Released on = February 15, 2007, 8:43 am

Press Release Author = Fred and Gail Taylor

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Press Release Summary = Matheson\'s AA Auction of Melbourne, FL will offer a major
Napoleonic period collection of weapons and artifacts, selections from a
pre-Columbian and African art collecton and original art by Faulkner, Leroy and
Greuze.

Press Release Body = On March 17-18 Matheson's AA Auction in Melbourne, FL will
present over 900 lots in a wide ranging sale that will include 200 lots from a major
Napoleonic period collection from a local estate. The sale will also include
portions of a major Melbourne estate's collection of African and pre-Columbian art
and a very important painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) that has been
passed down in the same family for generations.

The Napoleonic collection was accumulated over forty year period by a very advanced
collector in Melbourne who spent two months each year in France upgrading and
augmenting his collection of period artifacts. The collection was inherited by the
collector's granddaughter who has engaged Matheson's to offer part of it for sale.
In the two hundred lots from the collection are circa 1796-1815 flintlock pistols,
long guns and a fine blunderbuss with a historic provenance, French and English
military swords, most in original scabbards from the same period, over 100 gold ,
silver and bronze French coins and medals, all pre-1815 and a superb Napoleonic
marble and d'ore bronze figural clock, circa 1798, 26in high. Also included are
pieces of armor, uniforms, helmets, a bronze bust of Napoleon, a large four foot
Napoleonic carved wood chest circa 1807 and a drum with applied bronze crowned eagle
of cannons.

Art will be a significant part of this sale. The inventory features eight works by
eccentric Kentucky artist Henry Faulkner in his original frames. The paintings come
from the estate in Ft. Lauderdale of a friend of Faulkner's who was given the works
by the artist personally. The paintings were discovered in trash bins destined for
destruction. A large mother and child oil on canvas by French artist
Paul-Alexander-Alfred Leroy (1860-1942) will be offered along with three large
investment quality numbered prints by Chegall and one by Picasso.

The pre-Columbian portion of the sale will include a five foot tall carved figural
man who has been stored in a crate for the last 75 years, along with textiles and
jewelry. The African art section features wood carvings, weapons, masks and ivory
artifacts.

Rounding out the sale will an important Coca-Cola collection from a family that
worked for the company for three generations, over 100 pieces of fine jewelry
including a coral and diamond jewelry suite and an 18th century mahogany English
Chinese Chippendale Pembroke table with complex stretcher and shaped leaves, in
original finish.

The sale begins at 11:00AM Saturday March 17 and continues at 12:00 PM Sunday March
18. Preview will be Friday March 16 from 11:00AM to 6:00PM and two hours before the
start of the sale on both days. Matheson's AA Auction is located at 600 E. New Haven
Avenue in Melbourne, FL. Seating for 175 can be reserved by phone, (321) 768-6668 or
by email at aaauctions@earthlink.net. Selected portions of the catalog are available
for viewing on the Matheson's AA Auction website at www.mathesonsaaauction.com.

The auction will be called by 33 year veteran auctioneer and auction co-owner Lloyd
J. Matheson, Jr. Phone and absentee bids are welcomed. For more information call
Lloyd or Jan Matheson at (321) 768-6668.





Web Site = http://www.mathesonsaaauction.com

Contact Details = Matheson\'s AA Auctions
600 E New Haven Ave.
Melbourne, FL 32901
321-768