Museum Services

Our engagement with the many and varied museums of the Southeast is one of the most important ways that Leland Little helps to promote the arts and culture.

Our New Home

As 2021 unfolds, the empty space at the north end of the Leland Little campus is taking new shape. Concrete has been poured, steel is being erected. By this fall, that space will have evolved into our new home, the gallery that will facilitate the next exciting chapter of Leland Little Auctions.

Five Things: Georges Braque's Birds

Our upcoming Signature Summer Auction will feature a selection of lithographs by Georges Braque, all depicting the dominant theme of his later work: birds. In advance of the auction, we explore five facts about these avian works by one of France's most significant 20th century artists.

Lost Wax Bronze Casting

The process of turning bars of bronze into detailed sculpture is mind-bending. How do artisans realize an artist's intricate vision in a substance that only exists as an intractable solid or a molten liquid?

Mary Todd Lincoln's Silver Service Scandal

The Gorham Coin Silver Tea Service in our upcoming Signature Summer Auction is nearly identical to the one purchased by Mary Todd Lincoln during her famously over-budget White House redecorating spending spree in the early 1860s.

Notable Collections

Leland Little has had the privilege of handling the sale of important collections from notable people and historic properties.

Queen Victoria at the Table - The Original Influencer