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Belter table, Harold Rudolph painting top Neal Auction results

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Harold Rudolph (1850-1884), ‘Crescent Moon over the Bayou,’ 1875. Sold for $51,850, an auction record for the New Orleans artist. Neal Auction Co. image
Harold Rudolph (1850-1884), ‘Crescent Moon over the Bayou,’ 1875. Sold for $51,850, an auction record for the New Orleans artist. Neal Auction Co. image

 

NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Company’s Feb. 19, 20 and 21 Important Winter Estates Auction garnered excellent prices for fine art, furniture and decorative arts. Sales totaled $2.6 million.

The auction achieved two record-breaking prices for works by artists Harold Rudolph ($51,850) and Jose-Maria Cundin ($41,480).

The top lot of the three-day auction was an American Rococo carved and laminated rosewood center table attributed to John Henry Belter, New York, circa 1850-1860. Estimated at $20,000 to $40,000, the table (below) sold for an impressive $57,950 to a Midwestern collector after fierce competition.

 

This American Rococo rosewood center table attributed to John Henry Belter sold for $57,950. Neal Auction Co. image
This American Rococo rosewood center table attributed to John Henry Belter sold for $57,950. Neal Auction Co. image

 

Crescent Moon over the Bayou, a rare 1875 oil on canvas by New Orleans artist Harold Rudolph (1850-1884), achieved $51,850 against an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. The painting sold to a New York collector bidding on the phone. The sale of Crescent Moon over the Bayou represents a new record auction price for the artist. The former record price of $21,510 was set by Neal Auction Company on April 21, 2012 with Fishing on the Louisiana Bayou.

Against a presale estimate of $20,000 to $30,000, lot 594, Christmas near Oxford, Mississippi by American Scene artist John McCrady (American/New Orleans, 1911-1968), sold for $51,240.00 to a Louisiana collector bidding in the room.

 

‘Christmas near Oxford, Mississippi’ by Louisiana artist John McCrady sold for $51,240. Neal Auction Co. image
‘Christmas near Oxford, Mississippi’ by Louisiana artist John McCrady sold for $51,240. Neal Auction Co. image

 

LiveAuctioneers.com facilitated absentee and Internet live bidding.

For details contact Neal Auction Company at 504-899-5329.

 

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