Invaluable, the world’s largest online live auction marketplace, and Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales (LLAES) Ltd., a premier auction gallery located in Hillsborough, North Carolina, today announced the upcoming Summer Catalogue Auction by LLAES, Ltd., with online bidding offered exclusively though Invaluable. The three-day sale, taking place from June 12-14, 2014, will feature a selection of rare wines, Asian art and antiques, furniture, jewelry and fine and decorative art from a variety of important estates and collections.

“We’re pleased to offer exclusive online bidding access to Leland Little’s upcoming Summer Catalogue Auction, with four exciting sessions offering a wide variety of important lots that are sure to delight Invaluable bidders,” said Invaluable CEO Rob Weisberg. “With one of the most extensive fine art departments in the Southeast, a rapidly growing Asian arts department and some of the most coveted fine and decorative artwork from collections across the world, we expect this to be a spectacular sale.”

The three-day auction will kick off with the Rare & Fine Wine sale on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 6:00pm EDT.  The Rare & Fine Wine department at Leland Little Auctions is known for offering the largest wine auctions in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, and the upcoming sale will feature more than 350 lots. Particular lots of note include a 1989 Opus One, expected to realize $300-500; a 1982 Chateau Haut Brion, estimated to sell for $250-350, and three bottles of 1990 Chateau Montrose, expected to realize $900-1,200. 

The sale will continue on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 10:00am EDT, with the Asian Works of Art sale. Featuring more than 120 lots, particularly noteworthy items from this session include a Sancai Glazed Figure of a Lokapala dating back to the Tang Dynasty, which is estimated to realize $8,000-12,000, as well as a pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Footed Bowls that are estimated at $800-1,200.  The sale also features a Marble Statue of a Seated Buddha that is expected to realize $500-1,000.

The sale will continue later in the evening at 6:00pm EDT, with the 20th Century Arts & Design session, featuring the Near Loreto acrylic on canvas by Maud Gatewood (1934-2004), which is expected to realize $4,000-5,000. Additional lots of note include a pair of lavender Lucite Chairs by Michel Dumas, estimated to sell for $600-900, a Mother & Child sculpture by Willard Hirsch (1905-1982), expected to realize $800-1,200, and a Peter Saenger Porcelain Puzzle Tea Set.

The final day of the auction will feature the Fine & Decorative Arts session, taking place on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 9:00am EDT. Noteworthy lots include a watercolor and ink on paper entitled One of the Paths… by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) that is estimated to realize $10,000-20,000, as well as an 18th Century Fine Louis XV Gilded Marble Top Console Table expected to sell for $6,000-9,000. The sale also features a Chopard necklace and earrings from the Copacabana Collection, estimated at $40,000-60,000.

Leland Little, president and owner of Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. stated, "We are proud to continue our exclusive partnership with Invaluable, as we represent some of the finest collections and objects from the Southeastern Unites States in our Summer Catalogue Auction."

In addition to live online bidding through Invaluable, floor, absentee and telephone bidding will be available during all three days of LLAES, Ltd.’s Summer Catalogue Auction. For more information or to see the fully illustrated catalogue and bid online, please visit www.invaluable.com/lelandlittle.  

About Invaluable

Invaluable is the world’s largest online live auction marketplace, featuring a live online bidding platform that allows collectors and dealers to bid in real-time in premiere auctions held around the world. As the leading developer of SaaS and e-commerce applications for the auction industry, Invaluable provides auctioneers with marketing and e-commerce solutions across Invaluable and AuctionZip web properties, as well as access to RFC Systems, the company’s auction management software. Invaluable’s best-in-class historical price database includes more than 58 million complete auction results, totaling more than $204 billion in value. Founded in 1989 in Boston, Invaluable also has offices in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.invaluable.com.

About Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd.

LLAES, Ltd. specializes in the consigning and auctioning of fine objects from estates and collections, with Department Directors focusing on many areas, including Estate Jewelry, Fine Art, Asian Art, Modernism, Silver, Furniture and Fine Wine.