Auction March 16, 2026
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CHARLESTON, SC – Doyle continued the success of its popular Charleston Collects auctions as the recent sale far surpassed expectations. Held in Doyle’s Charleston gallery at 123 King Street and livestreamed on Doyle.com, the auction on March 16 included over 100 lots from a Prominent Downtown Charleston Estate.
Local bidders in the saleroom faced determined competition from collectors bidding remotely from coast to coast, as well as from Europe and Asia. Estimated at $197,900-302,200, the auction totaled an outstanding $410,114 with an impressive 95% of the lots sold.
Charleston Rice Bed
Highlighting the furniture offerings from the Charleston Estate was a late 18th/early 19th century Charleston Federal inlaid mahogany full tester “rice” bed that achieved an exceptional $10,880, more than doubling its $3,000-5,000 estimate. The carving on the front bedposts on this impressive bed relates to an example illustrated in Charleston Furniture by E. Milby Burton.
Georgian Silver
The sale saw remarkably strong results for silver from the Charleston Estate by prominent London silversmiths of the Georgian era. Competitive bidding drove a sterling silver wine cooler by Robert Sharp, dated 1798, soaring over its $3,000-5,000 estimate to a stunning $19,200. A set of four elegant sterling silver columnar candlesticks by Emrick Romer, 1761, and an elaborate sterling silver epergne by Henry Chawner, 1792, each estimated at $5,000-7,000, realized an impressive $12,800 and $12,160, respectively.
Doyle Salutes the Charleston Design Community
Collectors who attended the pre-sale exhibition enjoyed immersive vignettes curated by Michael Mitchell of Michael Mitchell Inc. and Cortney Bishop of Cortney Bishop Design, which reimagined select pieces in the sale as fully realized rooms. Each designer drew on the resources of the Charleston Design District, sourcing textiles, lighting, and finishing touches to bring these spaces to life and demonstrate how auction finds can transform and elevate modern interiors. The exhibition was held concurrently with Historic Charleston Foundation’s Charleston by Design and Preservation Society of Charleston’s Charleston Symposium, popular annual events that attract a national audience of design professionals and connoisseurs of historic furnishings to Charleston.
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