Antique dealer’s superb lifetime collection to be auctioned Aug. 31

Large 19th-century KPM porcelain plaque depicting Ruth in a cornfield. Rococo gilt-wood frame. Est. $4,000-$6,000

ABINGDON, Va. – On Friday, August 31, A-OK Auction Gallery will offer the personal collection of fine antiques, furniture and decorative art carefully amassed over a lifetime by a retired South Florida antique dealer. The auction will commence at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, and absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

A collection of great quality, it includes more than 20 Persian hand-knotted rugs, a Dutch tall-case clock, a large pine wine cellar, and a coveted Wooten Renaissance Revival desk, shown below.

Wooton Renaissance Revival walnut, burl walnut and maple three-hinge secretary/desk, 1874 patent. Est. $8,000-$18,000

There are many incredible framed tapestries and 18th-century oil paintings, blackamoor statues, and a monumental French Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted kingwood meuble a hauteur d’ appui. The latter piece, after Andre Charles Boulle by Joseph Emmanuel Zweiner, was made around 1880. It stands 60 inches wide and 59.5 inches high. A similar example created by Boulle is held in the collection of the Musee du Louvre in Paris. A-OK has placed an $80,000-$120,000 estimate on the Zweiner cabinet.

Magnificent and monumental Louis XVI gilt-bronze bounted kingwood meuble hauteur d’appui, French, circa 1880, after Andre Charles Boulle by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. 60in wide x 59.5in high

High-quality Asian art is another of the collection’s featured categories. There are Chinese jade statues, 18th- and 19th-century Chinese porcelain vases and figurines; and Chinese silk artworks.

Pair of large and important Chinese carved white jade circular boxes on early wood stands. Each 12in diameter. Estimate for the pair: $6,000-$8,000

Many additional items are being photographed and uploaded to the online catalog this week, so frequent re-checks are advised.