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Auction: Charleston Collects, Sep 30, 2025

• Charleston Collects Auction on September 30, 2025 Saw Competitive Bidding Drive Strong Results

• Artwork, Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts and Jewelry from Southern Collections and Estates

• Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Sales

CHARLESTON, SC – Following Doyle's inaugural Charleston Collects auction in Fall 2024, the successful September 30, 2025 sale presented an exciting selection of fine art, furniture, silver, decorative arts and jewelry, with competitive bidding driving notable prices throughout.

Artwork by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith and Other Artists
Highlighting the sale were two works by Charleston artist Alice Ravenel Huger Smith (1876–1958). A key figure in the Charleston Renaissance of the early 20th century, Smith is best known for her dream-like watercolors of Charleston and the Carolina Lowcountry, exemplified by Great Egret in the Palms, an atmospheric work that realized $11,520. A circa 1913 lithograph with white chalk, titled Sol's Wife, Aphrodite, is a Specimen of Maternal Health and Vigor, more than doubled its $3,000-5,000 estimate, selling for $10,240. 

Another key artist of the Charleston Renaissance, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner (1883-1979) was represented by a pair of oil portraits that sold for $7,040, exceeding their $4,000–$6,000 estimate. A group of genre paintings by Charleston-born artist William Aiken Walker (1839-1921) was led by a depiction of a Sharecropper’s Cabin estimated at $3,000-5,000 that also achieved $7,040. 

Decorative Arts
Decorative arts in the sale also saw spirited bidding driving standout results. An iconic Lettuce Ware ceramic covered tureen and stand by Dodie Thayer from 1969 sold for $6,400 against a $3,000-5,000 estimate. A porcelain dinner service by Herend in the ever-popular “Rothschild Bird” pattern estimated at $2,500-3,500 sold for $5,760, and a Wallace sterling silver flatware service in the ”Grand Baroque” pattern estimated at $2,000-3,000 realized $5,120.

Jewelry
Jewelry offerings saw exceptionally strong results, led by a stylish group of gold bird jewelry by Granger McKoy from the collection of a Southern Lady, which flew past their $2,500-3,500 estimate to achieve $7,040. A pair of two-color gold and diamond earrings more than tripled their $1,000-1,500, selling for an exceptional $4,800.

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