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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
Grateful Dead concert poster, Antique Egyptology book, Chinese Imperial robe,
$56,400, Psychedelic Art Exchange $200,000, Andrew Jones $21,600 Potter & Potter
A rare 1966 Grateful Dead A rare and complete second A colorful, floor-length early
Skeleton and Roses concert edition of an antique 20th century Chinese Imperial
poster, graded CGC 9.8, Egyptology book titled robe, used as a costume garment
sold for a world record price Description de l’Egypte, in magic shows, sold for $21,600
of $56,400 in an auction C.L.F. Panckoucke (1820- at a Magic Auction held April
held May 16th by 1830), including fold-out 27th by Potter & Potter in
Psychedelic Art Exchange, maps, elephant folios and Chicago, IL. Also, a 1911 letter-
with offices in Baltimore, an atlas folio, sold for press poster advertising a matinee
MD, and Park City, UT. $200,000 at a Design for performance of Challenged or
Also, a Jimi Hendrix the Home & Garden Houdini Upside Down at the
Fillmore East AOR 2.90 Auction held May 18-19 by Southampton Hippodrome,
concert poster, CGC 8.5, Andrew Jones Auctions in Los Angeles, CA. Also, inscribed and signed by Houdini,
realized $7,800; a Grateful Dead Carousel a linocut by Pablo Picasso titled Pique III (1959) went for $18,000; and a first edition presentation
Ballroom concert poster, CGC 9.8, brought gaveled for $45,000; and a silvered and gilt bronze copy of Harry Kellar’s book A Magician’s Tour rose
$3,300; and a Bo Diddley Avalon Ballroom sculpture by Joseph Csaky (1888-1971) went for to $16,800. Prices include a 20 percent buyer’s
concert poster changed hands for $3,900. Prices $45,000. Prices include the buyer’s premium. premium.
include the buyer’s premium.
Wire gold specimen, Webb Ching Lung vase,
Hunt Slonem painting, $11,250, Holabird $28,080, Jeffrey S. Evans
$15,000, Bruneau & Co. A wire gold speci- A Thomas Webb Chin
A bright and colorful men from the Ibex Lung / Applied Pads art
neo-expressionist Mine in Leadville, glass vase sold for $28,080
painting by Hunt Colorado, uncov- at a Fine & Decorative
Slonem (American, ered by a metal Arts Auction held April
b. 1951), titled detector within the 26-27 by Jeffrey S. Evans
Butterfly’s (2003), last 20 years, sold & Associates in Mt.
sold for $15,000 at a for $11,250 at a Crawford, VA. Also, an
Spring Fine Art & Don’t Lose Your Marbles Auction held May 16-20 antique Caucasian scatter
Antiques Auction by Holabird Western Americana Collections in rug made $17,550; an
held May 4th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Reno, NV. Also, a gold nugget necklace with 24 8-piece Kirk sterling tea and coffee service with
Cranston, RI. Also, a post-modern figurative small nuggets (1.11 ozt) and one large nugget matching tray coasted to $12,870; a French Louis
female sculpture by Alabama artist Dan Corbin (1.91 ozt), set with a .5 carat round cut diamond XVI Niderviller porcelain annular clock chimed on
(b. 1947), coasted to $2,375; a pair of 14kt yellow brought $9,375; and a giant onion skin marble time for $12,870; and a Stickley Bros. Arts &
gold, ruby and diamond earrings by Orianne with mica, circa 1860s-1880s, realized $1,475. Crafts Mission Oak china cabinet hit $8,775.
Collins realized $2,250; and a bronze chess set by Prices include the buyer’s premium. Prices include a 17 percent buyer’s premium.
Giuseppe Vasari made $1,875. Prices include the
buyer’s premium. Pair of ‘Hummingbird’ guns, John Dawson mergansers,
Le Pho oil painting, $135,000, Morphy Auctions $230,100, Guyette & Deeter
$100,000, Shannon’s A pair of 1924 A pair of
Richards
Westley
mergansers
An oil on canvas .410-ga. SXS Best by John
painting by Le Pho Droplock miniature Dawson sold
(French/Vietnamese, ‘Hummingbird’ for $230,100
1907-2001), titled guns sold for at the 34th
Le The (Tea Time), $135,300 at an annual
signed, sold for Extraordinary Spring Decoy & Sporting Art Auction held April
$100,000 at a semi- Firearms sale held 25-26 by Guyette & Deeter, Inc. (based in St.
annual Fine Art April 24-25 byMichaels, MD) at the Pheasant Run Resort in
Auction held May Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA. Also, a St. Charles, IL. Also, one of only two gulls known
2nd by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers in Hotchkiss revolving cannon #1198, used in the by Harry V. Shourds soared to $212,400; a “look
Milford, CT. Also, a mixed media work by Spanish-American War, rang out at $132,000; a down” swan by John Williams finished at
Christo Coetze (South African, 1929-2001), titled Springfield Trumpeteer .45-.55 caliber trapdoor $194,700; a rare feeding robin snipe by Obediah
Celestial Bicycle Number III (1961), fetched carbine hit the mark for $98,400; and an early Verity brought $112,100; and a preening greater
$75,000; and an oil on canvas by Alexander Moravian flintlock rifle, attributed to Andres yellowlegs from Virginia made $55,460. Prices
Harrison (American, 1853-1930), artist signed, Albrecht (Pa., 1718-1802), brought $78,000. include the buyer’s premium.
titled Misty Morning, went for $68,750. Prices Prices include a 20 percent buyer’s premium
include the buyer’s premium.
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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
Grateful Dead concert poster, Antique Egyptology book, Chinese Imperial robe,
$56,400, Psychedelic Art Exchange $200,000, Andrew Jones $21,600 Potter & Potter
A rare 1966 Grateful Dead A rare and complete second A colorful, floor-length early
Skeleton and Roses concert edition of an antique 20th century Chinese Imperial
poster, graded CGC 9.8, Egyptology book titled robe, used as a costume garment
sold for a world record price Description de l’Egypte, in magic shows, sold for $21,600
of $56,400 in an auction C.L.F. Panckoucke (1820- at a Magic Auction held April
held May 16th by 1830), including fold-out 27th by Potter & Potter in
Psychedelic Art Exchange, maps, elephant folios and Chicago, IL. Also, a 1911 letter-
with offices in Baltimore, an atlas folio, sold for press poster advertising a matinee
MD, and Park City, UT. $200,000 at a Design for performance of Challenged or
Also, a Jimi Hendrix the Home & Garden Houdini Upside Down at the
Fillmore East AOR 2.90 Auction held May 18-19 by Southampton Hippodrome,
concert poster, CGC 8.5, Andrew Jones Auctions in Los Angeles, CA. Also, inscribed and signed by Houdini,
realized $7,800; a Grateful Dead Carousel a linocut by Pablo Picasso titled Pique III (1959) went for $18,000; and a first edition presentation
Ballroom concert poster, CGC 9.8, brought gaveled for $45,000; and a silvered and gilt bronze copy of Harry Kellar’s book A Magician’s Tour rose
$3,300; and a Bo Diddley Avalon Ballroom sculpture by Joseph Csaky (1888-1971) went for to $16,800. Prices include a 20 percent buyer’s
concert poster changed hands for $3,900. Prices $45,000. Prices include the buyer’s premium. premium.
include the buyer’s premium.
Wire gold specimen, Webb Ching Lung vase,
Hunt Slonem painting, $11,250, Holabird $28,080, Jeffrey S. Evans
$15,000, Bruneau & Co. A wire gold speci- A Thomas Webb Chin
A bright and colorful men from the Ibex Lung / Applied Pads art
neo-expressionist Mine in Leadville, glass vase sold for $28,080
painting by Hunt Colorado, uncov- at a Fine & Decorative
Slonem (American, ered by a metal Arts Auction held April
b. 1951), titled detector within the 26-27 by Jeffrey S. Evans
Butterfly’s (2003), last 20 years, sold & Associates in Mt.
sold for $15,000 at a for $11,250 at a Crawford, VA. Also, an
Spring Fine Art & Don’t Lose Your Marbles Auction held May 16-20 antique Caucasian scatter
Antiques Auction by Holabird Western Americana Collections in rug made $17,550; an
held May 4th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Reno, NV. Also, a gold nugget necklace with 24 8-piece Kirk sterling tea and coffee service with
Cranston, RI. Also, a post-modern figurative small nuggets (1.11 ozt) and one large nugget matching tray coasted to $12,870; a French Louis
female sculpture by Alabama artist Dan Corbin (1.91 ozt), set with a .5 carat round cut diamond XVI Niderviller porcelain annular clock chimed on
(b. 1947), coasted to $2,375; a pair of 14kt yellow brought $9,375; and a giant onion skin marble time for $12,870; and a Stickley Bros. Arts &
gold, ruby and diamond earrings by Orianne with mica, circa 1860s-1880s, realized $1,475. Crafts Mission Oak china cabinet hit $8,775.
Collins realized $2,250; and a bronze chess set by Prices include the buyer’s premium. Prices include a 17 percent buyer’s premium.
Giuseppe Vasari made $1,875. Prices include the
buyer’s premium. Pair of ‘Hummingbird’ guns, John Dawson mergansers,
Le Pho oil painting, $135,000, Morphy Auctions $230,100, Guyette & Deeter
$100,000, Shannon’s A pair of 1924 A pair of
Richards
Westley
mergansers
An oil on canvas .410-ga. SXS Best by John
painting by Le Pho Droplock miniature Dawson sold
(French/Vietnamese, ‘Hummingbird’ for $230,100
1907-2001), titled guns sold for at the 34th
Le The (Tea Time), $135,300 at an annual
signed, sold for Extraordinary Spring Decoy & Sporting Art Auction held April
$100,000 at a semi- Firearms sale held 25-26 by Guyette & Deeter, Inc. (based in St.
annual Fine Art April 24-25 byMichaels, MD) at the Pheasant Run Resort in
Auction held May Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA. Also, a St. Charles, IL. Also, one of only two gulls known
2nd by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers in Hotchkiss revolving cannon #1198, used in the by Harry V. Shourds soared to $212,400; a “look
Milford, CT. Also, a mixed media work by Spanish-American War, rang out at $132,000; a down” swan by John Williams finished at
Christo Coetze (South African, 1929-2001), titled Springfield Trumpeteer .45-.55 caliber trapdoor $194,700; a rare feeding robin snipe by Obediah
Celestial Bicycle Number III (1961), fetched carbine hit the mark for $98,400; and an early Verity brought $112,100; and a preening greater
$75,000; and an oil on canvas by Alexander Moravian flintlock rifle, attributed to Andres yellowlegs from Virginia made $55,460. Prices
Harrison (American, 1853-1930), artist signed, Albrecht (Pa., 1718-1802), brought $78,000. include the buyer’s premium.
titled Misty Morning, went for $68,750. Prices Prices include a 20 percent buyer’s premium
include the buyer’s premium.
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