UPTOWN SALE - BIG EASY ESTATE SALES

Estate of Eve Godchaux Hirsch

We're Uptown this weekend in the beautifully appointed home of Eve Godchaux Hirsh. Please read through all the highlights below and check back for updates this week. This is a another upper level sale. There will be a separate checkout for the basement, which is accessible by the driveway. There will not be an inside entrance to the basement. Numbers will only be passed out for the upstairs/main entry Saturday morning. Please be prepared to checkout at both locations so there's not a lot of back and forth. The house is packed full and tight, so expect limited access Saturday morning. Thanks in advance for your patience!

The family has made some last minute additions to the sale, including two 18th c. botanical lithos, nice needlepoint pillows, an antique sewing machine, draperies, and a 55” flatscreen TV.

Furniture highlights:

(Update: the mahogany green marble top sideboard, chest of drawers and server seen in the dining room are now for sale! Check back for photos.)

• Fine quality 19th c. mahogany marble console with carved scroll and foliage 
• Early 20th c. Regency double-pedestal dining table
• Set of eight upholstered dining chairs 
• Several pairs of antique chairs:
  • Attractive French country armchairs with rush seats and custom cushions
  • Interesting pair of continental ash wood armchairs with rush seats
  • Pair carved French side chairs
  • Pair carved mahogany side chairs, 19th c.
• French carved walnut Bergerearmchair
• 19th c. carved mahogany rocking chairs
• Art Deco club chair and ottoman
• 1940’s mahogany dresser and pair bedside tables by Kindel Grand Rapids Furniture 
• 1940’s mahogany chest of drawers by Hickory Furniture
• Pair 1940’s single beds
• Vintage French Provincial lingerie chest
• Vintage tole nesting tables
• Vintage faux bamboo side table
• Butler’s tray cart
• Mahogany three-level side tables
• Antique pine chest of drawers
• Antique pine and cedar blanket chest
• 19th c. writing table with tooled leather surface and brass gallery
• Vintage campaign desk and chair by Bernhardt 
• Vintage campaign bookshelves by Bernhardt 
• Sofas, including one sofa bed

Decorative and Collectible highlights:

• Fantastic set of 12 Limoges porcelain oyster plates (being sold each)
• Fantastic Lalique “Plumes” opalescent vase, c. 1930
• Four Steuben candle holders
• Steuben and Baccarat figurines 
• Limoges inkwell, lidded box and many other Limoges pieces
• Tiffany & Co. porcelain box and glass bowl
• Antique fishbowl on iron stand, c. 1900
• 19th c. tintype photographs
• Two vintage Italian faience lamps
• Pair cobalt blue porcelain and brass lamps
• Tole desk lamp
• Several misc. vintage lamps throughout 
• Two pairs of vintage floral needlepoints in frames (two per frame)
• Large selection of books, including very nice 19^thc. leather bound, vintage sets, and children’s classics
• Fine burl, brass and mother of pearl inlaid box
• Vintage vanity accessories 
• Trumeau mirror
• Copper and brass accessories
• Black Forest 8x10 frames
• Mid 19th c. five gallon stoneware crock
• Chinese soapstone pigs
• Art Deco chinoiserie-style radio
• Vintage Danish modern teak wastebaskets
• MCM enamel on copper trays
• Blenko hand-blown vases
• Vintage barware: glasses, ice buckets, decanters, etc.
• Vintage board games, including an unopened 1954 Monopoly 
• Bakelite poker chips
• Vintage lighted world globe 
• Vintage plush terrier by Knickerbocker
• Old Newman School items, including a 1944 class photos, pennant, annuals and more
• Lots of ephemera, including old photos, letters and more 
• All the drapes and window treatments are for sale 

China, Crystal and Entertaining highlights:

• Royal Worcester “Virginia” dinnerware set, eight place setting, service for 14
• Haviland Limoges boullion cups and saucers, set of 10
• Royal Dulton tea cups and saucers from D.H. Holmes, set of six
• Beautiful set of crystal stemware by Hawkes, including six sizes with matching bowls and plates
• Sets of Wedgewood plates
• Vintage dinnerware sets both upstairs and in the basement – too much to display!
• Chinese and Japanese porcelain
• Large glass punchbowl on stand
• Hand-blown tumblers
• Large selection of silverplate

Art highlights:

• Interesting collection of original works signed P. Godchaux and dated 1869-1870 N.O., including a pair of watercolor fruit still life’s, pair of watercolors of “Boys Fishing,” and “Boys Working,” and four landscape pastels. 
• Folk art “mourning” painting, c. 1840
• Watercolor of a fish signed Tazewell, 1983
• Lovely sketch of a tree in giltwood frame
• Equestrian “Fox Hunt” oil on canvas in giltwood frame
• Vintage horse and carriage print in oak frame and wavy glass
• 19th c. and 20th c. engravings and chromograph prints
• Set of four vintage bird prints
• Japanese painting on rice paper
• Interesting paper/mixed media work, titled “Ruby,” signed Shang

Books and Ephemera highlights:

• Nice selection of local and regional ephemera and books...
• "Hale Boggs, Late a Representative of Louisiana, Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress." Accompanied with this book is a letter from Lindy Boggs from 1973. 
• "A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College 1887-1919" by Brandt V. B. Dixon, 1928
• "My First Days in the White House" by Huey P. Long, 1935 
• "The Huey Long Murder Case" by Herman B. Deutsch, 1963
• "The Longs of Louisiana" by Stand Opotowsky, 1960
• "New Orleans City Guide" by American Guide Series, 1938
• Books on N.O. and regional interests

Jewelry and Accessory highlights:

• 14K brooches, some with diamonds, pearls and more
• Jade pendants with 14K chains
• Hand-painted portraits with 14K and 10K backs
• Beautiful jade? sterling bracelet with Greek Key design
• Thomas Mann brooch
• Mexican sterling 
• Flora Danica sterling brooch
• Costume jewelry
• Sterling compacts
• Sterling ladies folding eye glasses in case

Sterling Silver highlights:

• Oval sterling tray with foliage relief by T. Hausman & Sons
• Georgian sterling chamber stick by Hunt & Roskell, London, c. 1930
• Footed sterling bowl with curved handles and classical-style relief by Wedgwood
• Gravy with under plate
• Handled vase
• Small bowls and nut dishes
• Sherbet set for eight
• Cream and sugar
• Sterling handled salad servers and carving set
• Sterling corn cobb holders
• Gucci sterling letter opener
• Misc. flatware and serving pieces

Closet highlights:

• Closet full of ladies clothing and accessories
• St. John knit jackets
• Cashmere sweaters and others by Henri Bendel and Talbots
• Shoes by Ferragamo and others
• Gucci, Pucci and Hermès scarves; large selection of other vintage scarves 
• Vintage beaded handbags
• Two Vintage Volupte sophistic-case evening purse/compact in original boxes
• Vintage men’s cashmere and wool overcoats from Saks Fifth Avenue and others
• Vintage maids uniforms and other vintage clothing downstairs 

Basement highlights:

• The basement has custom-built cabinetry to store hundreds of appointments and entertaining supplies -- you'll find in the basement what we were unable to display upstairs, including a variety of china, crystal, silver-plate and dinnerware. Some very nice sets, including a bit of Limoges, Lenox and many others
• Large selection of kitchenwares, cookware, etc. 
• Enameled kitchen table
• Chairs
• Bookcases
• Misc. art 
• Vintage lamps
• Photography items
• Typewriter
• Vintage Sony stereo; old radio
• Vinyl records
• Old magazines
• Ephemera 
• Vintage Oshkosh luggage in excellent, lightly used condition 
• Frigidaire refrigerator in clean and working condition
• Clawfoot tub
• Old tin washtubs 
• Bicycle
• Ladders, including a vintage wooden ladder by Paris MFG Co.
• Some terra-cotta pots
• Iron baker's rack
• Antique iron boot scraper
• SO MUCH MORE!