Results show actual prices realized, including buyer's premium, at Austin Auction Gallery. Past results are for reference only and are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.
Bronze & BustsPrice realized$33,210
Estimate: $30,000 – $50,000
(3 pieces) Patinated bronze outdoor sculptural group, Monet Painting en Plein Air at Giverny, from the "Great Contributors" series, signed in cast Gary Lee Price (American, b.1955), dated 2008, numbered 1/ 40, Kolob Sculpture Works foundry stamp, comprising three pieces, including: (one) life-size figure of Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926) seated on a garden bench, one arm holding paintbrush, the other resting on the knee with palette, approx 51"h, 58"w, 55"d; (one) opened case of painting materials on stool, approx 31.5"h, 22"w, 17"d; (one) canvas with cast representation of Monet's "Waterlilies" resting on an easel, approx 61"h, 27.5"w, 29"d Note: Gary Lee Price specializes in large-scale figural bronzes, particularly American politicians and global historical icons rendered in life-sized scale. Academically trained in painting and drawing at the University of Utah, Price has remarked on his affinity for Impressionist painting and Claude Monet's artistic contribution to the movement. Following a family trip to Monet's home studio in Giverny, France, where the artist perfected his "en plein air" approach to painting, Price was inspired to create this sculptural group of the "Father of Impressionism" for his "Great Contributors" series. The figure Monet is rendered in the act of painting one of his famed "Waterlilies" compositions. The life-sized scale of the sculpture group transports the viewer to the Giverny garden studio and simulates the experience of being an on-looker to Monet's creative process while composing one of the most notable paintings in Impressionist art history; a new casting retails by the artist for $66,800 PLEASE NOTE: All of the cast stone and garden pieces in this auction have inherent flaws and evidence of outdoor use. Most are likely to have small chips, hairlines or imperfections. Please assume that they are not in perfect condition and bid accordingly. Per our terms, there will be no refunds based on condition.
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$7,380
Estimate: $1,500 – $3,000
Italian carved Carrara marble sculpture, "Flora/ Aurora," after Fortunato Galli (Italian, 1850-1918), on integral circular platform base, intact with professional restorations, approx 56"h, 18"w, 15"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$6,400
Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000
Fine German Meissen porcelain figural group, Roman Wedding, after the original 1781 design by Joann Carl Schoenheit (German, 1730-1805) and Michel Victor Acier (French, 1736-1799), model number G71, late 19th c., comprised of four separate parts, depicting Cupid as a winged male figure wearing floral sash and crown, bearing witness to a young couple's wedding, each in Classical-style draped garments and holding a flaming torch, standing afront a columnar pedestal with relief roundel depicting Cupid and Psyche, twice inscribed "Thalasio," each piece with blue underglaze crossed sword mark and incised model number G71 underfoot, affixed to later shaped wood base, porcelain only: approx 13"h, 11"w, 7.5"d, overall: approx 14"h, 12"w, 9"d, 19lbs Note: a detailed description of this model appears in the 2004 Doctoral dissertation "Neoclassical Porcelain Sculpture from the Meissen Manufactory, 1764-1814 (Die Klassizistische Porzellanplastik de Meissener Manufaktur)" by Pauline Grafin von Spee M.A., Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat, 2004, pages 319-320 Provenance: From the inventory of a retired Houston antiques dealer
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$5,228
Estimate: $1,500 – $3,000
Cold-painted bronze metamorphic sculpture, Owl Enclosing Figure, signed in cast Nam Greb (Franz Xaver Bergman, Austrian, 1861-1936), modeled as an owl with inset eyes standing atop stacked books, opens to reveal a female nude figure, with additional numbered mark in cast, approx 7.5"h, 4.5"w, 3.5"d, 4.5lbs Provenance: Property from a distinguished private collection
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$4,920
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
Monumental Colonial-style ecclesiastical cross, in the Indo-Portuguese taste, with repousse silver-tone metal mounts, carved inlay and banded trim, having scrolled foliate crest, above radiating sunburst plaque, rising on octagonal base with incised images of archangels, ending on bun feet, approx 81"h, 53"w, 17"d Provenance: Property from a distinguished private collection
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$3,840
Estimate: $4,000 – $6,000
(pair) Carved granite garden sculptures, Seated Dogs, with black marble inlay, approx 40"h, 14.5"w, 23"d PLEASE NOTE: All of the cast stone and garden pieces in this auction have inherent flaws and evidence of outdoor use. Most are likely to have small chips, hairlines or imperfections. Please assume that they are not in perfect condition and bid accordingly.
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$3,690
Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000
Classical style carved Carrara marble sculpture, Draped Female Figure, after the antique, approx 47"h, 19"w, 11.5"d PLEASE NOTE: All of the cast stone and garden pieces in this auction have inherent flaws and evidence of outdoor use. Most are likely to have small chips, hairlines or imperfections. Please assume that they are not in perfect condition and bid accordingly.
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$3,075
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Large carved polychrome marble sculpture on pedestal, Bust of Marie Antoinette, rising on tapering square pedestal, with bronze dore mounts, ending on integral platform base, back of head intact with professional restoration, pedestal with small professional reinforcements, bust: approx 26.5"h, 17"w, 10"d, pedestal: approx "h, "w, "d, overall: approx 68.5"h, 17"w, 10"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures & CarvingsPrice realized$2,768
Estimate: $1,800 – $3,500
Large Chinese carved hardstone sculpture, Dragon Boat, having three-tier pagoda with pierced railing and pierced masts, incised motifs and hanging pendants, on hardwood base carved as stylized cresting waves, intact with scattered stable hairlines and glue restorations, sculpture: approx 52"h, 60"w, 11"d, overall on stand: approx 56"h, 60"w, 11"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$2,768
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500
(lot of 2) Large Orientalist cold-painted spelter sculptures, Male and Female Busts, after Louis Hottot (French, 1829-1905), each rising on integral plinth, slightly varied sizes, largest: approx 29"h, 13.5"w, 8"d, 60lbs total Provenance: From the inventory of a retired Houston antiques dealer
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$2,460
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500
(pair) Large Grand Tour style red granite obelisks, each rising on cut crystal and malachite base, approx 32.5"h, 6.5"w, 6.5"d, 65lbs total
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$2,460
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Carved Carrara marble bas relief plaque, Genius Resting on a Breastplate Bearing a Crown and a Pennon, after Matthieu Jacquet (French, c.1545-c.1611), the original a fragment of the "Beautiful Fireplace (Belle Chiminee)" from the Chateau de Fontainebleau, approx 21"h, 25"w, 4"d, 156lbs
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$2,304
Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500
(pair) Renaissance Revival carved walnut pedestals/ display stands, early 20th c., circular tops, raised on the wings of a seated griffin with heraldic shield, rising on shaped base with bun feet, wings intact with restoration, approx 42"h, 12"w, 21"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$2,091
Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000
(pair) Italianate near life-size patinated bronze figural torchieres, each turbaned attendant, supporting a single-light standard, surmounted by a white shade, operational status unknown, in need of wiring, approx 66"h, 25"w, 15"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$1,968
Estimate: $400 – $800
Italian carved alabaster figural group, The Three Graces, after Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822), rising on canted base, approx 20"h, 11"w, 6"d, 28.75lbs
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$1,920
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
(lot of 3) Large Colonial style polychrome-painted carved wood nativity set, comprising the Virgin Mary, Sant Joseph, and the Christ Child, each in draped garments, accented with repousse silver-tone metal cladding, largest: approx 12"h, 7"w, 4"d, 4lbs total
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$1,845
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500
Orientalist cold-painted bronze figural group, Two Figures on a Carpet, signed in cast Name Greb (Franz Xaver Bergman, Austrian, 1861-1936), with Bergman foundry mark, approx 6.5"h, 6.5"w, 8.5"d, 7.75lbs Provenance: Property from a distinguished private collection
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$1,599
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Patinated bronze sculpture, 'La Pensee' (Thought), signed in cast after Emile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915), foundry mark for Vrai Bronze, Garanti, Paris, approx 25"h, 16"w, 9"d, 30lbs
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$1,536
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Large Colonial style polychrome-painted carved wood santo figure, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, accented with repousse silver-tone metal cladding, depicting the Virgin saint in draped robes and crown, standing atop integral platform with Christ Child in one arm, approx 29"h, 8.5"w, 7"d, 6.5lbs
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$1,536
Estimate: $1,500 – $3,500
(pair) Fine French Grand Tour style bronze dore urns and covers, late 19th c., the finial with a winged cherub flanked by cornucopias, sitting atop the foliated cover, the stippled body with a narrative relief scene of putti hoisting boughs of grape trees, continuing to the twisting branch-form handles, tapered lower body ending on lobed socle, ending on shaped platform base, approx 21"h, 11"w, 9.5"d, 50lbs total
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$1,230
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,500
(pair) French patinated and gilt-bronze fireplace chenets/ andirons, 19th c., each having raised foliate backsplash and reclining putti figure, seated beside a winged swan, on pierced base with draped swag, approx 20"h, 16"w, 6"d, 33lbs total
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →BronzesPrice realized$1,230
Estimate: $150 – $300
Japanese patinated bronze koro censer/ incense burner, Meiji period, pierced cover with auspicious clouds and foo lion finial, over globular basin flanked by dual handles modeled as hoo birds, raised on tripodal phoenix-form supports with scrolled tail feathers, ending on circular base with bat motifs, underside of bowl marked in stylized script, "Dai Nippon Takaoka-shi sei Minami(?) (Great Japan, Takaoka City, made by Minami(?)," approx 19"h, 9.5"w, 8"d, 14lbs Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Sculptures and CarvingsPrice realized$1,216
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Large Colonial style parcel-gilt religious figure, Saint Michael the Archangel, accented with repousse silver-tone metal cladding, with outspread wings and plumed helmet, holding shield and sword, atop integral cloud-shaped platform, one finger intact with glue repair, approx 32"h, 20"w, 15"d, 7.75lbs
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
View lot details →Bronze & BustsPrice realized$1,216
Estimate: $1,000 – $2,000
Classical style patinated bronze sculpture, Bust of Medusa Rondanini, after the antique, rising on square socle, further raised on ormolu-mounted white marble columnar pedestal, bronze only: approx 21.5"h, 16.75"w, 8.5"d, overall: approx 63"h, 17"w, 10"d
DAY 3 - SEPTEMBER 2026 | FROM VERSAILLES TO THE SOUTHWEST PREMIER AUCTION EVENT · Sep 2026
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