PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects.
As a singular figure in the world of American pottery and early textiles, Dr. Wahler was a celebrated curator, collector, and scholar. Early Southern furniture including four MESDA documented items: VA William and Mary paneled trunk, VA Chippendale Cupboard, TN inlaid cherry chest of drawers and a TN cherry high chest, many early Southern painted furniture examples, Ten Ulysses Davis folk art carvings, textiles to include a rare Asheville sampler dated 1824, quilt dated1861, rare Southern salt glaze and redware pottery examples to include TN, AL and NC.
Our Wine & Spirits Auction will offer a variety of Fine Wine and Rare Spirits, among the selection are choice reds from the Bordeaux and Burgundy regions of France, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons, Champagnes, Ports, and aged Whiskies and Liquors.
This sale includes an array of fine jewelry and timepieces from well known makers David Webb, Henry Dunay, Tiffany, Breitling, Rolex, and Jacob & Company. You can also find a gentleman's diamond ring, over 7.0 carat, accompanied by a GIA report as well as an elegant Colombian emerald pendant on a herringbone chain. The numismatic offering is solid with a broad offering of coins, including gold specimens from Southern mints Charlotte, Dahlonega, and the Bechtler family of Rutherfordton, North Carolina. A scarce date, 1858, ten dollar gold coin also makes an appearance.