Ahlers & Ogletree's huge, online-only Fine Estates & Collections auction, Aug. 25-27, has 1,289 lots

ATLANTA - EntSun -- Original oil paintings by Igor Tulpanov (Russian-American, b. 1939), Jean Baptiste Van Loo (French, 1684-1745) and Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906) are a few of the expected top lots in Ahlers & Ogletree's three-day, online-only Fine Estates & Collections auction planned for the weekend of August 25^th-27^th starting at 10 am Eastern time all three days.

Session 1, on Thursday, August 25^th, will feature 362 lots of Asian and ethnographic arts. Session 2, the following day, will contain 396 lots of Mid-Century Modern and modern art and design, jewelry and silver. The final session, on Saturday, August 27^th, will have 529 lots of period antiques and fine art, making for a three-day event bursting with a total of 1,289 lots.

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The large oil on canvas by Igor Tulpanov, 36 inches by 59 ½ inches (less frame), is a colorful surrealist work titled Samurai (est. $35,000-$55,000). It's one of Tulpanov's most important paintings and is signed and dated ('96'). It depicts chess boards, a ghost-like figure, a rolling hill of sleeping people and a red Samurai. The Russian-born Tulpanov makes his home in Florida.

The oil on canvas portrait painting by Jean Baptiste Van Loo is an 18^th century three-quarter length painting of the actress and playwright Madame Marie Justine Benoit Duronceray Favart (French, 1727-1772), shown in a blue dress with jewels, against a red draped background (est. $15,000-$25,000). The apparently unsigned work is 37 ¼ inches by 31 ¾ inches (less frame).

The oil on board depiction of an Old Man Reading by Eastman Johnson depicts a gentleman with white hair reading a book on a table in a darkened interior, initial signed ("E.J.") lower left, with two paper labels on verso, possibly in Johnson's hand, and nicely housed in a 20 ¾ inch by 27 inch frame (est. $4,000-$6,000). The work is listed in the Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné.

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Internet bidding will be available on Ahlers & Ogletree's Auction Mobility bidding platform, bid.AandOAuctions.com, as well as LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be taken. Live, in-person previews will be held August 22^nd-24^th, from 10-5 all three days, in the Ahlers & Ogletree showroom, located at 700 Miami Circle in Atlanta.

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