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Marklin 0 gauge trolley set, Frankenthaler work on paper, Automaton and table,
$72,000, Bertoia Auctions $137,500, Freeman’s Auction $13,200, Potter & Potter
An important artwork on A circa 1999 harlequin auto-
paper by American artist maton and table built by
Helen Frankenthaler, Deutsch sold for $13,200 at a
titled Red Hot, sold for Mid-Fall Magicana Sale held
$137,500 at a Modern October 26th by Potter &
A Marklin 0 gauge Third Avenue R.R. Co. trolley & Contemporary Art Potter Auctions in Chicago,
set sold for $72,000 at an auction of the Tony auction held October IL. Also, a finely sculpted
Annese toy, train and Christmas collection held 29th by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a pencil and hand-painted circa 1939
October 11th by Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, drawing by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, titled talking skull by puppet makers
NJ. Also, a boxed Marklin gauge 1 American Lemon Branch, achieved $181,259, a new auction Glen and George McElroy
Eagle hand-painted clockwork passenger train set record for a pencil work by the artist; and an brought $13,200; an auto-
chugged away for $52,000; a Marklin gauge 1 untitled work on paper by Chinese/French artist maton talking skull made around 1930 by John
Schlitz Beer car, hand-painted, fetched $31,200; Zao Wou Ki, from the artist’s Oracle Bones series Willmann garnered $13,200; and a conjuring
and a key-wind nodding polar bear with Santa changed hands for $93,750. broadside from 1867 for magician Johan
rider holding a feather tree went for $24,000. Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806-1875) hit $8,400.
Costume from Grease ,
Vasily Polenov painting, $405,700, Julien’s Auctions Finn Juhl Chieftain chair,
$375,000, Shapiro Auctions The black leather jacket $79,950, Clars Auction
A painting by Vasily Polenov and pants worn by singer- A black leather Finn Juhl
(Russian, 1844-1927), titled actress Olivia Newton- for Neils Vodder
The Herzegovian Lookout John for the song You’re (Denmark) Chieftain
(1876), sold for $375,000 the One That I Want in chair sold for $79,950 at
at auctions held Nov. 2-3 the 1978 hit movie Grease an auction held Nov. 16-
by Shapiro Auctions in New sold for a combined 17 by Clars Auction
York City. Also, Russian $405,700 at auctions held Gallery in Oakland, CA.
November 1 and 2 by Julien’s Auctions in Los
Landscape by Andrei Also, a UBS one kilo gold
Mylnikov (Russian, 1919- Angeles, CA. Also, a costume worn by Marilyn bar, .9999 24kt pure
2012) gaveled for $115,625; Monroe in the movie There’s No Business Like gold, rose to $43,000; a German Black Forest
a large Russian silver and cloisonné enamel Show Business made $280,000; and the red tall case clock chimed on time for $33,825; a
kovsh from the Gish workshop in St. Petersburg floor-length gown worn by Monroe in the film Continental white porcelain figure of Hercules
(1908-1917) rose to $75,000; and a double- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes finished at $250,000. brought $18,450; and an oil on canvas painting
sided drawing by Bill Traylor (American, 1854- by Mihaly Munkacsy (Hungarian, 1844-1900),
1947) made $46,875. Copy of Marvel Comics No. 1, titled The Good Samaritan, made $14,760.
Anthony Bourdain knife, $1.26 million, 1930s Atlantic City poster,
$231,250, Lark Mason Heritage Auctions $16,250, Swann Auction
The late chef A copy of Marvel Comics A circa 1935 poster by Edward
No. 1, the 1939 comic book
Anthony Bourdain’s considered the ‘Big Bang’ of M. Eggleston, titled Atlantic
Bob Kramer steel and the Marvel Comics City/Pennsylvania Railroad, sold
meteorite chef’s knife Superhero Universe, sold for for $16,250 at a Rare &
sold for $231,250 in $1.26 million at a public Important Travel Posters
an online auction auction of vintage comic Auction held November 14th
that ended October 30th by Lark Mason in New books and comic art held by Swann Auction Galleries in
York City. Also, Bourdain’s U.S. Navy jacket November 21 by Heritage New York City. Also, Hubert
from the U.S.S. Nashville, with a Tony Bourdain Auctions in Dallas, TX. The Herkomer’s Normandie/The
patch, went for $171,150; a French silvered price set a new world record for the most expen- World’s Most Perfect Ship/French Line (1939)
bronze Bibendum (or Michelin Man) sculpture sive Marvel comic book ever sold at auction. realized $13,750; Ludwig Hohlwein’s
brought $61,250; and an artist’s proof artwork by The copy was graded 9.4 on a scale of 1 to 10, Yellowstone Park (1910) gaveled for $13,750;
Ralph Steadman, titled Rats in the Kitchen making it the best condition copy ever found. and Leslie Ragan’s The New 20th Century
,
inscribed to Bourdain, rose to $52,500. Limited (1939) changed hands for $11,250.
That drove up the price.
South Pacific mask, Einstein signed photo, Antebellum image of slavery,
$17,550, Jeffrey S. Evans $20,000, Doyle $324,500, Cowan’s Auctions
An antique ethnographic A photograph of Albert A rare antebellum
South Pacific Malagan/ Einstein, signed by him in quarter plate daguerreo -
Tatanua ceremonial mask Berlin, Germany in type believed to be the
sold for $17,550 at a Fine September 1927 sold for earliest known image
& Decorative Arts Auction $20,000 at a Rare Books, of enslaved African
held Oct. 18-19 by Jeffrey Autographs & Maps auction Americans with cotton
S. Evans & Associates in held November 12th by sold for $324,500 at an
Mt. Crawford, VA. Also, American History
an Ercole Barovier Tessere Policrome Murrine art Doyle in New York City. Auction held November 15 by Cowan’s Auctions
Also, a copy of the 1969
glass vase made $17,550; a Parisian street scene by in Cincinnati, OH. Also, a William S. Soule
deluxe edition of Lewis
Edouard Leon Cortes brought $15,210; an Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with photo album of Southern Plains Native
Edison Louis XV floor model phonograph, one of illustrations by Salvador Dali, fetched $18,750; Americans, 40 albumen images in all, fetched
62 made, hit $10,530; and an Emile Gallé faience and a copy of the 1747 edition of Robert and $57,500; and an archive of the postmaster and
open vase realized $6,435. Andrew Foulis’s translation of Homer’s The Iliad Indian Agent of Fort Berthold in the Dakota
went to a determined bidder for $11,250. Territory changed hands for $56,250.
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$72,000, Bertoia Auctions $137,500, Freeman’s Auction $13,200, Potter & Potter
An important artwork on A circa 1999 harlequin auto-
paper by American artist maton and table built by
Helen Frankenthaler, Deutsch sold for $13,200 at a
titled Red Hot, sold for Mid-Fall Magicana Sale held
$137,500 at a Modern October 26th by Potter &
A Marklin 0 gauge Third Avenue R.R. Co. trolley & Contemporary Art Potter Auctions in Chicago,
set sold for $72,000 at an auction of the Tony auction held October IL. Also, a finely sculpted
Annese toy, train and Christmas collection held 29th by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a pencil and hand-painted circa 1939
October 11th by Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, drawing by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, titled talking skull by puppet makers
NJ. Also, a boxed Marklin gauge 1 American Lemon Branch, achieved $181,259, a new auction Glen and George McElroy
Eagle hand-painted clockwork passenger train set record for a pencil work by the artist; and an brought $13,200; an auto-
chugged away for $52,000; a Marklin gauge 1 untitled work on paper by Chinese/French artist maton talking skull made around 1930 by John
Schlitz Beer car, hand-painted, fetched $31,200; Zao Wou Ki, from the artist’s Oracle Bones series Willmann garnered $13,200; and a conjuring
and a key-wind nodding polar bear with Santa changed hands for $93,750. broadside from 1867 for magician Johan
rider holding a feather tree went for $24,000. Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806-1875) hit $8,400.
Costume from Grease ,
Vasily Polenov painting, $405,700, Julien’s Auctions Finn Juhl Chieftain chair,
$375,000, Shapiro Auctions The black leather jacket $79,950, Clars Auction
A painting by Vasily Polenov and pants worn by singer- A black leather Finn Juhl
(Russian, 1844-1927), titled actress Olivia Newton- for Neils Vodder
The Herzegovian Lookout John for the song You’re (Denmark) Chieftain
(1876), sold for $375,000 the One That I Want in chair sold for $79,950 at
at auctions held Nov. 2-3 the 1978 hit movie Grease an auction held Nov. 16-
by Shapiro Auctions in New sold for a combined 17 by Clars Auction
York City. Also, Russian $405,700 at auctions held Gallery in Oakland, CA.
November 1 and 2 by Julien’s Auctions in Los
Landscape by Andrei Also, a UBS one kilo gold
Mylnikov (Russian, 1919- Angeles, CA. Also, a costume worn by Marilyn bar, .9999 24kt pure
2012) gaveled for $115,625; Monroe in the movie There’s No Business Like gold, rose to $43,000; a German Black Forest
a large Russian silver and cloisonné enamel Show Business made $280,000; and the red tall case clock chimed on time for $33,825; a
kovsh from the Gish workshop in St. Petersburg floor-length gown worn by Monroe in the film Continental white porcelain figure of Hercules
(1908-1917) rose to $75,000; and a double- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes finished at $250,000. brought $18,450; and an oil on canvas painting
sided drawing by Bill Traylor (American, 1854- by Mihaly Munkacsy (Hungarian, 1844-1900),
1947) made $46,875. Copy of Marvel Comics No. 1, titled The Good Samaritan, made $14,760.
Anthony Bourdain knife, $1.26 million, 1930s Atlantic City poster,
$231,250, Lark Mason Heritage Auctions $16,250, Swann Auction
The late chef A copy of Marvel Comics A circa 1935 poster by Edward
No. 1, the 1939 comic book
Anthony Bourdain’s considered the ‘Big Bang’ of M. Eggleston, titled Atlantic
Bob Kramer steel and the Marvel Comics City/Pennsylvania Railroad, sold
meteorite chef’s knife Superhero Universe, sold for for $16,250 at a Rare &
sold for $231,250 in $1.26 million at a public Important Travel Posters
an online auction auction of vintage comic Auction held November 14th
that ended October 30th by Lark Mason in New books and comic art held by Swann Auction Galleries in
York City. Also, Bourdain’s U.S. Navy jacket November 21 by Heritage New York City. Also, Hubert
from the U.S.S. Nashville, with a Tony Bourdain Auctions in Dallas, TX. The Herkomer’s Normandie/The
patch, went for $171,150; a French silvered price set a new world record for the most expen- World’s Most Perfect Ship/French Line (1939)
bronze Bibendum (or Michelin Man) sculpture sive Marvel comic book ever sold at auction. realized $13,750; Ludwig Hohlwein’s
brought $61,250; and an artist’s proof artwork by The copy was graded 9.4 on a scale of 1 to 10, Yellowstone Park (1910) gaveled for $13,750;
Ralph Steadman, titled Rats in the Kitchen making it the best condition copy ever found. and Leslie Ragan’s The New 20th Century
,
inscribed to Bourdain, rose to $52,500. Limited (1939) changed hands for $11,250.
That drove up the price.
South Pacific mask, Einstein signed photo, Antebellum image of slavery,
$17,550, Jeffrey S. Evans $20,000, Doyle $324,500, Cowan’s Auctions
An antique ethnographic A photograph of Albert A rare antebellum
South Pacific Malagan/ Einstein, signed by him in quarter plate daguerreo -
Tatanua ceremonial mask Berlin, Germany in type believed to be the
sold for $17,550 at a Fine September 1927 sold for earliest known image
& Decorative Arts Auction $20,000 at a Rare Books, of enslaved African
held Oct. 18-19 by Jeffrey Autographs & Maps auction Americans with cotton
S. Evans & Associates in held November 12th by sold for $324,500 at an
Mt. Crawford, VA. Also, American History
an Ercole Barovier Tessere Policrome Murrine art Doyle in New York City. Auction held November 15 by Cowan’s Auctions
Also, a copy of the 1969
glass vase made $17,550; a Parisian street scene by in Cincinnati, OH. Also, a William S. Soule
deluxe edition of Lewis
Edouard Leon Cortes brought $15,210; an Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with photo album of Southern Plains Native
Edison Louis XV floor model phonograph, one of illustrations by Salvador Dali, fetched $18,750; Americans, 40 albumen images in all, fetched
62 made, hit $10,530; and an Emile Gallé faience and a copy of the 1747 edition of Robert and $57,500; and an archive of the postmaster and
open vase realized $6,435. Andrew Foulis’s translation of Homer’s The Iliad Indian Agent of Fort Berthold in the Dakota
went to a determined bidder for $11,250. Territory changed hands for $56,250.
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