Crescent City offers fine art and furniture, July 17-18

Maurice de Vlaminck, ‘Country Road,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000
Maurice de Vlaminck, ‘Country Road,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000

NEW ORLEANS – It’ll be Christmas in July in New Orleans when Crescent City Auction Gallery holds a big, two-day Important Summer Estates Auction the weekend of July 17 and 18. The sale features more than 800 quality lots of fine French, English and American furniture, over-mantel mirrors, original paintings by local and regional artists, fine jewelry and couture pieces, a piano, sterling silver, nativity sets, model boats and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Crescent City Auction Gallery offers art, silver, furniture May 8-9

Knute Heldner, ‘Singing by the Mississippi River,’ estimated at $25,000-$35,000
Knute Heldner, ‘Singing by the Mississippi River,’ estimated at $25,000-$35,000
Knute Heldner, ‘Singing by the Mississippi River,’ estimated at $25,000-$35,000

NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Auction Gallery’s Important Spring Estates auction will take place May 8 and 9, starting at 10 am Central time/11 am Eastern time on each day. Original oil paintings by iconic Louisiana artists Knute Heldner and Clementine Hunter; a 129-piece Gorham sterling flatware set in the La Scala pattern; ceramics by local potters, including examples of Newcomb pottery; vintage couture; and estate jewelry are among the 752 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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