Ahlers & Ogletree will hold a 3-day, 3-session New Year's Signature Estates Auction, January 14-16

ATLANTA - Jan. 6, 2022 - PRLog -- A Tiffany Studios Favrile glass door from the 1920s titled The Sower, an original painting by Thornton Dial (American, 1928-2016) titled Struggling Tiger (1991), and a stunning Lalique cactus crystal center table designed in 1951 are just a few of the expected top lots in Ahlers & Ogletree's three-day, three-session auction slated for January 14^th, 15^th and 16^th.

There will be no in-person bidding in the New Year's Signature Estates Auction, but bidders can register at one of three online platforms: LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. In-person previews will be held (no appointment required) January 10^th-12^th from 10-5, and on Thursday, January 13^th from 10-6.

Start times all three days will be 10 am Eastern time. Session 1, on Friday, January 14^th, offers the estate of a prominent Atlanta interior designer. Session 2, the following day, will feature Modernism, estate jewelry, Asian arts, fine furs, African arts, vintage movie posters and advertising posters. Session 3, on January 16^th, will contain period antiques and fine art.

The Tiffany Studios leaded and plated Favrile glass panel in oak door is the auction's expected top lot, with a robust pre-sale estimate of $50,000-$100,000. It was originally commissioned by Melville Dewey (of the Dewey decimal system) as one of two doors to be installed in the Annie Dewey Memorial Chapel in Lake Placid, New York, in 1923 and dedicated to Dr. W.G. Russell.

The Thornton Dial painting – full title Struggling Tiger (The Tiger Penned In) – is a paint and mixed media on canvas backed with panel and is titled on verso. The work is 60 inches by 60 inches and should reach $30,000-$60,000. This spectacular and large example of Dial's work was acquired from William Arnett in 1993. Dial was a pioneering artist who came to prominence in the late 1980s. Ten of his works were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art) in 2014.

The Lalique center table was designed in France by Marc Lalique himself. The "cactus" form, colorless crystal table with a round glass top, chrome support and a frosted base is expected to change hands for $20,000-$30,000. It has a frosted mark to the foot and measures 60 inches in diameter (top) and 28 ¾ inches in height. Creations by Lalique are highly prized by collectors.

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