Nearly 75 works of art that once adorned the offices of McGlinchey Stafford were auctioned off Thursday, as the former law firm, which dissolved early this year after half a century in business, liquidates its assets to settle more than $13 million in debts.
The McGlinchey collection included dozens of oils, acrylics, and watercolors from some of the best-known Southern artists of the 20th century, as well as statues, pottery and antiques, according to court records included in the firms Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.
Among the big-ticket items: an Ida Kohlmeyer oil, which sold for $55,000, and an Enrique Alferez sculpture that fetched $60,000 — more than double what bankruptcy court documents had listed as the estimated value of the bronze work, entitled “Woman in a Huipil.”
“We were real excited to see the interest in the pieces,” said Neal Auction Co. President Michelle Leckert. “It says a lot about the material.”…