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700-lot auction

Crescent City assembles 700-lot auction for June 13-14

Tom Hoepf

Tom Hoepf

700-lot auction
Early 20th century oil on canvas paintings by French artist Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), titled ‘Coastal Landscape,’ 15in x 22¾in. Estimate: $20,000-$25,000. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

NEW ORLEANS – Beautiful oil on canvas paintings by French artists Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) and Theodule Augustin Ribot (1823-1891), and a stunning platinum engagement ring with a 3.83-carat emerald-cut diamond, are just a few of the expected top lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery’s auction, scheduled for June 13-14. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

The Important Summer Estates Catalog Auction features more than 700 quality lots in a variety of collecting categories. Start times both days are 10 a.m. Central time.

The early 20th century oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, titled Coastal Landscape (above), measures 15 inches by 22¾ inches and carries an estimate of $20,000-$25,000. The 19th century work by Theodule Augustin Ribot is titled Harlequin in a Landscape, Holding a Bunch of Flowers (below). It’s 17½ inches by 14 inches and is expected to finish at $3,000-$5,000.

700-lot auction
Oil on canvas painting by French artist Theodule Augustin Ribot (1823-1891), titled ‘Harlequin in a Landscape, Holding a Bunch of Flowers,’ 17½ in x 14in. Estimate: $3,000-$5,000. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

With an estimate of $25,000-$35,000, the platinum engagement ring is a candidate for top lot of the auction. Flanking the 3.83-carat emerald-cut diamond are two tapered diamond baguettes. The size 5¼ ring boasts grades of Color-I and Clarity-VS-1, and it’s accompanied by an official GIA report. The auction also features other platinum and gold estate jewelry pieces.

700-lot auction
Stunning platinum engagement ring with a 3.83-carat emerald-cut diamond, flanked by two tapered diamond baguettes, Color-I, Clarity-VS-1, with GIA report. Estimate: $25,000-$35,000. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

Two other lots expected to attract bidder interest are the Ship’s Diorama of the Robin Hood by Thomas H. Willis (British, 1850-1925), 19½ inches tall by 33½ inches wide (est. $1,000-$1,500); and a 20th century macassar and satinwood dining table with matching sideboard, to be offered as two individual lots and carrying estimates of $700-$1,200 each.

700-lot auction
‘Ship’s Diorama of the Robin Hood’ by Thomas H. Willis (British, 1850-1925), 19½in tall by 33½in wide. Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

It will be an eclectic sale, with items ranging from a 117-piece assembled set of fiddle thread pattern sterling, together with six coin silver dinner forks by Gale and Hayden (circa 1845, New York or Charleston, est. $1,500-$2,500); to a polychromed spelter bust of Napoleon I, after the 1885 original by Renzo Colombo (Italian, 1856-1885), 20 inches in height (est. $1,000-$2,000).

700-lot auction
Polychromed spelter bust of ‘Napoleon I’ after the 1885 original by Renzo Colombo (Italian, 1856-1885), 20in in height. Estimate: $1,000-$2,000. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

Clocks and other timepieces will include a 20th century Arnex Reuge pocket watch with music and an automaton, in working condition (est. $800-$1,200); and a 19th century French gilt bronze Napoleon on horseback figural mantel clock by Vincenti & Cie (est. $600-$900).

Paintings by American artists will be led by an oil on board signed by the renowned Louisiana folk artist Clementine Hunter (1886-1988), titled Wash Day (circa 1966), signed, 17¾ inches by 23 inches (est. $3,500-$5,500); and an oil on canvas signed by Rafaello Bussoni (American, 1900-1962), titled Classical River Landscape, 29½ inches by 39½ inches (est. $600-$1,200).

700-lot auction
Oil on board painting signed by the renowned Louisiana folk artist Clementine Hunter (1886-1988), titled Wash Day (circa 1966), signed, 17¾in x 23in. Estimate: $3,500-$5,500. Crescent City Auction Gallery image

Additional artworks will include an oil on canvas by Alfred Frank De Prades (English, circa 1820-1890), titled Contempt for the Post Boy (1851, est. $1,200-$1,800); an oil on panel by Niek van der Plas (Dutch, b. 1954), titled A Day at the Beach (est. $1,000-$2,000); and a circa-1900 floral still life oil on canvas by Henry Schouten (Jos Klaus, 1857-1927, Dutch, est. $600-$800).

French furniture pieces, a staple at most Crescent City auctions, will be plentiful and will feature the following:

– A French Empire-style carved mahogany seven-piece parlor suite, circa 1840, consisting of a settee, a pair of fauteuils and four side chairs (est. $1,000-$2,000).

– Two early 19th century French Provincial carved oak Louis XV-style double-door armoires, one 94 inches tall (est. $600-$1,200) and one 90 inches tall (est. $600-$1,200).

– A 20th century French Louis XVI carved mahogany ormolu mounted marble-top sideboard, 38½ inches tall by 92 inches wide (est. $700-$1,200).

– An 18th century French Provincial Louis XIV-style carved walnut sideboard, 41½ inches tall by 63½ inches wide (est. $800-$1,200).

– A circa 1840 French Empire style carved walnut commode, 36 inches tall x 44 inches wide (est. $500-$700).

Other furniture will feature an unusual 20th century Continental oval beveled glass and terra-cotta top dining table, 82½ inches wide (est. $1,000-$2,000); a 19th century Chinese tall carved elm cabinet from the Qing dynasty, 86 inches tall (est. $800-$1,200); and a 20th century Italian inlaid walnut ormolu-mounted Empire-style sideboard by Rho Mobili D’Epoca (est. $800-$1,200).

Also from France, a Louis XV-style gilt and gesso over-the-mantel mirror from the 19th century, 68 inches tall by 36 inches wide, should reach $1,000-$2,000; while an oil on board painting by Jean Lefort (French, b. 1948), titled Gathering of Women on the Beach, should make $700-$900.

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

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