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Asheville, NC, United States
Auction Details
March Premier Auction: Day 2
Brunk Auctions
Session I
Friday, March 24, Auction begins 5:00 pm - lots 001 - 248
Session II
Saturday, March 25, Auction begins 9:00 am - lots 249-910
Our March 2017 auction is represented by a two day offering of a broad selection of consignments.
Featuring: The Estate of Marjorie and Charles West
The late Marjorie and Charles West of Atlanta, Georgia, established the West Foundation as a conduit of philanthropy through which their generosity to Georgia Institutions benefitted the High Museum with more than one hundred works of 19th century American Art and over forty examples of Neoclassical sculptures. Through their gift, the High Museum has one of the most significant holdings of Neoclassical sculpture in the United States. Mrs. West was also a discerning collector of Meissen ceramics and was a founding member of the Ceramic Circle in Atlanta.
Brunk Auctions is pleased to offer over eighty watercolors and fifty plus examples of American ceramics from the West collection. The watercolor collection broadly encompasses 19th century Hudson River School works, 20th century works by Thomas Hart Benton as well as two fine watercolors by contemporary artist Stephen Scott Young, one of which graces the front cover of the catalog. While this collection is primarily represented by American artists, it does include a few exceptions notably an important watercolor by Thomas Faed titled Sir Walter Raleigh and His Literary Friends at Abbotsford.
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![Noël Le Mire: (French, 1724-1800)[Le Général Washington. Ne Quid Detriment Capiat Res Publica]. Paris, circa 1780, after Jean Baptiste Le Paon, signed, engraving on paper, 19-15/16 x 14-3/16 in. (sheet); fine](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562765_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)






![Pair American Federal Brass and Iron: Andirons, Set of Fire Toolslate 18th/early 19th century, blade-form andirons with brass urn finials and penny feet, 21-1/2 in., [good condition, typical surface rust and wear;] fire tools comprising](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562772_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)







![24 Leather-Bound Books [Works]: by Captain Frederick MarryatBoston: Dana Estes and Company, circa 1898, 24 volumes (complete), the Author's Limited Edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, in full leather, with blindstamped front and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562780_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)
![Howbert Family Ephemera: including a padded, elaborately blind-stamped leather photo album, 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in.; [Holy Bible], Carey and Lea, 1825, full leather, 7 x 4-1/4 in.; Jenkins's [Vest-Pocket Lexicon], Lippincott,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562781_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)


![57 Books on World History, Culture and: Artincluding a book on the Royal Japanese Family (text is in Japanese), housed in a clamshell case; [Heraion Alla Foce Del Sele], Roma, 1951, two volumes with morocco spine labels, most are](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562784_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)
![Large Group of Steinway and Sons: Related Ephemera including a large three-ring binder with newspaper clippings, Lyra magazine, brochures and catalogs; seven books including: two copies of [People and Pianos] by Theodore Steinway,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/33/101024/51562785_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1488822199)


