Great Gatsby’s Three-Day Auction
March 31, April 1 & 2
Over 1,400 Premier Lots to be Sold
BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. EACH DAY
Celebrating 34 Years of Selling the Rare and the Unusual
19th c. French carved gilt wood canape,
Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery
Atlanta, GA 30341 

Phone: 770-457-1903 • E-mail: auction@greatgatsbys.com
Quality Consignments Always Invited • www.GreatGatsbys.com GAL#2004
Featuring the Estate of the late Dr. Morris Sumner, and that of his life-partner the late Dr. Richard Robbins, both of Baltimore, Maryland. Among the exceptional items to be sold are a gallery of 19th century portraits and landscape paintings, French furniture, chandeliers in porcelain and crystal, Persian rugs, a gentlemen’s library of leatherbound books, an extensive collection of S. Kirk & Son sterling silver, fine china, Moser crystal stemware, 19th c. Wedgwood basalt, and a collection of fine Chinese porcelains, bronzes, and tapestries.
Pair of 19th c. Continental patinated and dore’ bronze figural candelabra, 33”h x 12”w.
Pair of 19th c. Continental patinated and gilt bronze figural candelabra after Clodion, 18”h x 12”w.
19th c. Wagner hand painted porcelain plaque of Empress Elisabeth of Austria,
Set of 11 Minton porcelain dinner plates, 11”dia. 13.5”h x 10.5”w.
S. Kirk & Son sterling flatware service for 12 in the Repousse pattern.
Set of 12 emerald and gilt Moser crystal wine glasses.
19th c. Continental gilt bronze and verde marble encrier, 11.25”h x 15.75”l.
Early 20th c. gilt bronze fantasy firescreen, 31.5”h x 43”w.
15-Piece Herend porcelain tea or coffee service, marked.
19th c. Continental carved marble bust of a classical maiden, 25”h.
Tiffany Studios dore’ bronze master inkwell with liner in the Chinese pattern, ca 1910, 5”h, marked.
S. Kirk & Son sterling silver Repousse centerpiece bowl, 10” dia.
19th c. Wedgwood black basalt bust of Alfred Lord Tennyson (English, 1809-1892), 19”h.
19th c. Victorian taxidermy bird vitrine, 20”h
Pair 19th c. gilt bronze and marble cassolettes, 22”h.
Venetian Murano parcel gilt crystal 6-arm chandelier, 43”h x 29”w.
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19th c. French carved gilt wood canape, upholstered in apricot silk, 39.5”h x 55.5”l.
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Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery • 5180 Peachtree Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30341 • Phone: 770-457-1903 • E-mail: auction@greatgatsbys.com
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The estate of the late Dr Morris Sumner at Auction
Pair of bronze figural jadinieres, 49”h x 30”dia. Pair of carved marble architectural pillars in the form of Atlas figures, 113”h x 26”w.
William H. Weisman (American, 1840-1922), O/c of the White Mountains, NH, 21”h x 24”w.
Attr. to George Loring Brown (American, 1814-1889), O/c 34”h x 28”w. William Sheridan Young (American,
1837-1878), O/c landscape, 25”h x 35”w.
Pair of carved Italian limestone seated lion sculptures, 28”h.
After Carlo Cignani (Italian, 1628-1719), 19th c. O/c titled ‘The Child Christ and the Infant St. John the Baptist’, 47”h x 37”w.
19th c. French marquetry inlaid marble top demilune commode, 43”w.
Pair of 19th c. giltwood fauteuils with Aubusson style upholstery, 43”h x 26”w.
Monumental Neoclassical style breakfront bookcase / vitrine, 81”h x 122”w.
Early 20th c. Louis XVI style marble top commode à vantaux, 37.5”h x 70”w.
Monumental 20th c. model of the three-masted clipper ship ‘Thermopylae’, launched in 1868, overall 145.5”h x 121”l x 38”d.
Carved mahogany Renaissance Revival Herschede 9-tube tall case clock in the style of R.J. Horer, 116”h x 31”w.
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) Yunjin or cloud embroidery panel, executed in forbidden knots on gold silk brocade, 85”l x 30.5”w.
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) moxiu or hair embroidery panel, on a cream silk ground, backed with silk brocade, 75”l x 50”w.
Attr. to George Augustus Baker, Jr., N.A. (American, 1821- 1880), early 19th c. O/c portrait 40.5”h x 35.5”w.
Chinese bronze vase, Qianlong mark, 26”h.
Chinese cloisonne vase, marked, 16”h.
Chinese Zhou Dynasty carved jade cong, 8”h.
Pair of Chinese famille rose Ming style beauties, 16”h.
Manneville Brown (American, 1810- 1896), O/c portrait of Harriet Douw Johnson (1824-1852), 53.25”h x 46”w.
19th c. American Rococo Revival rosewood half tester bed by C. Lee, maker marked, 113”h x 74.5”l x 84.5”w.
19th c. English mahogany drop front desk, with gilt tooled leather writing surface, 44.5”h x 47.5”w.
19th c. Eagle-form carved oak lectern, 67.5”h.
Early 20th c. marquetry inlaid marble top commode, 31”h x 33”w.
Pair of early 20th c. Continental ebonized armchairs in gold damask, 35”h x 22.5”w.
19th c. French Empire style bronze mounted mahogany bookcase, 89”h x 57”w.