: Highlights from St Charles Gallery's auction on July 24-25
included a rare Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933) early
double patinated bronze vase from the fourth quarter of the
Nineteenth Century, which sold for $16,100.
A fine and rare provincial Louisiana Federal mahogany armoire,
first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, realized $28,750, and a
.036-caliber cased Tranter percussion revolver, circa 1867, hand
engraved with "Made by Wm. Tranter for A.B. Griswold & Co.
New Orleans," fetched $11,500.
Louis Comfort Tiffany early double patinated bronze vase,
$16,100.
Other notable results were $3,910 for an American
transitional late classical-to-rococo figured walnut and marble-top
dresser, retaining the original J.H. Belter & Co. paper label;
$8,750 realized for a large patinated bronze group by Joseph Cheret
(French, 1838-1894) titled "Cat's Play."
A sum of $8,750 was paid for an elaborate bronze figure of "The
Chariot of Aurora," after Auguste Moreau (French, 1861-circa
1946). A fine oak Welsh dresser sold for $8,125.
Prices reported include buyer's premium.
