. 13th in Atlanta, features hundreds of wonderful antiques

ATLANTA - Aug. 28, 2024 - PRLog -- Just one day after offering nearly 400 curated lots from the Atlanta estate of Gregory Crawford, Ahlers & Ogletree will get right back in the saddle on Friday, September 13^th, with a Fine Estates Auction featuring unique antiques, including fine silver and crystal, period furniture, hand-woven tapestries and carpets, paintings, sculptures and more.

The 330-lot auction, starting at 10 am Eastern time, will be held online and live in the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery located at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW in Atlanta. One of the headliners is the collection of fine and decorative arts from Diana McCluskey of Tampa, Fla. Other items have been pulled from prominent estates and collections, mostly in the Greater Atlanta area.

The centerpiece of the McCluskey collection is an unsigned 17^th century oil on canvas painting from the workshop of Francesco Albani (Italian, 1578-1660). The figural rendering, titled The Dance of Cupids, measures 29 ¾ inches by 39 ¾ inches (minus the frame). The work is expected to sell for $8,000-$12,000.

A late 19^th century French mythological scene tapestry depicting two gentlemen (possibly Aristotle and Alexander the Great), greeting two maidens in a landscape while Cupid looks on, is 104 inches by 116 inches and is contained within a scrolling acanthus border with anthemion corners (est. $4,000-$6,000)

Three sculptures – two bronze and one marble – have identical estimates of $4,000-$6,000. They are:

• An unsigned Italian School white marble sculpture after Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822), titled Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, standing 32 ½ inches tall by 36 inches in width.
• A bronze sculpture on a red marble plinth by Karl Sterrer (Austrian, 1844-1918), titled Mythological Group / Persephone Led by Hippocampi, 13 inches tall, signed "K. Sterrer".
• A late 19^th/early 20^th century figural bronze sculpture by Raoul Francois Larche (French, 1860-1912), titled La Seve / Metamorphoses of Daphne, 36 ¾ inches tall, signed, with foundry mark.

A gilded and enameled Faberge 'Imperial Peter the Great' crystal Easter egg set, after the egg presented by Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna in 1903, set with Austrian crystals and having painted enamel images and a surprise modeled after Gerogii Malychevin's monument to Peter the Great, should hit $3,000-$5,000. The egg is offered as part of a 20-lot collection of enamel works by Faberge.

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