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Charleston Estate Auctions features fine art, Asian antiques Sept. 29

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
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Antique oil on board by Jules Gustave LeRoy Jr. (French, 1856-1921), mother cat and kittens, in giltwood ornate period frame, board 10¾in. x 8¾in., in frame 19in. x 18in. Estimate: $2,800-$3,500. Charleston Estate Auctions image

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Charleston Estate Auctions’ Fall premium auction on Sept. 29 is packed with exceptional fine art, incredible Chinese antiques from Beijing, a large collection of elaborate American sterling and coin silver, a large collection of Herend porcelain figurines, fine quality antique furniture, jewelry, art glass, Persian carpets and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

Original fine art available includes works by Jules Gustave LeRoy Jr. (above) Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (below), Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940), John Carrol Doyle (1942-2014), Maurice Dainville (1856-1943), Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), and Howard Finster (1916-2001). Works by numerous other listed artists will be available.

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Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876-1958) original watercolor on watercolor board, board 9in. x 22in., in frame under glass 16in. x 29in. Estimate: $14,000-$18,000. Charleston Estate Auctions image

There is a very large group of exceptional and rare antique Chinese porcelain, framed silk collars, furniture and more from a Charleston, S.C./ Beijing, China, estate. Many of the items offered were not made for the Western market.

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Imperial embroidered and hand-painted Chinese silk wedding collar, two separate pieces, late 19th/early 20th century. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Charleston Estate Auctions image

Crystal and art glass offered include Tiffany, Baccarat, Lalique, Waterford and Stueben.

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Tiffany vase, 9in. high, engraved signature with numbers that reads ‘L.C.Tiffany-Favrile, 1524 181 P’ beneath. Estimate: $2,200-$2,600. Charleston Estate Auctions image

A large collection of antique hat pins, vintage Halloween decorations and postcards, Japanese antiques, bronzes, antique books, American sterling and coin silver, Herend and Dresden porcelain and much more will be sold.

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Herend porcelain group depicting a pair of ducks with Vieux Herend (VHB) blue fish scale pattern. #5035, approximately 8½in. x 15in. and 10in. at the widest point. Estimate: $800-$1,200. Charleston Estate Auctions image

For the Historic Charleston collectors, there will be several items from the estate of George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876). Trenholm was a South Carolina businessman, financier, politician and planter who owned several plantations and strongly supported the Confederate States of America. He was appointed as its secretary of the treasury during the final year of the American Civil War. Items include a rare Lefaucheux Brevet 20-shot pinfire double-barrel double-action revolver with a folding trigger.

Charleston Estate Auctions’ Fall premium auction will begin Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

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