Ahlers & Ogletree – The Collection of Joel A. Katz & New Year’s Signature Estates Auction
January 12-14, begins at 10 am
700 Miami Circle, Atlanta, GA 30324
www.AandOauctions.com
info@AandOauctions.com
404-869-2478

ATLANTA, GA. — Items from the Atlanta home of entertainment attorney Joel A. Katz, more than 550 lots in all, will come up for bid in an unreserved auction planned for Thursday, January 12, by Ahlers & Ogletree, online and live in the gallery. New Year’s Signature Estates auctions will also be conducted live and online, January 13-14.

The Joel A. Katz auction, starting at 10 am Eastern time, will feature fine art, estate jewelry and watches, designer furniture, art glass, objets d’art, memorabilia, guitars and more. Highlights include Daum and Lalique objects and figures, an Elton John autographed Yamaha piano and several signed prints by artist Marc Chagall.

Also offered will be custom and collectible guitars by Gibson, a set of Margaritaville Adirondack furniture given by singer Jimmy Buffet, original paintings by Jean de Botton, Robert Jessup, James Way and others, Assouline & Taschen folio editions of Annie Leibovitz and David Hockney, and a collection of figures and vessels by Jay Strongwater.

The Elton John autographed Yamaha ebony player piano with Disklavier DKC-850 and matching bench, signed by the performer in silver sharpie to the leg of the bench, is expected to realize $8/12,000. Also, a one-of-one Gibson Les Paul Custom model LPSPSC guitar and case, bearing Joel Katz’s name mounted to the head and featuring the classical Les Paul electric form with Zamaitis style or possible collaboration steel sound board, should hit $3/5,000.

Eight pieces of Margaritaville painted garden or beach furniture, given to Katz by Jimmy Buffett, comprising four Adirondack chairs and three side tables, have an estimate of $3/5,000. Also, a limited edition “Elvis One More Time” Wurlitzer jukebox with a white lacquered finish, having 50 compact discs and a computer memory with 1,200 songs, six internal speakers, 200-watt amplifier and colorful exterior features, should make $5/7,000.

A limited edition Lalique (French) “Anemones Grand” vase and pedestal, the ovoid vase 19 inches tall and executed in midnight blue crystal with white enamel accents, the pedestal 32 inches in height, is expected to reach $10/20,000; while a limited edition James A. Houston (Canadian, 1921-2005) for Steuben colorless glass sculpture of a mother hippo with her calf, titled “Hippopotamus Pool” (2004), signed and numbered (3/25), should command $4/6,000.

More than 100 lots of glass and crystal are highlighted by a limited edition robot figure by Kriki (French, b 1965) for Daum Nancy titled “Daumot 163,” 16 inches tall, the robot executed in cobalt crystal with gold tone antenna, eyes, hands, tools and inner gears, artist-signed and maker-marked, editioned 2/99 on verso ($8/12,000). Also, there is a Daum pate de verre tulip form vase in an amber color, 13 inches tall ($2/4,000).

Tops in the jewelry category (and a candidate for top lot of the auction) is an A + P 18K white gold and diamond necklace featuring a marquise shape and round brilliant cut diamonds weighing 15 carat weight (VS-clarity, near colorless color). It should command $12/18,000.

The figures and vessels by Jay Strongwater include a large-scale Theobald Grand tree from the Flora and Fauna collection, 96 inches tall, having a brass body with enamel decorated leaves set with Swarovski crystals ($3/5,000). Also offered will be a special edition hardcover volume of Thomas Laird’s Murals of Tibet, 498 pages with six fold-outs, #387 in an edition of 918 and signed by the Dalai Lama ($5/7,000).

A lithograph in colors on Japon paper by Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985), titled “La Fenêtre Entrouverte,” an interior scene with figures, editioned 30/50 lower left and signed lower right, framed, should finish at $5/7,000. An oil on canvas painting by Jean de Botton (French, 1898-1978), titled “Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse” (1971), is estimated at $3/6,000.

More than 30 pieces of designer luggage from Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Tom Ford will be auctioned, including a vintage Louis Vuitton “Alzer” collection hard side suitcase, executed in monogram coated canvas with a leather handle and luggage tag and having gold hardware, opening to a tray insert with straps, which should rise to $2/4,000; while two pairs of Maitland-Smith oversized wingback chairs in the Louis XVI taste, having carved wooden ribbon and reed frames, button tufted leather upholstery with nailhead trim and loose seat cushions, are estimated at $1,5/3,000 per pair.

On Friday and Saturday, January 13-14, at 10 am Eastern time, Ahlers & Ogletree will present back-to-back New Years’ Signature Estates auctions, comprising 950 lots across the two bidding sessions, highlighted by period antiques, art by listed artists, unique decorative arts, estate jewelry and rugs.

The gallery is at 700 Miami Circle. For more information, www.aandoauctions.com or 404-869-2478.

Meticulously crafted using tulip poplar and yellow pine, this breathtaking wardrobe graced the home of George and Leila Morton long before it graced the exhibition halls of Atlanta’s High Museum and the pages of Southern Accents magazine. Now, this piece, along with hundreds of other cherished items can become the focal point of your collection in this much anticipated, three-day auction.
“Secretariat” – 1970, by John Skeaping, 17/20
30 Lots of Louis Vuitton Luggage
More than 50 lots of Daum & Lalique
Custom Vladimir Kagan Bleached Mahogany Dresser, Circa 1950