Hillsborough, NC – March 19, 2013

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales (LLAES), Ltd. held a successful Spring Catalogued Auction, selling well over $1 Million in Fine Art, Jewelry, Asian Art, Couture, Antiques, Fine Wine, and other collectible objects.

This exciting auction was in pace with the companies’ previous catalogue sales and continues the forward energy and success of the Southeast’s premier fine and decorative arts auction gallery. The complete auction results for the sale can be found online.

LLAES, Ltd. was pleased to host over 600 floor bidders who attended the sale. Bidders unable to attend the sale placed over 4000 absentee and telephone bids. In addition, over 1200 bidders watched and participated in the auction online, from more than 50 countries around the world.

Fine Jewelry offerings highlighted the sale, being led by an Impressive 10.32 Carat Platinum and Diamond Ring that soared to $135,700 (all prices include 18% buyers premium). An Edwardian Platinum Three Stone Diamond Ring achieved $13,570, and a stunning pair of Etruscan Revival Ear Hoops, Tiffany and Co. circa 1900, rose between floor and phone bidders to $11,210.

Asian Art demonstrated strength, with a Pair of Chinese Hardwood Throne Chairs climbing between live-internet, phone, and in-person bidders to reach $18,880. An impressive Meiji Lacquer and Gilt Display Cabinet achieved $18,290, and a Fine Six Panel Chinese Floor Screen rose quickly to sell for $11,800.

The auction gallery’s new Couture and Fine Accessories Department debuted with a strong showing of Louis Vuitton and Chanel, driving the department’s sales to over $70,000, and was led by a Monogram Canvas Wardrobe Trunk, Louis Vuitton French, circa 1950, that garnered international attention and sold for $10,030.

The sale featured many works, as always, of Fine Art including Vladimir Kush (b. 1965), “Sunrise by the Ocean,” and Chauncey Foster Ryder (NY/NH, 1868-1949), Home, each soaring beyond their estimates to sell for $9,440 each.

Other fine and decorative arts performed well, including a Tiffany Studios Lemon Leaf Table Lamp that quickly climbed to $15,930, an Edgefield, SC Storage Jar, att. Thomas Chandler, that delighted in-house bidders when it achieved $10,915, and a Meissen Mythological Group of Apollo, surged to $10,030.

The Rare & Fine Wine session achieved $300,000 in sales and was celebrated with a well-attended opening wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. As guests socialized, enthusiastic wine bidders participated in the sale, which featured large selections of Petrus and Chateau Latour. The crowd particularly enjoyed bidding on two bottles of 1748 Medeira Verdelho, that sold for $4,720, and a magnum bottle of 1957 Romanee Conti, Domaine de la Romanee Conti, achieving $7,375.

LLAES, Ltd. is always seeking quality consignments, whether it be an entire estate or a significant item. If you would like to discuss selling please call the gallery at 919-644-1243 or email at info@llauctions.com.

By Claibourne Poindexter and Pam Briggs, Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. is proud to present to the public a fine assemblage of couture and accessories in The Spring Catalogue Auction on March 16, 2013. Some of the most collectable items include the pieces of travel luggage and handbags from the French fashion house of Louis Vuitton.

Originally founded in Paris in 1854 as a luggage company, Mr. Vuitton noticed an absence in the marketplace for trunks and luggage which were both easy to handle as well as store when not in use. The original canvas used when creating Vuitton luggage consisted of brown and white stripes employed in 1876, which was soon being replicated much to the dismay of the house. As a result, Louis Vuitton introduced the Damier canvas in 1888 as a registered trademark of the company. Soon, pieces of luggage in all shapes and sizes were produced in this signature canvas, such as a rare surviving box (Lot 412) used to carry one’s top hat.

In 1896, Louis Vuitton introduced the monogram canvas for its luggage, now the house’s most iconic representation of the Vuitton brand. Steamer trunks by Louis Vuitton were both practical and aesthetically pleasing to the eye, making them ideal for travel among the great ship liners and railways prevalent in travel during the first half of the 20th century. Louis Vuitton even had the option of personalizing one’s own luggage through a custom monogram service or painting one’s trunk in colors of their choosing so as to more easily identify their luggage when coming out of baggage. One such trunk which features a red and white stripe with metal mounts (Lot 416) is such an example. In some instances, the very wealthy would have a generous selection of their own wardrobe in a Vuitton trunk, a version of which we are privileged to offer (Lot 414). Steamer trunks by the firm also proved popular with companies who often used the trunks’ unique and customizable storage options to transport objects which required special care such as jewelry, medical equipment, or sporting goods (Lot 417).

By the mid 20th century, Louis Vuitton decided to expand and include a line of handbags and small leather goods made possible by the new flexible printed monogram canvas leather first introduced in 1959. The Speedy and Papillon bags (Lot 419) soon became favorites of fashion icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who were photographed numerous times with their Speedy bags. Vuitton handbags come in all shapes and sizes, including hands-free travel in the forms of backpacks, of which the Ellipse backpack (Lot 420) is an unusual example no longer produced.

In 1997, Marc Jacobs was hired by Vuitton to bring a fresher edge for the house leading into the 21st century. One of the most successful collaborations led by Mr. Jacobs began in 2004, when he collaborated with artist Takashi Murakami to create the Monogram Multicolore line, a line in which the traditional monogram canvas is printed in 33 different colors upon either a white or black ground. This collection remains extremely popular, and it has made its place in the permanent collections at the house. We are offering a wonderful example of this collaboration in the form of the Sologne bag (Lot 466), which is no longer produced in Monogram Multicolore.

We are proud to offer this wide range or Louis Vuitton luggage and accessories included in our Couture Session of our Spring Catalogue Auction. A wine and hors d’oeuvres public reception will be held Friday, March 15, 2013, at 5:00 P.M., and we invite you to preview all fine offerings at our gallery during that time.

LLAES, Ltd. is always seeking quality consignments, whether it be an entire estate or a significant item. If you would like to discuss selling please call the gallery at 919-644-1243 or email at info@llauctions.com.

Historic Hillsborough, NC – February 7, 2013

Since its conception in 2010, the Rare & Fine Wine Department at Leland Little Auctions in Historic Hillsborough has expanded to offer the largest wine auctions in the Southeastern United States. Today, they announced their largest and most impressive sale to date.

On March 9, 2013 they will be offering nearly 500 lots of unique and highly collectible wines, including 23 lots of Petrus, 36 lots of Chateau Latour and 26 lots of Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Surprisingly, just one bottle of Petrus can sell for $2,000 of more. Major wine collections consigned for this auction have traveled from as far away as New York.

Mark Solomon, the Fine Wine Director of the sale, predicts the upcoming auction will attract many local wine collectors as well as engage notable national and international bidders through live online and telephone bidding. He remarked, “Our goal is to change the way wine auctions are performed… to make them more accessible, interactive and transparent for the benefit of both consignors and collectors.”

Local collector and wine enthusiast Kirsten Venema stated, “I am thrilled that I no longer have to travel to New York to attend world-class wine auctions. Now we have one in our own backyard… I raise my glass to them.”

To celebrate this event, complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served during the auction. Please contact the Fine Wine Director at Mark@LLAuctions.com for any wine bidding or consigning questions.

LLAES, Ltd. is always seeking quality consignments, whether it be an entire estate or a significant item. If you would like to discuss selling please call the gallery at 919-644-1243 or email at info@llauctions.com.

Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales (LLAES), Ltd. held a successful Three-Day Winter Estate Catalogued Auction, November 29 – December 1, 2012, selling over $1 Million in Fine Art, Jewelry, Antiques, Fine Wine, and other collectible objects.

This exciting auction was in pace with the companies’ previous catalogue sales and marks the eighth consecutive $1 Million+ auction conducted by the North Carolina auction company. The complete auction results for the sale can be found online.

LLAES, Ltd. was pleased to host over 500 floor bidders who attended the three-day sale. Bidders unable to attend the sale placed over 2700 absentee and telephone bids. In addition, over 1000 bidders watched and participated in the auction online, from more than 50 countries around the world.

Fine Jewelry offerings dominated the sale, being led by a Very Fine Loose Round Diamond climbing to $30,680 and a Large Edwardian Diamond Solitaire that soared to $22,420 (all prices include 18% buyers premium). A single-owner collection consisting of five lots of platinum, diamond, and emerald jewelry, including a stunning Art Deco Diamond, Emerald, and Onyx Bracelet, totaled $41,477.

Photogravures were led by works from Alfred Stieglitz (Am. 1864-1946), with “The Terminal” selling for $82,600 and “The Steerage” selling for $23,600, and Charles Sheeler (1883-1965), with “Buggy, Bucks County” selling for $31,860.

Regional pottery demonstrated exceptional strength with an NC Pottery Chester Webster Stoneware Jug (c. 1870) selling for $23,600 and a Rare NC Pottery Issac Lefevers Three Gallon Jug (c. 1832-1864) surging to $12,980. A Newcomb College Pottery Vase, 1917, sold for $10,915.

North Carolina furniture commanded attention with an Important North Carolina China Press (18th century) achieving $35,400, a North Carolina Hepplewhite Cellaret (c. 1800) bringing $17,700, and a North Carolina Needham School Chest of Drawers (c. 1800-1820) selling for $8,850.

Other lots of interest included an abstract steel sculpture, Untitled, by Richard Howard Hunt (IL, b. 1935) rising to $5,900 and a stunning Samuel Kirk “Castle Landscape” Silver Pitcher (c. 1828) that sold for $4,012.

The Rare & Fine Wine session of the three-day sale was celebrated with a well-attended opening wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. As guests socialized, enthusiastic wine bidders participated in the sale, which was led by a fine selection of first growth wines; 12 bottles of 2002 Chateau Lafite Rothschild sold for $7,375, 12 bottles of 2002 Chateau Haut Brion achieved $3,068 and 6 bottles of 1983 Chateau Margaux sold for $2,478.

LLAES, Ltd. is always seeking quality consignments, whether it be an entire estate or a significant item. If you would like to discuss selling please call the gallery at 919-644-1243 or email at info@llauctions.com.

By Luke Newbold, Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.

With the last leaf dwindling and winter approaching so does the Nov 29th – Dec 1st catalog sale at Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales in Hillsborough, NC. The three-day sale has been nominated, by its employees, as one of the greatest catalog sales to hit our gallery. When asked, “What stands out from this sale?” I respond by saying every category has an outstanding object.

We are graced for a second offering from the Katherine Rhoades estate, which includes lots 306-319. One may recall the March Stieglitz collection from Katherine Rhoades totaling over $1 million in sales. The December collection from Rhoades includes fine art deco jewelry; and photography from Stieglitz and Steichen, both of whom have personal ties from the artist to Katherine.

But the art-historical photography doesn’t end there, also offered is a photograph by Charles Sheeler, Lot 320, titled “Buggy, Bucks County”. This photograph is in its original mount as a 1928 Christmas card from Charles Sheeler and his wife Katharine. The card comes with the provenance of direct family descent through Katharine’s brother. Following the Christmas motif is Lot 463, a solid 14k gold Nativity scene weighing in over one pound! The Christmas theme is even found in our pottery selection, Lot 521, an important 1949 Pisgah Forest Vase, with the Christmas procession decorated around the waist of the vase.

Leland is proud to display a powerful selection of North Carolina furniture, pottery and art from lots 486-530; highlighted by Lot 489, an important (and massive) North Carolina China Press. This 10ft. press is illustrated and discussed in The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700-1820 by John Bivins, Jr. The press was pulled from an old plantation style home that rests on the preserved Main Street of downtown Warrenton. Room 6 of the gallery is also adorned with a North Carolina tall case clock, Lot 486, circa 1800 with a Walnut case and handsome brass face marked Joseph Pyle, who lived in Orange County in 1849. Other exciting pieces include a North Carolina Hepplewhite Cellaret, Lot 497, with an attractive original surface and a noted similar example in John Bivins, Jr. book as well. The center of the room boasts a large North Carolina pie safe, Lot 501, with an attractive surface of contrasting deep brown/black and painted green punched tin doors, which is a striking look that would work well in a contemporary decor as well as its current historical room setting.

The 98-lot jewelry selection for December is of the highest quality and quantity offered at our gallery. Nancy’s handpicked selection excites the heart with fascinating pieces ranging from Edwardian, Victorian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Mid-Century to Contemporary. See her blog for details on the spectacular estate jewelry coming to market.

Last December marked the beginning of a segregated contemporary art session of our catalog sales, led by the estate of Joe Rowand. Claire’s selection this December also hosts a variety of art, furniture and objects from Joe Rowand and other local estates. This feast for the eyes includes several custom Michael Joerling display cases, Lots 20-22. The art weighs heavily in North Carolina artists, including several works by Robert Broderson, Lots 67, 89, and 90. Folk art collectors may find a great selection in Lots 131-142, majority of the works coming directly from the artist Benny Carter.

Grab a coat and come over to see the winter display at Leland Little Auction gallery. The first official preview date is this Saturday, November 24th 10:00am – 3:00pm, with a special wine and hors d’oeuvres reception on Thursday, November 29th 5:00pm and Friday, November 30th 5:00pm. The three-day sale begins Thursday, November 29th and runs to Saturday December 1st. We hope to see you there and share in our excitement for this special event.

Online Catalogue:
A complete online catalogue with multiple photographs of each lot will be posted as the sale date approaches.

Sale Location:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Auction Gallery
Hillsborough, NC

Sale Dates & Times:
Rare & Fine Wine Auction
Thursday, December 5, 2013, 6:00 P.M.

Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Friday, December 6, 2013, 6:00 P.M.

Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Saturday, December 7, 2013, 9:00 A.M.

Sale Previews:
Saturday, November 30, 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Friday, December 6, 10:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

Wine & Hors d’oeuvres Receptions:
Thursday, December 5, 5:00 P.M.
Friday, December 6, 5:00 P.M.

Terms:
All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check, Visa, MC, AX, and Discover. There is an 18% buyer’s premium and live internet bidding is available on LiveAuctioneers with a 20% buyer’s premium. 7% NC tax. NCFL#7452

Online Catalogue:
A complete online catalogue with multiple photographs of each lot will be posted as the sale date approaches.

Sale Location:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Auction Gallery
Hillsborough, NC

Sale Dates & Times:
Rare & Fine Wine Auction
Thursday, September 12, 2013, 6:00 P.M.

Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Friday, September 13, 2013, 6:00 P.M.

Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Saturday, September 14, 2013, 9:00 A.M.

Sale Previews:
Saturday, September 7, 10:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Friday, September 13, 10:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

Wine & Hors d’oeuvres Receptions:
Thursday, September 12, 5:00 P.M.
Friday, September 13, 5:00 P.M.

Terms:
All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check, Visa, MC, AX, and Discover. There is an 18% buyer’s premium and live internet bidding is available on LiveAuctioneers with a 21% buyer’s premium. 7% NC tax. NCFL#7452

Online Catalogue:
Photos and Descriptions will be posted as the sale date approaches.

Sale Location:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Auction Gallery
Hillsborough, NC

Sale Dates & Times:
Estate Treasures Auction
Saturday, July 27, 2013, 12:00 P.M.

Sale Previews:
Friday, July 26, 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, July 27, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Additional Amenities:
-Catering provided by The Wooden Nickel of Hillsborough, NC.
-Public Wi-Fi is provided for your convenience.

Terms:
No Reserves. All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check, Visa, MC, AX, and Discover. 13% buyer’s premium. 3% discount for cash/check. 7.5% NC tax. NCFL#7452

Online Catalogue:
Photos and Descriptions will be posted as the sale date approaches.

Sale Location:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Auction Gallery
Hillsborough, NC

Sale Dates & Times:
Estate Treasures Auction
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 12:00 P.M.

Sale Previews:
Friday, July 19, 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, July 20, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Additional Amenities:
-Catering provided by The Wooden Nickel of Hillsborough, NC.
-Public Wi-Fi is provided for your convenience.

Terms:
No Reserves. All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check, Visa, MC, AX, and Discover. 13% buyer’s premium. 3% discount for cash/check. 7.5% NC tax. NCFL#7452

Online Catalogue:
Photos and Descriptions will be posted as the sale date approaches.

Sale Location:
Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. Auction Gallery
Hillsborough, NC

Sale Dates & Times:
Estate Treasures Auction
Saturday, June 29, 2013, 12:00 P.M.

Sale Previews:
Friday, June 28, 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, June 29, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Additional Amenities:
-Catering provided by The Wooden Nickel of Hillsborough, NC.
-Public Wi-Fi is provided for your convenience.

Terms:
No Reserves. All sales subject to the terms & conditions of sale. Cash, check, Visa, MC, AX, and Discover. 13% buyer’s premium. 3% discount for cash/check. 7.5% NC tax. NCFL#7452