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Le Grand Tour Estate Auction

Le Grand Tour auction features items from older American families who traveled extensively years ago, bringing home items of interest both to them and to today’s collector. Items from European, primarily British families that have made the trip across the Atlantic are being offered as well. Some of the older families are selling clock collections, one group of approximately 40 clocks begin at lot 600, many other clocks from varied houses are scattered throughout the entire auction, both American and European furniture, silver, porcelains, folk art, even a Charles Decker pottery piece from Eastern Tennessee, as is a David Vance, a mid 19th Century potter from Indiana. Numerous good paintings, watercolors, textiles, oriental rugs, primitives, toys, even items from a well known Professional Bull Rider. Several early and useful lamps are being offered as is a coin and currency collection. One family has a painting commissioned from an ancestor from a well-known artist in Montana of a Native American Indian. We even have a piece of Radiated Atomic Glass from Oak Ridge, Tennessee laboratories in the 1950s, horse racing memorabilia from the 1940s including pieces relating to the well known horse, Rouge Dragon, watches, Mid Century Modern Brunswick pool table, legal 19th Century documents, as well as historical letters from 1808 discussing politics in the New Republic, written by the Bartlett family of New Hampshire, of one of the signers of The Declaration of Independence.
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Antoni Tapies Screenprint: Signed lower right Tapies, number 187/300, original screen print, the artist Antoni Tapies, 1923-2012, was a well known Spanish artist, paper is watermarked Arches France and there is a stamped seal
0079: Antoni Tapies ScreenprintEst. $100-$200
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Blue Hawkes Cut Glass Vase: Original oval label from Genuine Hawkes as well as the signed signature on the base, azure blue glass with wheel cutting of garlands of flowers in the rose bowl format, 1910-1930, mint condition,
0080: Blue Hawkes Cut Glass VaseEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
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Randahl Sterling Silver Round Tray Arts & Crafts: Showing signs of being handmade with hand tapping on the side mounted shells, stamped Randahl Sterling 15 inches 190, 1 1/4" tall, a lovely piece of silver, engraved on the back side of the bottom is
0082: Randahl Sterling Silver Round Tray Arts & CraftsEst. $1,000-$2,000
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John Bellany Scottish Etching: Dramatic black and white image, signed Bellamy lower right, crisp condition, paper size is 11 1/4" wide by 14 3/4" tall. The paper is watermarked Somerset.
0088: John Bellany Scottish EtchingEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
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1930s Walnut Tall Chest: Handmade in the 1930s for a prominent Virginia family, classic form of 3 drawers side by side over 2 drawers side by side over 4 drawers, 40" long by 20" deep by 55" tall, excellent condition, ogee
0089: 1930s Walnut Tall ChestEst. $400-$700
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Antique Oriental Rug: Straight out of an estate, brown and blue colors, needing a good cleaning, close to if not 100 years of age, 76" long by 50" wide, some end fraying and some worn spots from wear but will clean and be
0090: Antique Oriental RugEst. $200-$400
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Tenn. Pearl 15" Choker Necklace: 14K yellow gold clasp, 15" long of continuous strung pearls, technical term is American Fresh Water Baroque Pearls from Mussels but these are found in Tennessee, hence the name Tennessee Pearls. This
0091: Tenn. Pearl 15" Choker NecklaceEst. $200-$400
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Decker East Tenn. Crock w/Cobalt Blue: Unsigned, but easily attributed to Charles Decker, see examples in The Pottery of Charles F. Decker, A Life Well Made, 2004 Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum, please see Page 9, for the
0101: Decker East Tenn. Crock w/Cobalt BlueEst. $500-$1,000
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19th Cent. Art Glass Bowl On Stand: Hand blown with polished pontil cranberry edged bowl with white art glass shaded to pink and into the cranberry latticed edge border, yellow and blue floral enamel painted designs on a ribbed paneled
0102: 19th Cent. Art Glass Bowl On StandEst. $400-$700
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Art Deco Ceiling Light Fixture: 14" tall and wide, leaf pattern design below the ceiling cap, the shade is satin glass with concentric gold bands and a garland of flowers around the center of the shade. Pure Art Deco, 1920s and no
0103: Art Deco Ceiling Light FixtureEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
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