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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
Old Judge cabinet cards, Expert at the Card Table, Steinway Model D grand piano,
$431,000, Weiss Auctions $16,800, Potter & Potter $169,400, Fontaine’s Auction
The North Fork Collection A first-edition copy of S.W. A Steinway Model D
of 37 Old Judge cabinet Erdnase’s The Expert at the Centennial concert
baseball cards from 1888 Card Table, a book relating grand piano sold for
sold for a combined $431,000 to gambling, cheating, and $169,400 at an
at a Sports, Comics, Comic card sharping, sold for auction held March
Art & Animation Auction $16,800 at a Gambling 23rd by Fontaine’s
held March 28th by Weiss Memorabilia Sale held Auction Gallery in
Auctions in Lynbrook, NY. March 30th by Potter & Pittsfield, MA. Also,
The top seller of the group Potter Auctions in Chicago, a Tiffany Studios
was a card of New York IL. Also, F. R. Ritter’s 24-inch inverted
on
Giants captain Buck Ewing Combined Treatise hanging lamp lit up the room for $66,550; an
wearing civilian clothes Advantage Card Playing and 8-foot library window with fiery orange and green
(shown); it brought $109,250, a record for an Old Draw Poker (1905) hit $9,000; an original circa panels, griffins and cornucopias, 103 inches by 76
Judge 1888 cabinet card. Also, one lot of two circa 1880 Will & Finck brass sleeve holdout cheating inches, brought $66,550; a Pottier & Stymus
1888 G & B Gum baseball cards hammered for device brought $9,000; and a copy of How (attributed) rosewood credenza made $10,285;
$8,050. Prices include the buyer’s premium. Gamblers Win (1865) made $8,400. Prices include and a Tiffany Studios leaded Nautilus desk lamp
a 20 percent buyer’s premium. hit $13,335. Prices include the buyer’s premium.
Johnson Sea-Horse display,
$6,606, Miller & Miller Copy of the Green Book, Wizard of Oz movie poster,
A scarce, circa 1929 Johnson $27,500, Swann Galleries $108,000, Heritage Auctions
Sea-Horse outboard motor A copy of Victor H. A half-sheet style
store display, made in Green’s The Negro A poster for The
America, with tin litho frame, Travelers Green Book (NY, Wizard of Oz
sold for CA$8,850 ($6,606 1958), the book that was (MGM, 1939)
U.S.) at an Advertising & made into a recent Oscar- sold for $108,000
Nostalgia Auction held April winning movie, sold for at a Movie
6th by Miller & Miller $27,500 at a Printed Posters Auction
Auctions, Ltd., in New & Manuscript African held March 23-
Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Americana Auction held 24 by Heritage
Also, a 1967 English-made March 28th by Swann Auctions in
650cc Triumph TR6R Galleries in New York Dallas, TX. Also, an insert for The Wolf Man
Trophy Sport Motorcycle roared off for $4,184. City. Also, a copy of (Universal, 1941) achieved $96,000; an insert for
U.S.; a 1945 Black Cat Cigarettes porcelain sign David Ruggles’ The Mirror of Liberty from July The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935)
fetched $3,964 U.S.; and a 1950s Armstrong Tires 1838 (Vol. 1, No. 1, NY) brought $37,500; and a brought $90,000; original set continuity photos
two-sided tin sign made $2,202 U.S. Prices include draft typescript of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in for Casablanca (Warner Bros., 1942) rose to
an 18 percent buyer’s premium. the Sun, late 1958 or early 1959, went for $30,000. $55,200; and a German magazine promotional ad
Prices include the buyer’s premium. for Nosferatu (Prana Film, 1921) made $52,800.
Karl Lagerfeld drawing, Prices include the buyer’s premium.
$4,550, Urban Culture Samuel Robb Indian figure, Chinese cloisonné charger,
An original drawing on card $47,500, New Haven Auctions $315,000, Skinner
stock of a chic three-piece A turn-of-the-century cigar store
ensemble with matching hat Indian chief by the renowned A Chinese cloisonné
by the late Chanel master- American carver Samuel Robb charger bearing a
mind Karl Lagerfeld (1933- sold for $47,500 at an auction six-character Wanli
2019) sold for $4,550 at an held March 17th by New Haven mark and decorated
auction held April 18th by Auctions-Fred Giampietro in with dragons, ruyi
Urban Culture Auctions in New Haven, CT. Also, an 1870 clouds and Eight
West Palm Beach, FL. The copper and zinc Index horse Buddhist Treasures,
sale of original fashion weathervane by J. Howard of sold for $315,000 at
drawings by the iconic Waltham, MA, climbed to an Asian Works of
designer, from the 1960s, $28,750; and a mixed media, Art Auction held
attracted intense worldwide colored pencil and watercolor on March 22nd by Skinner in Boston, MA. Also, a
bidding. The auction realized paper by Joseph Yoakum, titled Chinese ceramic egg-yolk yellow dish, Jiajing mark
$247,520 and was 100 Holly Hills of Jerusalem, Judea, and period, brought $20,910; a Chinese ceramic
percent sold. Other drawings 17 3/4 inches by 23 3/4 inches, sang de boeuf bowl, six-character Qianlong mark,
in the sale gaveled for $2,990, $2,860, and $2,730. achieved $13,125. Prices include went for $19,680; and a Sino-Tibetan serene
Prices include a 30 percent buyer’s premium. the buyer’s premium. bronze Manjushri rose to $18,450. Prices are
inclusive of the buyer’s premium.
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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
Old Judge cabinet cards, Expert at the Card Table, Steinway Model D grand piano,
$431,000, Weiss Auctions $16,800, Potter & Potter $169,400, Fontaine’s Auction
The North Fork Collection A first-edition copy of S.W. A Steinway Model D
of 37 Old Judge cabinet Erdnase’s The Expert at the Centennial concert
baseball cards from 1888 Card Table, a book relating grand piano sold for
sold for a combined $431,000 to gambling, cheating, and $169,400 at an
at a Sports, Comics, Comic card sharping, sold for auction held March
Art & Animation Auction $16,800 at a Gambling 23rd by Fontaine’s
held March 28th by Weiss Memorabilia Sale held Auction Gallery in
Auctions in Lynbrook, NY. March 30th by Potter & Pittsfield, MA. Also,
The top seller of the group Potter Auctions in Chicago, a Tiffany Studios
was a card of New York IL. Also, F. R. Ritter’s 24-inch inverted
on
Giants captain Buck Ewing Combined Treatise hanging lamp lit up the room for $66,550; an
wearing civilian clothes Advantage Card Playing and 8-foot library window with fiery orange and green
(shown); it brought $109,250, a record for an Old Draw Poker (1905) hit $9,000; an original circa panels, griffins and cornucopias, 103 inches by 76
Judge 1888 cabinet card. Also, one lot of two circa 1880 Will & Finck brass sleeve holdout cheating inches, brought $66,550; a Pottier & Stymus
1888 G & B Gum baseball cards hammered for device brought $9,000; and a copy of How (attributed) rosewood credenza made $10,285;
$8,050. Prices include the buyer’s premium. Gamblers Win (1865) made $8,400. Prices include and a Tiffany Studios leaded Nautilus desk lamp
a 20 percent buyer’s premium. hit $13,335. Prices include the buyer’s premium.
Johnson Sea-Horse display,
$6,606, Miller & Miller Copy of the Green Book, Wizard of Oz movie poster,
A scarce, circa 1929 Johnson $27,500, Swann Galleries $108,000, Heritage Auctions
Sea-Horse outboard motor A copy of Victor H. A half-sheet style
store display, made in Green’s The Negro A poster for The
America, with tin litho frame, Travelers Green Book (NY, Wizard of Oz
sold for CA$8,850 ($6,606 1958), the book that was (MGM, 1939)
U.S.) at an Advertising & made into a recent Oscar- sold for $108,000
Nostalgia Auction held April winning movie, sold for at a Movie
6th by Miller & Miller $27,500 at a Printed Posters Auction
Auctions, Ltd., in New & Manuscript African held March 23-
Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Americana Auction held 24 by Heritage
Also, a 1967 English-made March 28th by Swann Auctions in
650cc Triumph TR6R Galleries in New York Dallas, TX. Also, an insert for The Wolf Man
Trophy Sport Motorcycle roared off for $4,184. City. Also, a copy of (Universal, 1941) achieved $96,000; an insert for
U.S.; a 1945 Black Cat Cigarettes porcelain sign David Ruggles’ The Mirror of Liberty from July The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935)
fetched $3,964 U.S.; and a 1950s Armstrong Tires 1838 (Vol. 1, No. 1, NY) brought $37,500; and a brought $90,000; original set continuity photos
two-sided tin sign made $2,202 U.S. Prices include draft typescript of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in for Casablanca (Warner Bros., 1942) rose to
an 18 percent buyer’s premium. the Sun, late 1958 or early 1959, went for $30,000. $55,200; and a German magazine promotional ad
Prices include the buyer’s premium. for Nosferatu (Prana Film, 1921) made $52,800.
Karl Lagerfeld drawing, Prices include the buyer’s premium.
$4,550, Urban Culture Samuel Robb Indian figure, Chinese cloisonné charger,
An original drawing on card $47,500, New Haven Auctions $315,000, Skinner
stock of a chic three-piece A turn-of-the-century cigar store
ensemble with matching hat Indian chief by the renowned A Chinese cloisonné
by the late Chanel master- American carver Samuel Robb charger bearing a
mind Karl Lagerfeld (1933- sold for $47,500 at an auction six-character Wanli
2019) sold for $4,550 at an held March 17th by New Haven mark and decorated
auction held April 18th by Auctions-Fred Giampietro in with dragons, ruyi
Urban Culture Auctions in New Haven, CT. Also, an 1870 clouds and Eight
West Palm Beach, FL. The copper and zinc Index horse Buddhist Treasures,
sale of original fashion weathervane by J. Howard of sold for $315,000 at
drawings by the iconic Waltham, MA, climbed to an Asian Works of
designer, from the 1960s, $28,750; and a mixed media, Art Auction held
attracted intense worldwide colored pencil and watercolor on March 22nd by Skinner in Boston, MA. Also, a
bidding. The auction realized paper by Joseph Yoakum, titled Chinese ceramic egg-yolk yellow dish, Jiajing mark
$247,520 and was 100 Holly Hills of Jerusalem, Judea, and period, brought $20,910; a Chinese ceramic
percent sold. Other drawings 17 3/4 inches by 23 3/4 inches, sang de boeuf bowl, six-character Qianlong mark,
in the sale gaveled for $2,990, $2,860, and $2,730. achieved $13,125. Prices include went for $19,680; and a Sino-Tibetan serene
Prices include a 30 percent buyer’s premium. the buyer’s premium. bronze Manjushri rose to $18,450. Prices are
inclusive of the buyer’s premium.
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