More than 25 historic samplers dating from 1801-1880 will be sold at the annual Flower Branch Auctions & Antiques Labor Day sale.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – The annual Labor Day auction hosted by Flowery Branch Auctions & Antiques will feature between 400 and 500 quality, mostly fresh-to-the-market lots from prominent local estates and private collections this year.

The sale, slated for Labor Day—Monday, Sept. 6—at the Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques facility, north and east of Atlanta.

“We had an enormously successful auction on Memorial Day weekend, and I expect this one to do just as well,” said Dan Frey of Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques. “The key is being able to get merchandise straight out of estates and collections. These aren’t dusty antiques that have been sitting in a shop that someone’s trying to unload. These items are fresh to the market.”

The auction will be preceded by an antiques and collectibles show at the same venue, on Sept. 3, 4 and 5.

A full-size, unsigned 19th-century portrait of a lady will be sold.

Certain to generate bidder interest will be a collection of 26 early historic samplers, the oldest of which dates to 1801 and the most recent around 1880. Samplers were embroidery projects common to girls and young women of the time, as females of all social classes were expected to be handy with a needle. Many samplers were elaborate and beautifully rendered.

Many original oil on canvas and oil on board paintings will also cross the block, some by noted, listed artists. These include Cesar Buenaventura (Phillipine, 1919-1983), known for his vivid native portraitures and other works; Anton Weiss (Yugoslavian, b. 1936) whose work to be sold is an oil on canvas rendering of a mountain scene; and Lee White (Ga., 1958-2004), whose signed oil on canvas depiction of African-American women quilting should get paddles wagging.

Other artists will include Joe Cox (N.C., 1915-1997), known for his abstract paintings, murals and illustrations; Martha J. Gramling (Ga., 1912-1990), noted for her floral still lifes and wildflower views; Ira Arbitman, Penny Saunders, P. Zepelinsky, and paintings signed “Sizuko” and “Boaz.”

“These works would be wonderful additions to anyone’s collection,” said Frey.

Furniture items will feature an Old Colony round dining room table, an Empire foot stool, Victorian side tables, a music cabinet, a William & Mary-style desk, a walnut breakfront, a pair of early French chairs, a fabulous walnut high-back Victorian bed, period Windsor chairs, early nesting tables, a Heywood-Wakefield desk and a marvelous heavily carved ornate dining table.

Additional pieces of furniture will include an oak side-by-side, a Baker buffet, an early walnut two-drawer stand, a pair of satinwood inlaid twin beds, a 1960s halo chair in silk and a square oak table with ten leaves that seats fourteen. A pair of pianos are bound to impress: one a Mason & Hamlin 5 ½ foot baby grand piano, made circa 1914, the other a child’s upright piano.

An old, country store cash register, modified with newer Coca-Cola decals.

Decorative accessories will be offered in abundance. Examples include a stick-and-ball Victorian easel, a set of crested china, a Pilgrim brand ice box, a pair of bronze Asian candle holders; several pieces of cut glass, two Royal Doulton Series Ware plates (“The Doctor” and “The Mayor”), an Eskimo figurine and a two-sided metal tavern sign (“Bushel & Strike Ely Ales,/b”).

Other decorative accessories will include an ivory chess set, a porcelain vase, a fancy Nautilus sauce boat, lots of sterling silver items, a five-piece French pewter coffee and tea service, a German porcelain putti band, a Victorian bride’s basket, an electric silver-plate coffee urn, a banquet-sized silver-plate punch bowl and a glazed terra cotta Madonna with child, signed “Prof. E. Pattarino.”

Rounding out some additional expected top lots of the day will be numerous sets of leather-bound books, several Audubon prints, a Coca-Cola cash register, several Lladro pieces (including the larger “Hamlet” piece), a modest collection of 15-20 Sandy Lentz pottery pieces, a Browning shotgun and more. Other items were being added at press time. Check the website.

For more information about this auction, call 770.967.9080, e-mail to dannyfrey [at] gmail [dot] com or tschulte [at] fbauctionsandantiques [dot] com, or visit the Flowery Branch Auction & Antiques Web site.

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