DuMouchelles
As a family company founded in 1927, DuMouchelles has curated premium fine art and antiques from across the country for four generations. We share your fervor for finding just the right piece, and apply our experienced eye for rare and important items to offer new-to-market quality pieces that complete a collection. We pride ourselves on our ability to make the process of buying, selling, and appraising easy for our customers. We seek top dollar for our consignors and the highest quality exclusive merchandise for our buyers that demonstrates our expertise, capabilities, and passion for our work. Our in-house experts provide bespoke service to individuals, families, private collectors, institutions, and estate settlement professionals across the country seeking appraisals, valuations, and advising on objects of value. DuMouchelles has been a mainstay in Detroit since the late 1920's and, through tough times and rebirth, we've remained committed to the city. Come visit our
showroom across from the landmark Renaissance Center or browse online to find the next piece for your collection.
Upcoming Auctions from DuMouchelles
May 2026: Day One
Day One centers on fine jewelry, luxury accessories, sterling silver, and a curated selection of furniture. Jewelry is the primary category, led by important 18k gold and platinum pieces set with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, pearls, and other gemstones. Highlights include an 18k yellow gold heart-shaped ruby and diamond necklace, an Italian 18k gold pearl and diamond collar, and a torsade pearl necklace centered by a 39.53-carat cabochon Ceylon sapphire. Diamond standouts include a 6.6-carat emerald-cut diamond platinum ring with GIA certification and a Taylor & Hart 1.70-carat marquise-cut diamond ring of D color and internally flawless clarity. Additional jewelry offerings feature Persian turquoise and diamond suites, ruby and diamond bracelets, pearl necklaces, and designer pieces, including Chopard. Watches are represented by makers such as Rolex, Piaget, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, Ebel, TAG Heuer, and Baume & Mercier. Furniture highlights include an Italian burl walnut dining table with eight chairs and a matching buffet. Sterling silver is well represented, with Wallace “Grand Baroque” flatware, a Reed & Barton “Hampton Court Shield” tea set and “Francis I” flatware, International Silver “Prelude” goblets, and a Redlich dessert compote. Additional decorative arts include examples of Royal Vienna porcelain.
May 2026: Day Two
Day Two centers on fine art, featuring a strong and varied selection across painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Highlights include paintings by Gary Niblett and William Moyers, as well as a Highland cattle scene by Louis Bosworth Hurt. Additional standouts include Douglas Arthur Teed’s large-scale Harem Dancer and a Michigan landscape by Pierre Bittar. Sculpture is represented by multiple works by Marshall Fredericks, along with a wall sculpture by Gilda Snowden from the Estate of Thomas Fernstrum. Modern and contemporary works on paper are also well represented, with examples by George Chann, Victor Vasarely, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Mimmo Paladino, Cy Twombly, and Henry Moore. European works include Alphonse Mucha, Eugène Grasset, Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, and a Gustav Klimt folio, in addition to a Frank Lloyd Wright portfolio. The sale concludes with two defining offerings: a large and cohesive selection of works by Robert Hopkin and over 100 Oriental rugs from the Margarat Weerakoon collection of Oak Park, Michigan. The Hopkin group, assembled by a single consignor over a lifetime, comprises numerous oils and watercolors depicting marine scenes, fishing activity, and coastal landscapes, offering a broad representation of the artist’s subject matter and scale. The rug collection includes Turkish Oushak, Persian Tabriz, Bakhtiari, Kashan, Kerman, and Keshan examples, as well as Indo Tabriz, Agra, Savonnerie-design, and Chinese Art Deco carpets in a wide range of sizes.
May 2026: Online Only
The Online Only sale is led by a broad selection of rugs, Asian decorative arts, prints, ceramics, glass, and small-scale works of art. A large portion of the sale comes from the collection of Margarat Weerakoon, Oak Park, Michigan, and includes a wide range of handwoven Oriental rugs and runners in small and mid-size formats. The sale also includes a substantial selection of Asian material. Chinese works include blue and white porcelain jars, vases, and planters, cloisonné pieces, jade and serpentine carvings, snuff bottles, table screens, incense jars, brush washers, bells, and carved decorative objects. Japanese lots include woodblock prints, an Arita charger, an Imari bowl, a Meiji bronze vase, Fukagawa porcelain candle holders, and other ceramics and decorative items. Additional material includes Tibetan thangkas and porcupine quill boxes. Works on paper and smaller art lots include lithographs, woodblocks, prints, watercolors, and paintings by William Nicholson, Toyohara Kunichika, Hokusai, Michael Glenn Monroe, William Ray McCauley, Catherine McClung, and others. Glass and ceramics round out the sale with Steuben Aurene, Saint-Louis crystal, Waterford, Baccarat, art glass, porcelain tableware, Mason’s Ironstone, and a John Glick pottery jar.Bidder Reviews for DuMouchelles (864)
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American Pawn CompanyNorth Fort Myers, FL
Mar 31, 2026
JaspreetGrosse Pointe Woods, MI
Feb 15, 2026
Entire process was smooth.
They are local for me and it was the first time I bought from them. I was pleased with the entire process.
JeanetteVan Nuys, CA
Jan 08, 2026
Great transaction
Great transaction. Everything was easy. Item was as explained. I would purchase from this auction house again.
JANETNorth Potomac, MD
Nov 08, 2025
I always shop here.
Perfect merchandise, again! Friendly, efficient assistance with packaging and pick up. They make it so easy.
Alvin mickConcord, NC
Oct 31, 2025
Excellent service and the packing was amazing! Will buy again AAA + +
Excellent service from beginning to end! AAAA + + + +
JohnState College, PA
Oct 04, 2025
Excellent Packaging
When you pay a decent amount for something you expect it to be packaged well. That's not always the case, unfortunately, but the packaging of the books I won from DuMouchelles was excellent. Thank you!
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