BUFORD, Ga. – The highly anticipated weekend sale featuring 1,116 lots of self-taught art, outsider art, Southern folk pottery, and antique and anonymous folk art will be held Nov. 9-10 by Slotin Auction. This sale will feature premiere examples from the Joseph and Janet Shein Collection. LiveAuctioneers.com will host Internet bidding.

The Palmer Museum describes the Shein collection of self-taught and outsider art as “vibrantly eclectic.” This auction will definitely live up to the billing by providing bidders with an exciting mix of Southern folk pottery, circus and carnival freak show items, tramp art, religious items, quilts, African American carvings and paintings, self-taught artworks, masterpieces, international paintings, Native American art, cigar band creations, portraits, trade signs, weather vanes, vernacular photography, canes and more. Slotin Auction specializes in bringing the strange, the unusual and the vanishing America to auction.

“We have a stunning catalog, with some of the best examples by each artist and art form we have ever put together in one auction. There is much to choose from,” said Steve Slotin of Slotin Auction. He added, “Many of these extraordinary pieces are documented and illustrated in the Palmer Museum of Art’s ‘Wos Up Man’ exhibition and accompanying show catalog.”

The Nov. 9 session will kick off at 10 a.m. Eastern with more 113 lots of face jugs, the crowd-pleasing expressions of Southern folk pottery crafted by some of the most famous artisans in the field. The category will start off with eight early face jugs by Lanier Meaders, including Lot 98 a rare china plate face jug featured in the historic Smithsonian “Folklife” (est. $3,000-$5,000).

Several dozen weather vanes, trade signs, religious and propaganda banners, and anonymous items will also hit the auction block including The Revelation of Jesus Christ, circa 1950s, a 16-foot-long hand-rendered religious teaching banner (est. $1,000-$3,000), and a fantastic double-sided Indian head trade sign, circa early 1900s (est. $2,000-$4,000).

Works by Howard Finster are sure to delight, including the Slotin Auction catalog cover, Lot 186, Vision Of Mary’s Angel, #6,908, 1987, enamel on wood, 49 inches by 49 inches, (est. $25,000-$35,000). Also in the sale are Finster’s Time Waits for Nothing, #1,862, 1981, an enamel on wood giant grandfather clock, 81 inches high (est. $5,000-$10,000) and Giant Santa, #3,786, 1984, 97 inches high (est. $4,000-$7,000).

The list of top-tier artists is extensive in this sale. Four works on tin by Sam Doyle kick off the Masterpiece section along with six works by Georgia artist Mattie Lou O’Kelley, of note lot 148, Dividing Fruit With the Neighbors, 1973, from the Fenimore Art Museum, in New York state (est. $20,000-$25,000); six works by Sister Gertrude Morgan, of special note lot 154, The Rising of Lazarus, circa 1970-75, illustrated in Pictured in My Mind, pg. 144 (est. $12,000-$16,000); The Chain of Life, by William Hawkins (est. $7,000-$10,000); works by Joseph Yoakum featuring a rare American mountain range and an extremely rare portrait; three gorgeous works by Minnie Evans; and seven Clementine Hunter paintings, including a special circa 1940s It Was a Day in Spring When I Painted This (est. $4,000-$8,000).

Slotin Auction has scoured the country to bring the rare and unique items out for this sale. Watch for two sculptures from Calvin and Ruby Black’s Possum Trot environment will come up for auction starting with lot 162, The Thanks To You Possum Trot Doll, which sat in the entrance to the environment, 44 inches high (est. $8,000-$12,000). Also attracting interest are a highly erotic Adam & Eve in the Garden wood carving by Edgar Tolson, lot 172 (est. $12,000-$16,000); and lot 106, an anonymous stoneware bust, circa 1850s, featured on page 215 of Robert Bishops iconic American Folk Sculpture (est. $3,000-$5,000). Other treats include, Knight for Christ, lot 165, by William Blayney (est. $7,000-$10,000); lot 166, a singular Dilmus Hall sculpture titled The Mexican Bunch, illustrated in O’Appalachia, pg. 94 (est. $2,000-$3,000); and lot 173, Island Girl and Miss Pee, a sensational erotic sculpture Steve Ashby (est. $2,000-$4,000).

As always, Slotin will feature several new discoveries of note: intricate detailed carvings by Philip Chabot; eight works, including The History and the Evolution of Man, circa 1940s, which features 30 carved figures and typed attached labels affixed to a homemade hinged wooden box (est. $1,000-$2,000); and 10 extraordinary barn-fresh primitive carvings by Mr. Benjamin, an African American from Monticello, Ga., circa 1930s.

Slotin Auction is accepting quality consignments for future sales. Call 770-532-1115 or 404-403-4244. Or email auction@slotinfolkart.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Chandler’s Auctions and Estate Sales, also known as The Gallery on 1st Street, will present their Fall Catalog Auction on Nov. 2nd and 3rd, with Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.

The two-day auction is packed with 1,500+ lots gathered from life-long collections of fine and decorative valuables. The selection features more than 30 pieces of Cartier and Tiffany & Co. jewelry, a rare Native American point collection, works by the famous British sculptor Ralph Brown and early Japanese wood blocks. Additionally, there will be Mid-Century Modern art, Lucite furniture, fine silver and much more.

Many items in the sale are from the Talmo Estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Roy Talmo traveled the world for years and collected a number of fine pieces that he displayed in his home before the residence was sold for land development. The doors and architectural remnants of his estate will be included this weekend.

From the Mindlin Estate of North Palm Beach come works by Marc Chagall, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Edna Hibel, Henry Moore, Joan Miro, Raphael Soyer and other fine art notables.

This sale also includes Japanese and Chinese artifacts from several private estates in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; Confederate notes, historical documents, porcelains and collectible figurines, watches, jewelry, silver and more.

For additional information on any item in the sale, call 336-602-3616 or email info@chandlersauction.com.

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View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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ESSEX COUNTY, UK – A rare hornbill carving will be auctioned by Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers in Stansted Mountfitchet on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the company’s Asian Art Sale. It is from a helmeted hornbill – the only one of the species to grow a large red colored casque on its top beak. The intricate and detailed scene on this carving is thought to have been copied from a book illustration and shows a woman fingering her pipe in a garden. The expected price for this piece ranges from £3,000 to £5,000 ($4,800-$8,030).

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

“This is exceptional. I last saw a carved hornbill of this quality in 1969. This species of hornbill is not native to China and would have been imported, making it rare, even in the 19th century when it’s thought to have been carved,” said David Battie, Sworders’ Asian art expert.

Another highlight of the Asian Art Sale is a collection of unique seals, many from ivory or jade. One particularly early ivory example, lot 303, standing just over 4 centimeters high, dates to the 15th or 16th century. It has two entwined carved mythical creatures on the top with the seal saying “Kon gang.” This is a ridge in the Konlun Mountains between Tibet and Sinkiang. The mountains are the source of good nephrite jade. The seal is part of a private collection started in childhood and the estimate is £1,000-£1,500.

“During the early 20th century seals were popular souvenirs brought back by travelers to the Far East. At the time they wouldn’t have had any significant value and due to their size would have been easy to pack,” said Battie. The seals were purchased in England over the last 60 years.

Jade pieces are still highly valued by collectors and dealers, with the most sought after being the lightest in color with few blemishes. A pair of Chinese white jade belt ornaments, lot 392, dating to the 18th century and carved with flowering cherry branches, is expected to fetch more than £3,000. These would have been worn around the waist of robes in the Chinese court.

Another highlight is lot 139, two Swatow blue and white Kendi, Shunzhi, mid-17th century. The extimate is £4,000-£6,000.

The Asian Art Sale starts at 10 a.m. GMT on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Sworders’ Stansted Mountfitchet auction rooms.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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