Crescent City's Important Estates Auction, Sept. 10-11, features oil paintings by Rodrigue, Slonem

NEW ORLEANS - Aug. 19, 2026 - PRLog -- Original oil paintings by renowned Louisiana artists George Rodrigue (1944-2013) and Hunt Slonem (b. 1951), and a dazzling men's stainless-steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual wristwatch are a few expected top lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery's two-session Important Estates Auction slated for Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10-11.

The auction, starting at 10am Central Time both days, will be held online and live in Crescent City's auction gallery located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Up for bid will be a wide range of French, English and American furniture; original paintings and watercolors; sculptures; garden figures; mirrors; interesting bric-a-brac; decorative art items; and more.

The auction will feature items from the Bourbon Street estate of famed New Orleans hotelier and property developer Joe Jaeger, Jr.; items from the collection of Rosemary James, the notable New Orleans author and interior designer; and other important local and regional estates – in all, a total of more than 725 quality, curated lots – something for nearly everyone.

With a pre-sale estimate of $30,000-$50,000, the oil on canvas board by George Rodrigue, titled Two Oaks Near the Broussard Farm (1989) is a strong candidate for top lot of the auction. Rodrigue began painting Louisiana landscapes in the 1960s, but in the mid-1990s it was his Blue Dog paintings, based on the Cajun legend called Rougarou, that catapulted him to worldwide fame.

Hunt Slonem's 2013 oil on canvas work titled Bayou Teche has a pre-sale estimate of $7,000-$10,000. Slonem is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker, best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies, bunnies, and tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Slonem's works are included in many important museum collections all over the world.

The men's stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual wristwatch, made in 1974, should change hands for $1,200-$1,800. Another noteworthy men's watch is the Cartier Santos 100 medium wristwatch (2004-2008), with an estimate of $2,500-$4,500.

The rest of the auction will comprise an eclectic mix of merchandise, ranging from a 21^st century Wicked Thumb Destroyer Sidecar Bicycle, the Texas electric bike with detachable side car (estimate: $1,000-$2,000); to a late 20^th century Restoration Hardware German light bulb voltage tester bar (estimate: $600-$1,200); to a pair of 21^st century Neoclassical-style marble garden figures (estimate: $3,000-$6,000).

For more information, please visit www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Updates are posted frequently.