A 2002 Steinway ebony baby grand piano with a tufted bench played a sweet tune for $27,225, an oil on panel late night river bank scene by Aert Van Der Neer (Dutch, 1603-1677) went for $16,940, and a 19th century five-panel Scottish hunt scene by English artist R. R. Cole finished at $10,890 in Ahlers & Ogletree’s two-day Signature Estates & Collections auction held January 11-12.
The auction was held online and live in the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery located at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW in Atlanta. The January 11th session featured fine art, furniture, and decorative arts from England and the Americas, including seven Tiffany Studios lamps, plus over sixty lots of silver by Tiffany, Gorham, and Reed & Barton, and other wonderful objects.
Session 2, on January 12th, also featured a selection of fine art, furniture and decorative arts from Europe, to include seven lots of Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica china, collections of Baccarat and Steuben crystal, and Russian enamel and silver objects from an important collection. The two days combined totaled 598 lots and the auction overall grossed $737,374.
The 1927 Model M Steinway ebony baby grand piano was the top achiever of the two days. It featured the maker’s mark and serial number (#559154) to the metal plate. Impressive at 57 ½ inches wide by 66 ½ inches deep, the piano sailed past its pre-sale estimate of $6,000-$8,000.
The mid-17th century oil on panel River Landscape by Moonlight by Aert Van Der Neer depicted a busy late night river bank scene showing several sailboats under a large cloud formation and a windmill in the background. The work was signed “AVN” monogram lower left and measured 18 ½ inches by 29 ¼ inches (sight, less frame). There was a Christie’s stamp to the work’s center left.
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