ATLANTA – Items from the Atlanta home of entertainment attorney Joel A. Katz, more than 550 lots in all, will come up for bid in an unreserved auction planned for Thursday, January 12 by Ahlers & Ogletree. New Year’s Signature Estates auctions will also be held live and online Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

The Joel A. Katz auction on January 12, starting promptly at 10 am Eastern time, will feature fine art, jewelry and watches, designer furniture, art glass, objets d’art, memorabilia, guitars and more. Highlights include Daum and Lalique objects and figures, an Elton John-autographed Yamaha piano, and several signed prints by artist Marc Chagall.

Also offered will be custom and collectible guitars by Gibson, a set of Margaritaville Adirondack furniture from singer Jimmy Buffet, original paintings by Jean de Botton, Robert Jessup and James Way, and a collection of figures and vessels by Jay Strongwater.

The Elton John-autographed Yamaha ebony player piano with Disklavier DKC-850 and matching bench, signed by the performer in silver sharpie on the leg of the bench, has an estimate of $8,000-$12,000. Also, a one-of-one Gibson Les Paul custom model LPSPSC guitar and case, bearing Joel Katz’s name mounted to the head and featuring the classical Les Paul electric form with Zamaitis style or possible collaboration steel sound board, is estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

Eight pieces of Margaritaville whimsically painted garden or beach furniture, given to Katz by Jimmy Buffett, comprising four Adirondack chairs and three side tables, have an estimate of $3,000-$5,000. Also, a limited edition Elvis One More Time Wurlitzer jukebox with a white lacquered finish, equipped with 50 compact discs and a computer memory with 1,200 songs, as well as six internal speakers, a 200-watt amplifier and colorful exterior features, is estimated at $5,000-$7,000.

A limited edition Lalique Anemones Grand vase and pedestal, the ovoid-form vase executed in midnight blue crystal with white enamel accents, has an estimate of $10,000-$20,000; while a limited edition James A. Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005) for Steuben colorless glass sculpture of a mother hippo with her calf, titled Hippopotamus Pool, rendered in 2004, signed and numbered (3/25), is estimated at $4,000-$6,000.

More than 100 lots of glass and crystal are highlighted by a limited edition robot figure by Kriki (French, b. 1965-) for Daum Nancy. Titled Daumot 163, the 16in-tall robot is executed in cobalt crystal with a gold tone antenna, eyes, hands, tools and inner gears. It is artist-signed and maker-marked, editioned ‘2/99’ on the verso, and estimated at $8,000-$12,000.

Tops in the fine jewelry category, and a candidate for top lot of the auction, is an A + P 18K white gold and diamond necklace featuring a marquise shape and round brilliant cut diamonds weighing 15.00 carats (VS-clarity, near colorless color). The necklace has an estimate of $12,000-$18,000.

The figures and vessels by Jay Strongwater include a 96in-tall Theobald Grand tree from the Flora and Fauna collection, having a brass body with enamel decorated leaves set with Swarovski crystals and estimated at $3,000-$5,000.

A lithograph in colors on Japon paper by Marc Chagall (French and Russian, 1887-1985), titled La Fenetre Entrouverte, editioned 30/50 at the lower left and signed at the lower right, should finish at $5,000-$7,000. Also, a 1971 oil on canvas by Jean de Botton (French, 1898-1978), titled Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse, depicting an abstract scene of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, is estimated at $3,000-$6,000.

The next two days – Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14 – Ahlers & Ogletree will present back-to-back New Years’ Signature Estates auctions, comprising 950 lots across the two bidding sessions. The sales will be highlighted by period antiques, art by listed artists, unique decorative arts, estate jewelry and fine rugs. Bidding will begin each day at 10 am Eastern time.

The Friday session will feature Asian arts, Modern and Mid-century Modern pieces, jewelry, furs and sports memorabilia. Saturday will showcase art and antiques from Europe and the Americas.

Highlights will include selections from the estate of Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and his wife Betty; important 19th-century Georgia furniture; custom circa-1950 Vladimir Kagan furniture; fine jewelry by Margot McKinney, Tiffany & Co. and Mauboussin; plus paintings by Ralph Cahoon, Vaughn Flannery, Henry Raeburn, Robert Cardinal and Carolyn Carr.

To consign an item, an estate or a collection, call Ahlers & Ogletree at 404-869-2478, or email consign@AandOauctions.com. To learn more about Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery, please visit www.aandoauctions.com.

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