Coming April 12, 2025
Stevens Auction proudly invites you to attend
The South's Greatest Event
This Spring onsite of the magical grounds of
Lauri Mundi, built 1850
309 South Matubby St.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
April 12th
Stevens Auction Company proudly announces their commission to sell at public auction the entire contents of
Lauri Mundi. Jim and Debby Lamping have collected a massive collection for over 25 years from all over the
Eastern half of the United States. Now due to ill health, they have decided to sell it all. This wonderful
old mansion sits hidden in the middle of Aberdeen on 23 acres of manicured grounds. The estate has its original
brick kitchen, original smoke house and carriage house with barn. It also has a stocked pond surrounded by
200-year-old trees, along with iron entrance gates that make it the perfect paradise. It has been totally
renovated with a new roof, central heating and air, new plumbing, new bathrooms, freshly painted exterior and
anything else needed to make it the perfect house.
This event takes place April 12, 2025, starting at 10:00 A.M. Open house on Friday, April 11, 2025, from 10:00 to 6:00.
Please watch our website at stevensauction.com for hundreds of pictures and information on this historic event and further
events.
Real Estate is being managed by Cyre-Leike Realty.
Dick Leike founder and agent in charge can be reached at 901-486-2070.
Do not miss this opportunity to buy a piece of history.
Follow this link for Live Auctioners.
Follow this link for photos!
Estate Sale
December 13-15, 2024
Details coming soon on a fabulous Estate Sale in the Meadowlane Community of Aberdeen
for the Jackson estate. Details photos and information coming soon on Facebook, Stevensauction.com,
estatesales.net and other outlets. Information and photos will be released to all media outlets the
Friday after Thanksgiving. The dates of the sale will be December 13-15, 2024 from 9-5 each day.
The will be no presale or early shopping. We look forward to seeing you for the wonderful estate sale.
Watch our website for detailed information coming out on November 29. We will see you on December 13-15,
2024 in Aberdeen!
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Thanksgiving Auction
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING AUCTION
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024 at 10 AM CST
AT OUR AUCTION FACILITY
THE STEVENS BUILDING
129 EAST COMMERCE STREET-ABERDEEN, MS 39730
Stevens Auction Company is pleased to announce our commission to offer at public auction the contents
of various Southern estates from multiple states. These locations include Salem, Missouri, St. Louis,
Missouri, Columbus, Mississippi, Aberdeen, Mississippi, and Decatur, Alabama. These wonderful estates,
when brought together, represent hundreds of fine antiques and Southern Finery. Several of the items
are a continuation of the estate of my long-time friend and client, Mr. John J. Tune of Salem, Missouri
and contain his hand selected items from his beautiful home nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains
in the heart of Salem. This auction will feature the bulk of his decade-long collection including makers like
R.J. Horner, and Seves along with several other well-known names and furniture makers. Also included in this
five hundred lot auction will be the choice of items from Columbus, Mississippi Estate, which also contains
some of the nineteenth centuries most well-known furniture makers.
The auction will contain beautiful antiques and many unique items which include handmade Persian rugs, French tapestry,
premier artwork from the nineteenth century until today, beautiful antique lighting, mirrors, China, porcelains, lamps, a
ntique beds, clocks, statuary, bronze, and hundreds of other pieces to numerous to list. The Open House will be on Friday,
November 22, 2024, from 10 AM to 6PM CST. The auction will be on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 10 AM.
For information not found online at www.stevensauction.com please call our offices at 662-369-2200.
You may also bid online at liveauctioneers.com. Registration and approval are required prior to auction day.
Phone bids are always welcome with advanced arrangements. Refreshments will be available at no charge to our
valued customers on auction day.
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Annual Fall Auction
Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 10:00am
At Our Gallery
Stevens Auction Company
129 East Commerce Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Important oil on canvas of William M. Byrd in original frame and condition.
See accompanying history and information on famous Mississippi Artist Cornelius
Hankins of Guntown, Mississippi.
William McKendree Byrd
Associate Justice - 1866 - 1868
Born: December 1, 1819; Perry County, Mississippi
Died: September 24, 1874; Selma, Alabama
William McKendree Byrd attended Mississippi College and then LaGrange College in Franklin County.
He graduated from the latter school in 1838. After reading law in Holly Springs, Mississippi, he
moved to Alabama and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He began practicing law in Linden and was
elected in 1851 to represent Marengo County in the state legislature. Two years later he moved
to Selma to continue his law practice.
Byrd's judicial career began in 1863, when he was elected chancellor of the middle division of
Alabama. Two years later, the legislature elected him associate justice of the Supreme Court,
and he assumed the office on January 2, 1866. He was removed from that post in 1868 as a result
of Reconstruction ligislation passed by Congress. Byrd then returned to Selma to practice law.
He died in a train wreck.
William McKendree Byrd married Mariah H. Massie, of Tennessee. They had four Children.
The Artist
Cornelius Hankins was born Juy 12, 1863, near Guntown, Itawamba County, Mississippi, the sixth of
eight children of Reberend Edward Lockee Hankins and Annie Mary (McFadden) Hankins. He contracted
smallpox as a boy after his mother cared for Confederate soldiers. As a result, he was deaf until
he was eight years old and had to be tutored at home.
He first studied art under E. M. Gardner in Nashville. Subsequently he worked with William Merritt
Chase in New York City and with Robert Henri at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. European travel
suplemented these studies. He settle in Nashville in 1900 and was associated for a while with
George W. Chambers in the Nashville School of Art.
He painted landscapes and still lifes as well as more than a thousand portraits. At the time of his
death in Nashville in 1946, nine of his portraits were said to be in the Tennessee State Capitol, six
in the Alabama, two in the Mississippi, and one in the Louisiana capitol buildings.
Tennessee Painting the Past, Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Cheekwood, 1960.
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The Stevens Family Of Companies and the Stevens Auction Company Family lost a
fixture in our auction group on Thursday morning with the passing of Mr. Jim Wilson.
He served as our specialist of many things over the years . He was a much loved brother
in law to our founder, Mayor Dwight Stevens. Jim was a very successful engineer for many
years having worked in the United States Space industry. Mr.Stevens sister Carolyn Wilson
and her husband Jim spent many happy years traveling around the country from state to state.
Jim will be dearly missed by all whose lives he touched. He was called home to meet his father
on Thursday morning after an extended illness. Services will be from E.E. Pickle Funeral in Amory
on Sunday at 2 PM. God saw you getting weary and he did what he knew best. He tenderly closed your
eyes and took you home to rest. Rest easy dear friend and peace to family, and friends.
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Estate Sale
Estate of the late Leo & Lee Harris of Aberdeen
50018 Bear Road
Aberdeen, MS 39730
August 30, - September 1, 2024
NOT AN AUCTION
Watch Facebook and Estatesales.net
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Southern Estates Rare & Eclectic Items
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 9 AM CST
Open House, Friday, July 19, 2024, 10 AM to 6 PM
At Our Downtown Auction Facility:
Stevens Auction Company
The Stevens Building
129 East Commerce Street
Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
Live in person bidding
Phone bids
Internet bidding with prior approval through liveauctioneers.com & hibid.com
HISTORIC ABSOLUTE AUCTION
Stevens Auction Company is pleased to announce our commission to offer at public auction
the contents of three magnificent Southern estates from Natchez, Mississippi, New Orleans,
Louisiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These wonderful estates when pulled together, represent
one of the most amazing, fun, & eclectic auctions which we have ever had the privilege to sell
in our forty-eight years of business. Many of the items in this once in a lifetime event tell
the story of the American dream. They speak to American history, American success, the American
ideal from the Civil War to Hollywood stars and even wishing on a star with the magic of Walt Disney.
This is the one you do not want to miss and that you should see in person.
Together, the hundreds of items include, but are not limited to; personal items from the home and museum
of Hollywood legends like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, furniture from the one and only master of design
Versace, original drawing by Walt Disney, a thirty-eight star American flag used on the coffin of
President U.S. Grant, chairs from the office of slain Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, vintage &
classic items and neon from Ferrari & Ashton Martin, Oddfellows Lodge thirty-six star flag from Natchez,
original hardware and furnishings from the Natchez Eola Hotel and many others. The auction will contain
beautiful antiques and pieces of Southern Finery which include, handmade Persian palace size rugs, premier
artwork from the nineteenth century until today, antique lighting, porcelain, cast iron, primitives,
bronze statues, antique mirrors, china, half tester beds, clocks, statuary, and hundreds of other pieces
to numerous to list. The open house will be on Friday, July 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST. The
auction will be on Saturday, July 20, at 9:00 a.m. CST.
For information, call 662-369-2200. You may also bid online at liveauctioneers.com. Or on hibid.com.
Registration and approval are required prior to auction day. Phone bids are always welcome with
advanced arrangements. Refreshments will be available at no charge to our valued customers on auction day.
1965 (known as 1964 1/2 Red Ford Mustang, all original, garage kept, red in color,
3 speed 200 six cylinder, excellent bod and interior - 123,000 miles
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Fantastic Auction
May 11, 2024 10:00am
This auction was moved from April 27th due to the Mayoral Race.
Congratulations to John Dwight Stevens on being elected by
the citizens of Aberdeen as their new Mayor!
More information and photos to come!
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Estate of The Late Mr. & Mrs. Bill Vowell
of Sumner, Mississippi
ON LOCATION AT
THE HISTORIC SMITH-MURPHY HOUSE CA. 1904
307 WALNUT STREET
SUMNER, MISSISSIPPI 38957
March 15 - 17, 2024
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ANNUAL NEW YEARS MULTI ESTATE AUCTION
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2024, 10 AM CST
AT OUR DOWNTOWN AUCTION FACILITY
THE STEVENS BUILDING
129 EAST COMMERCE STREET
ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI 39730
Follow this link for details.
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Historic Natchez 1 Day Estate Auction
Real Estate is not for Sale!
Historic Natchez 1 Day Estate Auction
"The Briars." Where Jefferson Davis was married
130 John R. Junkin Drive
Natchez, Mississippi
Entrance in parking lot of Vue Hotel
Saturday, October 7 @ 9 AM CST
There are so many items it will be necessary to run two auctions simultaneously one
will be in liveauctioneers.com starting at 9 AM central standard time. The second auction
will start at 2 PM where we will be selling a large variety of architectural items,
bed-and-breakfast commercial items, along with many other decorator items, and items
found other buildings around the estate. Please follow the link below.
Call pictures of the items to be sold in the second auction.
Seating at the auction will be limited, please call our office 662-369-5257 for reserve seating.
Steven's Auction Company is pleased to announce our commission to offer at public auction the contents
of the Briars including the entire compound located on the nineteen acker Briars Plateau. This includes
the ten thousand square foot main house and the other five homes located on the magnificent grounds. We
will also have items from the new owner Chip Newman's late father's estate. The elder late Mr. Newman was
a well-known and respected Natchez businessman and civic leader.
All Victorian and late Empire furnishings which came with the estate at purchase, as well as the contents
of all bed and breakfast equipment and furniture will be sold to make way for the rebirth of the Briars.
This Natchez icon will have period furnishings from its beginning in 1818. This grand old lady is putting
on a new dress and getting ready for a debut.
Open house will be Friday, October 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST. Auction will be Saturday,
October 7th and Sunday at 9:00 a.m. CST.
For information, call 662-369-2200 or visit our website at: www.stevensauction.com.
You may also bid on line at
Live Auctioneers.
Registration and approval are required
prior to auction day. Phone bids are always welcome with advanced arrangements.
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July 29, 2023
Our Downtown Facility
129 East Commerce Street
10:00 a.m.
We will be conducting our mid-summer estate aucton, consisting of beautiful antique furniture,
fine porcelains, clocks, Persian rugs, china, sterling silver, original art works, plus all
sorts of other Southern fineries.
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Estate of The Late Mr. & Mrs. Bill Vowell
of Sumner, Mississippi
May 20th
10:00am
129 East Commerce St.,
Aberdeen,MS
We will be selling the life long collection of antiques from their
8,500spuare foot home.
This entire estate has been moved to Aberdeen.
Follow this link to view photos!
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Giant Spring Auction
March 11, 2023 at 10am
Antiques, art, china, porcelain, crystal and more
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Coming Attraction!
Annual Thanksgiving Antique Extravaganza
Our first auction in our New Facility
129 E. Commerce St.
Aberdeen, MS
November 19, 2022
Selling many items from the Miller Collection out of Jackson, MS, plus three other very important
estates. This is one of our best auctions in years!
Thousands of pictures to be posted daily!
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Magnificent Lifetime Antique Collection
Aucton of Mr. Randy Emerson.
Saturday, September 17th at 10:00a.m.
Open House Friday, September 16th from 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.
On location at his recently sold Antebellum home
"Sunset Manor"
205 South Thayer St.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Adams French Mansion
Estate Auction
Saturday, June 4th, 2022
Live Auctioneers starts at 10:00 a.m. CST
We will start selling the contents of our warehouses at 9:00 a.m.
On location at:
301 North Meridian St.
Aberdeen, MS 39730
Open house will be June 3rd, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Annual New Years Antique Auction!
TWO DAY SALE!
These are items from Phillip Parker (1946-Jan 20, 2020) estate.
A collection of antiques used in the family two story Greek Revival
home. Phil had developed into a 1000+ acre ranch in east Texas. He
owned an oilfield service corp in Erbil, Kurdish northern Iraq. Phil
was a world traveler and enjoyed Thailand. Traveling there frequently,
he purchased a large amount of well-carved Thai furniture and had it
shipped to his east Texas ranch. He had plans to furnish a large new
home on the property on retirement. His life was cut short by cancer in
2020. Included are the antiques and varied carved and root built Thai
furniture.
Friday, January 14, 2022
Texas Estate begins at 4:00pm
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Multiple Estates - 700 Items!
10:00am
At our auction facility
Aberdeen, Mississippi
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Four Estates Auction
September 25, 2021
Follow this link for Live Auctioneers.
At our auction facility at
609 North Meridian St.
Aberdeen, MS
We will be selling two estates from Columbus and
an estate from Tupelo plus another from Southaven, MS.
Hundreds of beautiful estate antiques and Southern Finery.
Including the estate of Robert Hugh.
Follow this link for photos!
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July 31, 2021
At our Aberdeen facility
609 N. Meridian St.
Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
Our next auction will be on July, 31, 2021 selling the lifelong antique collection of
Bill and Betty Murphy of Madison, IN. Their 1825 mansion with beautiful gardens, is
located on a high bluff overlooking the Ohio River. Included in this giant 1 day event,
will be the entire rare antique furnishings of their 10, 000 sq. ft. mansion.
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MOVED to February 27th due to inclement weather!!!
10:00 am
609 North Meridian St,
Aberdeen, MS
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Special Year End Auction
December 12th, 2020
At our Aberdeen facility
10:00 am
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New photos will be added daily up until auction day, Dec. 12th.
Follow this link for photos!
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Selling the Estate of the late Tom Evans of Tupelo, MS
The Shadows, 419 Robins Street, Tupelo, MS
Saturday, Oct 17th and Sunday Afternoon October 18th, 2020
Open House Friday, Oct. 16th 10am - 6pm
Extra open house
Sunday, October 11, 2020 1-5 pm
Refreshments and cash bar will be provided by Regional Rehab with much of proceeds from the auction and all
proceeds from bar and refreshments going to their efforts across the north Mississippi area.
Over a thousand items will go across the auction block in the event of the year?
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Cedar Hurst 1857
CEDARHURST ESTATE AUCTION ON SITE
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020
103 Salem Avenue
490 Salem Avenue
Holly Springs, MS 38635
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Huge Vintage Movie Poster Memorabilia
August 22, 2020
1:00 pm
Onsite at Princess Theatre in Decatur, Alabama
112 2nd Ave NE,
Decatur, AL 35601
We will be selling hundreds of original movie posters given to the Princess as promotion with movies from the 1930's -1960's.
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Magnificent Mid-Summer Antique Auction
Coming August 8, 2020!
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Estate of Ms. Betsy Stark
June 27, 2020
10:00 am
NOTICE: This date was changed at the family's request. This is the final date change.
Onsite in Starkville, Mississippi
We will be selling the lifelong estate of the late Ms. Betsy Stark onsite at her home in the historic district of Starkville. She lived her entire 103 years in this home which is a virtual time capsule containing many pieces of Mississippi State and Starkville history. Her father was a professor of mathematics for fifty two years at Mississippi A&M which later became Mississippi State University. She gave half a million dollars to the Starkville City Library which is now named for her parents, Christopher and Annie Stark. The Stark family settled in Oktibbeha County in 1790.
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Multi-Estate Action
May 16, 2020
10:00 am
At our Auction facility
609 North Meridian Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
We wish to thank all 780 online bidders who participated in our April 4th action.
Refreshments will be available and discounted lodging for onsite auctions.
Among the many antiques, will be the lifelong collection of Mrs. Willie Stewart Boozer of Columbus, MS. Her home is pictured below.
Follow this link for photos!
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Giant Multiple Estate Sales
April 4, 2020
10:00 am
ONLINE: SEE DETAILS BELOW
609 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET
AbERDEEN, MS 39730
Two fabulous estates: Columbia, TN and Macon, MS
TO OUR VALUED FRIENDS, CLIENTS, AND CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD
We are extending our open house from April 1st to April 3rd from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, CALL DWIGHT STEVENS AT 662-369-5857.
The auction gallery will be closed to the public on auction day in accordance with CDC regulations and on request of the Governor of Mississippi.
WE ARE CLEANING OUR GALLERY DAILY AND MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE YOUR OPEN HOUSE EXPERIENCE SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR US ALL.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
STEVENS AUCTION COMPANY
662-369-2200
Follow this link for more information!
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January 25th - 10:00 a.m.
Many items in this auction are from the descendants of Willoughby Williams Jr. His wife, Nancy Nichols was
the daughter of Col John Nichols, builder of the Woodlawn Mansion in Nashville, Tennessee. Items from the
Willoughby estate were handed down through the Nichols family to an estate in Bardstown KY.
These items include several paintings, one signed and believed to be painted by Washington Cooper, painter for
prominent people in that area and one of the most famous portrait artist in Nashville. Also, wonderful pieces
of furniture being auctioned from this estate includes a Federal piano, like one in the Metropolitan museum,
and several extraordinary large gold leaf mirrors believed to have come from the Woodlawn mansion.
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Rosewood Manor
Greek Revival antebellum mansion, c. 1835
Friday and Saturday, June 7th &, 8th, 2019 (and possibly the 9th)
719 7th St. N, Columbus, MS 39701
Mark your calendars for June 7th and 8th when we will be selling the contents of this elegant Antebellum Mansion belonging to Dewhitt and Gracie Hicks of Columbus, Mississippi.
They are downsizing and will be leaving Rosewood Manor after over 40 years of caring for this beautiful home and it's gracious grounds.
Due to the massive quantity of statuaries and other garden items we will start the auction on Friday beginning at 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and continuing on Saturday at 9:00 am
and running until the last item is sold. This is one auction you will not want to miss!
The house will not be sold at auction, but is for sale. Interested persons should contact Dick Leike at Crye-Leike Raltors - 901-486-2070.
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ANNUAL PRE-EASTER ANTIQUE AUCTION
SATURDAY, APRIL 6th, 2019, 10:00 AM
OPEN HOUSE: FRIDAY, APRIL 5th, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
609 NORTH MERIIAN STREET, ABERDEEN, MS 39730
Keep checking the website. This summer we will be selling some of the best merchandise we have offered in 40 years of business.
This will be one of the best auctions of the season, featurning some of the finest antiques from four estates:
Huntsville, AL
Louisville, KY
Ft. Smith, AR
Baton Rouge, LA
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Pre Valentines day Auction
Saturday, February 9, 2019 10 AM
At our auction facility
609 North Meridian Street
Aberdeen, Ms 39730
It will feature over 500 pieces of southern finery from wonderful estates in Natchez,
Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Huntsville, Alabama. Please
be sure to check back daily up to auction time. Due to the sheer volume and quantity of the items you don't want to miss a thing! A must attend auction.
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Pre Christmas Multi Estate Auction
Sunday, December 9, 2018
1 PM until
at our Auction Facility
609 North Meridian Street
Aberdeen, Mississippi 39730
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Super Sunday Estate Auction
Sunday September 30, 2018 at 1:00 P.M.
Auction Facility at 609 North Meridian Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
We will be selling an incredible estate that contains the best crystal chandeliers we have ever sold plus the contents of a large home full of beautiful antique furnishing.
We have moved this auction to Sunday because college football games have taken Saturday’s attention of many of our customers.
We will have a two day open house preview on Friday, Sept. 28th and Saturday 29th. The only way you can completely understand the quality of what we are offering is to see it
for yourself and attend the auction.
Photos will be added continuously to our website www.stevensauction.com until auction date. Watch for upcoming auctions and events still to come this fall. For more information
call us at 662-369-2200 or email stevensauction@bellsouth.net.
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HISTORIC ENGLISH
AUCTION
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 10 a.m.
2267 North Highland Avenue
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
Selling the English Antique furnishings of the Old English Inn in Jackson, Tennessee.
Follow this link for more information.
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Gigantic Estate Auction
May 2, 2009
At our Aberdeen facility.
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Estate of the late Jimmy Pippen
October 3rd & 4th, 2008
10:00 a.m. each day
Natchez Convention Center
211 Main Street
Natchez, MS 39120
Click here for more details.
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Our Second and Final Auction of the Season
Will be 3 Estates Combined
November 11, 2006
Estate of the late Dr. Frances Cabaniss Roberts. Dr. Roberts was one of the founding
faculty members of the University of Alabama at Huntsville. She was recongnized by the
state of Alabama as one of the leading scholars of her time.
Bryn Bella was built around 1850 for William Sumpter Cox and his wife, Julia, by
locally renowned architect, James Lull. It was saved from total deterioration through
the 1971 intervention of the Historic Columbus Association. After considerable delay, the
property was acquired and restored structurally by the predecessors of the current owners,
Ambassador and Mrs. Robert Pugh. The latter continued the restoration and decoration of
Bryn Bella and furnished the home with magnificent, period style antiques.
One block North of the Adams-French Mansion
(In the former Bradley Lumber Company showroom)
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Old auctions/23 July 2005 10:00 AM Historic Florewood Plantation
Selling entirety of the park, many fine antiques.
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Old auctions/July 24, 2004
Adams-French Mansion
Aberdeen, Mississippi
Selling the Estate of Joanne Playwright, a world renowned antique collector, plus two other estates!
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