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Expected top lots include a 1986 Land Rover Defender Custom automobile, a patinated bronze bust of Robert E. Lee and a 100-in.-tall iron Megatron Transformer figure designed by Kalifano. Internet bidding is on multiple platforms.
NEW ORLEANS - LouisEagle -- A 1986 Land Rover Defender Custom automobile, a patinated bronze bust of Robert E. Lee after Henry Merwin Shrady (American, 1871-1922), and a large iron Megatron Transformer figure designed by Kalifano are a few top lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery's Important Estates Auction slated for Thursday and Friday, May 7th- 8th.
The auction, starting at 10am Central time both days, will be held online and live in the New Orleans gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. Offered will be French, English and American furniture; original paintings, watercolors, photographs, and drawings; sculptures; prints and etchings; Middle Eastern and Oriental carpets; and decorative art items. Estates range from local antiquarians to famed New Orleans hotelier and property developer, Joe Jaeger, Jr. estate items.
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The 1986 Land Rover Defender Custom vehicle is the overall expected top lot of the two days, with a pre-sale estimate of $60,000-$90,000. It features a black exterior with black interior and corbeau seats, and a replacement Corvette engine with automatic transmission. Also, a 2021 Vanderhall Venice Blackjack roadster, outfitted as a Batman edition, with a black exterior and black interior, having just 1,769 miles on the odometer, should speed off for $8,000-$12,000.
The iron Megatron Transformer figure, impressive at 100 inches in height, was designed and built by Kalifano in this century, using an assemblage of recycled auto parts. The Kalifano family specializes in creating one-of-a-kind works of art from crystals, gemstones and recycled metal, often from cars. The Megatron, from the Joe Jaeger, Jr. estate, should sell for $4,000-$8,000.
The patinated bronze bust after Henry Mervin Shrady, titled Robert E. Lee, is expected to hit $4,000-$8,000. Shrady was an acclaimed American sculptor, best known for the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C) Also, an oil on canvas by James Michalopoulos (New Orleans, b. 1951), titled Yellow Charmer (2007) has an estimate of $5,000-$7,000.
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An oil on canvas Portrait of Robert E. Lee, rendered in 1898 by Nicola Marschall (Ala., 1829-1917), is estimated to reach $4,000-$6,000; while a pair of patinated bronze busts by Frederick Volck (German/Md., 1833-1891), titled Ulysses S. Grant, Richmond, VA, 1869 and Robert E. Lee, Richmond, VA, 1863 will be offered as separate lots, each with an estimate of $1,000-$2,000.
For more information please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Updates are posted frequently.
The auction, starting at 10am Central time both days, will be held online and live in the New Orleans gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. Offered will be French, English and American furniture; original paintings, watercolors, photographs, and drawings; sculptures; prints and etchings; Middle Eastern and Oriental carpets; and decorative art items. Estates range from local antiquarians to famed New Orleans hotelier and property developer, Joe Jaeger, Jr. estate items.
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The 1986 Land Rover Defender Custom vehicle is the overall expected top lot of the two days, with a pre-sale estimate of $60,000-$90,000. It features a black exterior with black interior and corbeau seats, and a replacement Corvette engine with automatic transmission. Also, a 2021 Vanderhall Venice Blackjack roadster, outfitted as a Batman edition, with a black exterior and black interior, having just 1,769 miles on the odometer, should speed off for $8,000-$12,000.
The iron Megatron Transformer figure, impressive at 100 inches in height, was designed and built by Kalifano in this century, using an assemblage of recycled auto parts. The Kalifano family specializes in creating one-of-a-kind works of art from crystals, gemstones and recycled metal, often from cars. The Megatron, from the Joe Jaeger, Jr. estate, should sell for $4,000-$8,000.
The patinated bronze bust after Henry Mervin Shrady, titled Robert E. Lee, is expected to hit $4,000-$8,000. Shrady was an acclaimed American sculptor, best known for the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on the west front of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C) Also, an oil on canvas by James Michalopoulos (New Orleans, b. 1951), titled Yellow Charmer (2007) has an estimate of $5,000-$7,000.
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An oil on canvas Portrait of Robert E. Lee, rendered in 1898 by Nicola Marschall (Ala., 1829-1917), is estimated to reach $4,000-$6,000; while a pair of patinated bronze busts by Frederick Volck (German/Md., 1833-1891), titled Ulysses S. Grant, Richmond, VA, 1869 and Robert E. Lee, Richmond, VA, 1863 will be offered as separate lots, each with an estimate of $1,000-$2,000.
For more information please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Updates are posted frequently.
Source: Crescent City Auction Gallery
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