Ahlers & Ogletree – New Year’s Signature Estates & Collections
January 15th & 16th, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET
AandOauctions.com
1788 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30318

ATLANTA, GA. — Ahlers & Ogletree will dive right into 2025 with a two-day New Year’s Signature estates auction on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15 and 16. The auction is loaded with an array of items that include a selection of Asian art, Nineteenth Century furniture, fine and decorative arts and collectible sports memorabilia.

In all, close to 800 lots will cross the auction block, starting at 10 am both days, online and live in the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery. Online bidding will be available at www.bid.AandOauctions.com, as well as LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted.

January 15 features many Asian items, led by a pair of polychrome-painted standing arhats on integral lotus pedestals, likely from the Ming dynasty, both 49 inches tall. The youthful Ananda is dressed in layered flowing robes, hands joined in a gesture of devotion; Kasyapa, the elder figure, is shown with hands clasped at the chest, with surfaces painted in colorful tones ($8/16,000).

Another noteworthy Asian lot from day one is a Chinese Qing dynasty, polychrome painted seated Guanyin bodhisattva with a calm facial expression, 48 inches tall, resting in a royal ease pose on a rocky base, the right leg pendent and the left leg bent with the left hand resting on the shin, the right hand raised in Shuni Mudra, dressed in flowing robes with a beaded necklace ($6/8,000).

January 16 will showcase an array of fine art from many established estates. One is an untitled (Figures at Work) watercolor on paper by Charles Henry Demuth (American, 1883-1935), circa 1934, signed and dated to the lower right “C. Demuth ‘34,” with a Strathmore Student blind stamp to the lower left. The 11-by-15-inch work (paper, less frame) should finish at $5/7,000.

The other is a circa 1945 gouache on paper by Athos Rudolfo Menaboni (Italian/American, 1895-1990), titled “Mourning Dove.” The 38¼-by-28¾-inch (paper, less frame) painting is signed lower left and titled lower center. It is accompanied by a handwritten letter from the consignor, detailing his personal encounter with Menaboni, and an authentication on verso ($4/8,000).

Day two will feature a selection of Tiffany lots, to include an early Twentieth Century Favrile bronze mounted pottery vase, 6½ inches in height, having a mossy green glaze over a bulbous earthenware vase and silvered copper scroll and foliate decorated mount. It’s incised interconnected “LCT,” “B.P. 367,” “L.C. Tiffany – Favrile Bronze Pottery” to the underside ($3/5,000).

Returning to session one, a Nineteenth Century French parcel ebonized bureau Mazarin kneehole desk in the Louis XIV taste, having shell veneer boulle work with figural, floral and arabesque brass inlay, seven drawers and a fall-front compartment, all rising on baluster legs with a stretcher on bun feet, unmarked and acquired from Sotheby’s in the 1970s, is expected to hammer for $5/10,000.

A monumental, untitled (The Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Augustine or Saint Ambrose and Saint Francis) Italian School oil on canvas painting, rendered Nineteenth Century or earlier, unsigned and measuring a stout 68¾ inches by 54¼ inches (canvas, less frame), should make $4/6,000.

A Twentieth Century eight-panel partial run of Hindustan hand-blocked scenic wallpaper by Zuber et Cie (French, founded 1797), depicting a lush romanticized Indian landscape, unmarked, the largest section 60½ inches by 138¼ inches and the smaller section 60½ inches by 56½ inches, from a 1,265-wooden block scene carved in 1807, should command $4/6,000.

A contemporary composition parcel gilt center table in the baroque taste, possibly Continental, having a circular tessellated abalone and mixed stone pietra dura top, supported by three winged female figures on C-form legs centering on a floral filled urn, all rising on disc feet, the top 48 inches in diameter, has an estimate of $3/5,000.

A Lalique (French, founded 1888) limited-edition Poseidon crystal vase, 11¾ inches tall, with green seahorse figural handles and rising bubbles, signed and numbered “05” of 99, accompanied by paperwork, the original box, foam and Lalique tying ribbon, should achieve $4/6,000.

Back over to session two, where a palatial Victorian mahogany and glass display case made in America or England in the late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century, with a shaped cornice over a dentil frieze supported on a glass body, 101½ inches tall by 124 inches deep, has an estimate of $2/4,000.

In the sports memorabilia category, an official National League baseball signed on the sweet spot circa 1942-1946 by Joe Gordon (1915-1978), a Hall of Fame member class of 2009, the ball certified in 2023 by JSA, housed in a plastic presentation holder, should garner $3/5,000.

An untitled (maritime scene) oil on canvas marine painting by Lemuel Eldred (1848-1921), signed lower right and 9 inches by 12 inches (canvas, less frame), should sell for $1,5/3,000.

A preview will be conducted on Monday, January 13, and Tuesday, January 14, from 10 am to 5 pm, in the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery. No appointment is necessary. The public is invited.

The gallery is at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard Northwest. For information, 404-869-2478 or ww.aandoauctions.com.

REFINED & CURATED
Polychrome Ming Dynasty Wood Lohan Figures Estimate $8,000-$16,000
Alfred Pollentine ‘Dogana-Venice’ Estimate $2,000-$4,000
1934 Charles Henry Demuth Watercolor Estimate $5,000-$7,000
1945 Athos Menabonu ‘Mourning Dove’ Estimate $4,000-$6,000
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