1939 Chevy street rod ready for action at Stevens, April 9
L-R: 1939 Chevrolet street rod, est. $30,000-$45,000; mahogany Empire full tester bed signed C. Lee, est. $10,000-$20,000; gilt and silvered six-arm gas light, or gasolier, est. $25,000-$50,000.
ABERDEEN, Miss. – Stevens Auction Company will conduct its Spring Multi Estate Antique Auction on Saturday, April 9. Offered will be lifelong collections of antique furniture, porcelains, rugs, clocks, 19th-century lighting, vintage cars, works of art and Southern finery. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
A strong candidate for top lot of the auction is a gilt and silvered six-arm gas light, or gasolier. It’s very ornate, with huge leaf and scroll decorations, including leaf form gas cocks, silvered flying cupids and wingspread birds. The gasolier is estimated at $25,000-$50,000, but it will doubtless sell for more.
Gilt and silvered six-arm gas light, or gasolier, est. $25,000-$50,000
Four vehicles appear in the auction, including a 1939 Chevrolet street rod with a 383 stroker engine. The car is black with purple accents and has just 24,703 miles on its odometer. It is estimated at $30,000-$45,000.
1939 Chevrolet street rod, est. $30,000-$45,000
The furniture category will feature a mahogany Empire full tester bed signed C. Lee, enlarged to king size with new mattresses and pillows (although it can be reduced back to queen), estimated at $10,000-$20,000; and a monumental signed Alexander Roux mechanical rosewood four-part secretary with pierced carved crest, estimated at $6,000-$12,000.
Mahogany Empire full tester bed signed C. Lee, est. $10,000-$20,000
Fine art will be led by a large 1962 oil on canvas by painter-illustrator Ralph Pallen Coleman (American, 1892-1968), titled Christ as a Youth with Mary and Joseph Giving Thanks for the Food, estimated at $5,000-$25,000.
Alexander Roux rosewood four-part secretary, est. $6,000-$12,000
Decorative accessories will include a Sevres royal blue urn in three parts on a swivel base, with bronze mounts and gilt decorations surrounding a large central painting of a seated beauty, estimated at $6,000-$9,000, and a large and intricately detailed bronze of Paul Revere, estimated at $1,500-$3,000.
Sevres royal blue urn in three parts on a swivel base, est. $6,000-$9,000
There are several pianos in the auction, including an Alois Kern piano, the Verdienst Medaille Edition (the medals being presented at the Vienna 1873 and Paris 1878 World’s Fairs), in a rosewood art case with reticulated music rack, Victorian legs and brass inlay of a spread-wing eagle. Its estimate is $6,000-$12,000.
Alois Kern piano in a rosewood art case, est. $6,000-$12,000
The clocks category features a 19th-century multi-colored marble and bronze clock and obelisks, highly decorated with hieroglyphics and phoenix birds and featuring a painted sphinx at the top of the clock. It carries an estimate of $3,000-$4,000.
19th-century multi-colored marble and bronze clock and obelisks, est. $3,000-$4,000
To consign a single item, an estate or a collection, call Stevens Auction Company directly at 662-369-2200, or email stevensauction@bellsouth.net. To learn more about Stevens Auction Company, visit www.stevensauction.com.
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