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Oil on canvas painting by New Orleans artist Clarence Millet (1879-1959), titled 'Studio Courtyard.' Estimate: $20,000-$40,000. Crescent City Auction Gallery images

Crescent City Auction picks prominent estates for April 18-19 sale

NEW ORLEANS – More than 1,150 premium lots – many of then sourced from prominent estates in Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., New Orleans and elsewhere throughout the South – will be sold April 18 and 19 by Crescent City Auction Gallery. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.

Offered will be many desirable pieces of original Louisiana artwork, by artists such as Clarence Millet, Knute Heldner, Robert Rucker and Clementine Hunter; French, Italian and American furniture; antique lamps and clocks; and fine jewelry.

The large and beautiful Sevres-style champlevé and gilt bronze mounted porcelain vase, made circa 1900 and standing 28 1/2 inches tall, carries an estimate of $4,000-$6,000.

The Pittsburgh Lamp Co. reverse painted landscape lamp, produced around 1920, is 23 inches tall and 17 inches in diameter and is expected to illuminate the room for $2,000-$3,000.

A circa 1976 signed oil on board by folk artist Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), titled Wash Day, is expected bring $2,500-$3,500. It is accompanied by a photo of the artist holding the painting.

For details call Crescent City Auction Gallery at 504-529-5057 or email the company at info@crescentcityauctiongallery.com.

 

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