PHOTOS: These are just some of the items up for auction that belonged to Robert Woodruff
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Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Vintage platinum and diamond engagement ring given by Robert Woodruff to his wife Nell Hodgson Woodruff comprising of a 4.61 carat marquise brilliant cut center diamond (F-color, SI1-clarity) and two 0.30 ctw trapezoid shape side diamonds (F-G color, VS2 clarity). Maker's mark and fineness to ban; ER in circle, Erwin Reu Co. and 10% IRID PLAT. Accompanied by GIA certification for center diamond, from September 13, 2021. Approx. US ring size 7.5, total weight 5.8g. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Various contributors, "The Presidents". Published by The Gravure Company of America, New York and Washington D.C., 1907 (1st edition 1901). Title page with paper label, number 2556, allotted to Mr. R.P. Sorrell, April 17, 1908, by John O'Kane Rose. With steel engravings and brief biographies of the first twenty-six presidents of the United States. Elephant folio, leather covers with inset brass seal of The Office of the President. Book approx. h. 1.75", w 20", d. 16". ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Color photograph on paper of President James "Jimmy" Earl Carter, Jr. (American, born 1924), signed and dedicated in ink to Robert Winship Woodruff, "To Mr. Bob Woodruff./With friendship and admiration./Jimmy Carter", framed. Catalog Note: This photograph decorated RWW's office at the Windcrofte House on Tuxedo Road. Approx. 6.5" x 9" (sight); 11.75" x 14.25" (frame). ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Gorham (American), 20th century. Solid 14k gold trophy, monogrammed with "RWW" and inscribed with "1912 Oct 17 1932 from Nell to Robert". Verso inscribed with "From Nell, in token of the sympathy with keen understanding which has made our past twenty years a dream come true. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Thomas Edgar Stephens (British/New York, 1885-1966). "Portrait of Robert Winship Woodruff". Oil on canvas. Signed lower left; framed. Thomas Stephens painted the portraits of George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, and Harry Truman, among others, and was also commissioned by the US Golfer's Association to paint Bobby Jones golfing portrait in his "unmistakable swing." Catalog Note: This portrait decorated the dining room at the Windcrofte House on Tuxedo Road. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction British, late 19th century. Mahogany George III-style breakfront bookcase with glazed doors over flat panel doors below and flat pediment. Apparently unmarked. Catalog Note: This breakfront decorated the dining room at the Windcrofte House on Tuxedo Road. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Dwight D. Eisenhower (American, 1890-1969), "Portrait of George Washington" after Gilbert Stuart (American/Massachusetts, 1755-1828), oil on canvas. Signed lower right, with plaque reading "To Nell and Bob from their Friend Ike". Giltwood frame. Approx. 35.5." x 29.5" (framed), 30" x 24" (canvas). ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Tiffany & Company (American). Vintage 14k yellow gold ladies' wrist watch. Marked appropriately. Approx. length 6.25", w. 1" (face), total weight (including movement) approx. 33g. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Japanese, September 1937. Field officer's samurai katana sword made by Yasunori, Seki sword factory and with factory blade. Military Issue World War II. Note: Property of Josh Watt Approx. length. 40.0", blade length 64cm. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Group of two Coca-Cola or Coke advertising lighters, comprising Hadson "Blue Bird" musical lighter with Woodruff's initials and Scripto Vu-Lighter with his name. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Vintage 14k gold commemorative disk with personalized miniature lifetime memories, comprising of a dog, Coca-Cola bottle, long arm rifle, box with playing cards, Airplane "Wind Ship", ashtray with cigar, and in the center a couple with tiny emerald stone. Fineness mark and maker's mark. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Group of two Bobby Jones hardcover golf books, inscribed to Robert Winship Woodruff, comprising: Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones, "Golf Is My Game", Doubleday, Garden City, New York, first edition copyright 1960, with ink inscription by Bobby Jones, "For Bob and Nell/With many cherished/memories./Affectionately/Bob"; and Grantland Rice, "The Bobby Jones Story: From The Writings of O. B. Keeler", Tupper & Love, Atlanta, Georgia, copyright 1953, with ink inscription, "For/Bob Woodruff/Hoping you will/enjoy reliving those/fabulous days with/OB and Bobby/Eleanor Keeler". Note: Eleanor Keeler was the wife of Oscar Bane "Pop" Keeler (1882-1950), veteran sports staffer of the Atlanta Journal, inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall Of Fame in 1996. Approx. of the largest, 9.5" x 6.25" ("Golf Is My Game"). ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). New York. "Portrait of Robert Winship Woodruff", charcoal portrait on tinted paper, signed; framed. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Tiffany & Co (American), circa 1920s. Custom Art Deco platinum and diamond bracelet comprising of 20 ctw old European cut, modern cut, and various cut diamonds (H-I color, VS-clarity). Maker's and fineness mark to center. Approx. length 7", w..625", total weight 50g. ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
Nell & Robert Woodruff Auction Marks of William Pitts & Joseph Preedy (English, London, act. 1791-1799), 1791. Seven piece George III neoclassical Adams sterling silver oval epergne centerpiece in the, having a scrolled foliate reticulated navette-form double-arm center bowl, surrounded by five similarly decorated smaller circular and navette-form bowls on stands, the arched reticulated base rising on tapering fluted legs. The center bowl inscribed with "To/R. W. Woodruff/From His Associates In The/Coca-Cola Export Corporation." ((PHOTO: From the Estate of Nell & Robert Woodruff, Courtesy of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery) )
