ATLANTA – Over 1,100 lots of 19th and 20th century art, fine furnishings, Asian objects and works of art, gorgeous Persian rugs, garden accents, and fine collectibles will come up for bid the weekend of August 27 and 28 at Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s gallery at 5180 Peachtree Blvd.
Headlining the two-day auction of fine estates will be property belonging to a former American senior executive for Honeywell Corp., acquired while based in China over a 10-year period, and original artworks from a collector in Portland, Oregon.
Absentee and Internet bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Fine art will be offered in abundance. Key lots will include a watercolor and crayon depiction of actor Sylvester Stallone by American artist Leroy Neiman (1921-2012), inscribed, dated (1985) and numbered; and a charcoal on paper by Paul-Emile Pissarro (French, 1884-1972), circa 1959, and titled River Landscape, 28 inches by 32 inches (in the frame) and artist signed.
For those nostalgic for mid-century illustration, original oil paintings by James Alfred Meese (American, 1917-1971) will be on offer. One, of a woman in a red bandeau top and skirt, speaking to a police officer in a quasi-erotic encounter, served as original cover art for the Signet pulp fiction novel A Private Stair (1955). The artwork measures 25 inches tall by 25 inches wide in the frame.
Additional works include a signed linocut by Pablo Picasso (below) titled Two Women, in steely tones of blue and black, measuring 14 inches by 12 inches, and four signed limited edition lithographs by Salvador Dali, including works from The New Jerusalem suite, The Song of Songs of King Solomon portfolio and The Twelve Apostles suite.
Asian items from the Honeywell executive will include exquisitely carved 19th century Chinese cabinets, 19th century carved Chinese folding chairs, colorful genre scene paintings by Chinese artists, an impressive Chinese rococo-inspired carved bed standing 56 inches tall, and a charming 19th century child’s silk robe, possibly Japanese, hand embroidered with gold dragons. A large number of hand painted Chinese porcelain vases will also come up for bid, including a pair of Rose Canton floor vases measuring 53 3/4 inches tall.
Fine collectibles will include a coin-operated, three-reel “Club Cal Neva” slot machine with stand, made by Bally Mfg. Corp. (Chicago, Ill.), 68 ¼ inches tall; a three-reel coin-op “Big Nugget” slot machine by Summit; a 1946 AMI Model-A “Mother of Plastic” jukebox with Art Deco-inspired streamlined details, 69 inches tall; a restored Vendo Model 39 Coca-Cola bottle dispenser, circa 1948-1957; and an Art Deco “Medalist” pool table by the Brunswick Balke-Collendar Co. from 1928 (below).
Start times both auction days will be 11 a.m. Eastern time.
For details call Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery at 770-457-1903 or email auction@greatgatsbys.com.
