Fine Art, Antiques And Luxury Goods From Prominent Southern Estates Featured At Everard Live Online Auction

Featured: Picasso ‘Centaure’ ceramic, Large Jacques Chéret Belle Epoque pastel, Tiffany 18K gold spoons & tongs; Finn Juhl ‘Baker sofa,’ estate collection of automobilia & advertising, bronze of Nureyev, Inuit art

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Everard’s October 27-29 live online auction offers collectors and interior-design connoisseurs a breathtaking selection of fine and decorative art from Southern estates, distinguished residences and long-held collections. While the timeline represented traverses nearly three centuries of important art movements and flourishing cultures, the fall event’s abundant variety is bound by a single common theme: uncompromising quality. Its 1,470 expertly-curated lots represent the ultimate in modern and contemporary fine art, antique and mid-century modern furniture, automobilia and advertising, vintage concert posters, Inuit and Native American art, Savannah and Southern artworks, books and manuscripts, and Asian art. The entire third session on October 29 is devoted to elegant jewelry and luxury goods from top-tier brands and designers, including Tiffany, Cartier, Dior, Chanel, Gucci and more.

Modern and contemporary fine art are at the forefront of the auction. Pablo Picasso’s (Spanish, 1881-1973) Centaure, a ceramic plate conceived in 1956 and executed in vibrant yellow, green and gold, is numbered 9/100. Appropriately stamped on verso, the 16¼-inch plate depicting the half-human half-horse of Greek mythology is estimated at $4,000-$6,000. Another highlight is Peter Anton’s (Connecticut, b. 1963-) Gold Assortment, a hyper-realistic mixed-media work from 2004 that engagingly presents itself as an opened box of chocolates, with colorful wrappers and sweets in various stages of consumption. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000. The sculpture section leaps to new heights in the form of Nureyev Half-Life, a pedestaled bronze of Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev by the accomplished California artist Richard MacDonald (b. 1946-). Its estimate is set at $15,000-$25,000.

Nineteenth Century fine art highlights include a portrait of Elias Mather by John Wesley Jarvis (New York, 1780-1840), estimated at $1,500-$2,500. A photograph of the painting and its provenance are held in the Frick Research Library archives. According to the consignor, Mather was a wealthy Albany merchant and direct descendant of Puritan minister Richard Mather. Theatrophone, an 1890 pastel-on-paper by Jules Chéret (1836-1932)—a French master of poster art—captures the exhilaration of a young woman listening to music through a then-new invention that transmitted opera and theater productions via public telephone lines. It carries an $8,000-$12,000 estimate.

Leading the fine antique furniture category, a circa-1770 George III mahogany collector’s cabinet is designed in the manner of Robert Adam and has provenance from one of America’s oldest antiques galleries, Florian Papp, New York. The cabinet is estimated at $4,000-$8,000. Day 2 shifts toward mid-century modern design with a Finn Juhl “Baker Sofa” of shapely form with gray two-tone wool upholstery. It is accompanied by a House of Finn Juhl certificate and should bring $4,000-$6,000.

The October 28 session also features an exceptional grouping of automobilia and advertising from the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina estate of Sally Lloyd Steedman. A rare seven-color porcelain sign for “The Santa Fe Scout” promotes a passenger train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1916 to 1948. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000. A circa-1933 Goodrich Tires “Mountie” porcelain sign, featuring the image of a uniformed Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, is estimated at $8,000-$12,000. The same estate was also the source of a quintessentially American circa-1917 poster on which Uncle Sam points and declares “I Want You For U.S. Army.” Crossing the categories of art, history and militaria, the immediately recognizable poster is expected to achieve $6,000-$8,000 at auction.

Collectors of 1960s music memorabilia will find several coveted first-printing concert posters from the psychedelic Fillmore era within a collection of 40+ posters consigned by a single collector. A 1968 Jefferson Airplane first-printing BG-142 concert poster, with three tickets for each day of the concert and a postcard, is designed and print-signed by Lee Conklin. Estimate: $400-$600. A rare 1969 Grateful Dead first-printing Fillmore West poster BG-162, also signed by Conklin, is estimated at $400-$700. 

Inuit and Native American art from the aforementioned Sally Lloyd Steedman estate includes a 24-inch-tall stone Dancing Bear sculpture by Pauta Saila (Inuit/Kinngait, 1916-2009), estimated at $6,000-$8,000. Saila is best known for his distinctive natural soapstone dancing-bear sculptures, which have gained significant popularity with collectors worldwide. Also noteworthy in this category, a beautifully carved and painted wood mask by Northwest Coast woodcarver and sculptor Dempsey Bob (Tahltan/Tlingit/Canadian, b. 1948-) is estimated at $2,000-$4,000. The work is signed and dated ’01, and its authenticity has been confirmed through the artist’s own gallery in British Columbia.

Savannah, Georgia and Southern regional art is a staple of Everard’s fine and decorative art auctions, and collectors are sure to enjoy the selection especially chosen for the October 27-29 event. One of many highlights is Paul Stone’s (Georgia, 1928-1976) oil-on-canvas titled Man and Horse, a gentle portrayal of a man grooming his horse in an open-air stable. Artist-signed and dated “75,” the framed (25¾in x 40in) artwork carries a $2,000-$3,000 estimate. 

An important literary entry in the sale is William Harvey’s Exercitationes duae anatomicae de circulatione sanguinis, published in Rotterdam in 1649 and estimated at $5,000-$8,000. This rare early printing is a landmark medical text that defends Harvey’s theory of blood circulation. 

Day 3 serves as a glittering showcase for exclusive jewelry and luxury items. A 92.43-carat unheated natural blue sapphire mounted in a 14K yellow gold bezel pendant is accompanied by a GIA report and estimated at $3,000-$5,000. A selection of sterling silver, gold and other items one might expect to find in an upscale residence has been consigned by the descendants of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Of special note from this collection are eight Tiffany & Co. 18K gold demitasse spoons and sugar tongs having a total weight of 252 grams. The lot is estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Also to be auctioned are several extensive sterling silver flatware sets, from multiple consignors. A 140-piece Tiffany “Chrysanthemum” service for 12 includes service pieces, Tiffany dust bags, and an associated wood box. Comprising 218.60 troy ounces of weighable silver, this set is estimated at $15,000-$20,000.

The Asian art to be sold in the same session includes a 19th-century Chinese white jade hand mirror with mythical creatures carved on the handle and a blossoming cherry tree on the reverse. Most recently held in a Savannah, Georgia private collection, it is estimated at $3,000-$5,000. 

Everard’s October 27-29, 2026 Southern Estates and Collections Auction will start each day at 10AM ET. Bid absentee or live online via Everard Live, LiveAuctioneers, or Bidsquare, or Invaluable. The public is invited to an October 20 preview reception from 5-7pm at Everard Auctions’ gallery. Previewing is also available from October 21-24, or by appointment. For additional information about any item in the auction, please call 912-231-1376 or email [email protected]. Everard is located at 2436 Waters Avenue at the corner of 42nd Street, Savannah, GA 31404. Online: https://www.everard.com/auction/