Furniture, tapestries and other fine art from the historic Sandy Springs mansion known as Glenridge Hall are scheduled to be auctioned in March, a New Orleans auction company said Wednesday.
New Orleans Auction Galleries said furnishings and other rare antiques from the property will be sold March 21-22. The historic mansion, built in 1929, is on a 70-plus acre tract that was listed for sale last year.
The artwork that will be offered from the collection of Glenridge Hall complements the furnishings and decorative arts that were an integral part of this Tudor style home. It ranges from late 17th to early 19th century Continental and English portraiture and genre paintings. Of note is an important work by the noted British Orientalist painter Frederick Goodall and an interesting rendition of “The Money Changers”, painted after an original by Marinus van Reymerswaele, a 16th century Flemish artist.
Homebuilder Ashton Woods has had the property under contract, and a portion of the land is said to be the favored site for the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz USA, which announced plans earlier this month to move to metro Atlanta from New Jersey.
Mercedes hasn’t formally announced its permanent home, but people with knowledge of the situation have said the company favors building a new office building on about 10 acres at Abernathy and Barfield roads.
The future of the Glenridge Hall mansion isn’t immediately known. The home has been used for special events in recent years, and a person in the real estate industry said that the property will likely remain an events facility within the residential community envisioned by Ashton Woods.
The home was built by Thomas K. Glenn, a banker and philanthropist and former chairman of Trust Company of Georgia, now known as SunTrust Banks Inc. The news release states that the Glenn family traveled to Europe via ship to buy furnishings and art for the home in the 1920s and 1930s. The property is currently owned by the Mayson family, decedents of the Glenns.
The home also has been used as a set for “The Vampire Diaries” television series and the feature film “Driving Miss Daisy.”
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