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                               Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium

            Wormser Bros. flask,                        Toulouse-Lautrec poster,                     Russian triptych icon,
            $19,550, American Bottle                    $114,000, Poster Auctions                    $25,000, Doyle

                             A Wormser Bros. whiskey                            A poster by Henri de                      A patinated metal and
                             flask (San Francisco, circa                        Toulouse-Lautrec,                         cloisonné enamel trip-
                             1865) with horizontal letter-                      titled  P. Sescau /                       tych icon, featuring
                             ing and applied champagne-                         Photographe (1894)                        a depiction of the
                             style top, the oldest Western                      sold for $114,000 at                      Resurrection in the
                             whiskey flask known, sold                          Rare Posters Auction                      central panel flanked
                             for $19,550 in the online                          #82 held November                         by images of St.
                             auction of the Don Mullally                        15th   by   Poster                        Alexander Nevsky and
                             collection that ended on   Auctions International in New York City. Also,                    St.  Nicholas    the
                             October 25th by American   James Montgomery Flagg’s Wake Up, America!   Wonderworker, sold for $25,000 at an auction
                             Bottle Auctions, based in   (1917) fetched $7,800; Leonetto Cappiello’s   of Russian Works of Art held October 28th by
                             Sacramento, CA. Also, a    Cinzano Vermouth (circa 1919) made $11,400;   Doyle in New York City. Also, a bronze group
                             greenish amber Tea Kettle   Leon Hingre’s  Theophile Roederer & Co. /   of a Native American on Lookout by Prince Paul
            bourbon bottle, circa 1871-1877, settled at   Champagne (1897) rose to $5,040; and Alphonse   Troubetzkoy hammered for $18,750; and a
            $16,675; and an aqua blue Cassin’s Grape Brandy   Mucha’s  Northeast Bohemia Fair (1903) went    moss agate model of an elephant by Fabergé
            Bitters bottle with a crack hit $10,235.    for $20,400.                                 went for $5,625.

            Wells Fargo stock certificate,              Caille “Triple Centaur” slot,                Honus Wagner T-206 card,
            $2,875, Holabird Western                    $240,000, Morphy Auctions                    $1.4268 million, Goldin
            Americana                                                             The only known  Auctions
                                                                                  example of a late
                                       A rare Wells                                                                 A 1909-1911 T-206 white
                                       Fargo     and                              19th    century                   border Honus Wagner base-
                                                                                            Bros.
                                                                                  Caille
                                       Company (NY)                               “Triple Centaur                   ball card, graded PSA PR-FR
                                       stock certificate                                                            1, sold for $1,426,800 in an
                                       from    1870,                              Jackpot” musical                  October Legends Auction
                                                                                  upright
                                                                                              slot
                                       issued for 100                                                               held Oct. 31-Nov.1 by
                                       shares, sold for                           machine sold for                  Goldin Auctions, based in
                                                                                  $240,000 at a
                                       $2,875 at a 5-                                                               Runnemede, NJ. It was a
                                                                                  Coin-Op
                                                                                               &
            day Spooktacular Sale held Oct. 29-Nov. 2 by   Advertising sale held Oct. 29-31 by Morphy               new world auction record for
            Holabird Western Americana Collections in                                                               a Honus Wagner T-206 card.
            Reno, NV. Also, a $1,000 banknote from the   Auctions in Denver, PA. Also, a Caille Bros.               Also, a 1952 Topps #311
                                                        Peerless Roulette 5-cent floor model slot
            Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Series of                                         Micky Mantle card, graded PSA NM-MT 8,
            1934-A, went for $2,500; a 1960s 25-cent slot   machine, circa 1904, garnered $186,000; a   went for $584,250; and a 2005/2006 Upper
                                                        Mills 5-cent Little Rip baseball-themed payout
            machine from the Nevada Club Casino rang up                                              Deck Logoman game-used patch card signed
            $2,625; and a 5-cent token from the PX at   trade stimulator brought $132,000; and a Caille   by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen made
                                                        Bros. 5-cent Black Cat musical upright slot
            Camp Yosemite (CA) realized $2,000.         machine rose to $102,000.                    $295,200.

            Ashley Longshore painting,                  Mackintosh bedside cabinet,                  Robert Doisneau portfolio,
            $6,250, Crescent City Auction                                                            $37,500, Swann Galleries
                                                        $328,000, Lyon & Turnbull
                                  A mixed media paint-                 A bedside cabinet by Charles                            A       Robert
                                  ing by Sarah Ashley                                                                          Doisneau com-
                                  Longshore     (New                   Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish,                            plete portfolio
                                  Orleans, b. 1975),                   1868-1928) sold for $328,000                            with 15 silver
                                                                       in an online Decorative Arts:
                                  titled  Audrey Hepburn                                                                       prints  (1945-
                                  with Butterflies, sold for           Design Since 1860 auction                               1972), printed in
                                                                       held Nov. 2-3 by Lyon &
                                  $6,250 at a Fall Estates                                                                     1979, sold for
                                  Auction held Nov. 14-                Turnbull   in   Edinburgh,                              $37,500 at a
                                                                       Scotland. Also, an extra-size
                                  15 by Crescent City                                                                          Fine    Photo-
                                  Auction Gallery in                   “Tudric” pewter and abalone   graphs auction held October 22nd by Swann
            New Orleans, LA. Also, an 18kt white gold tennis           clock design, circa 1900, by   Galleries in New York City. Also, a Josef
            bracelet slipped around a new wrist for $8,125; an   Archibald Knox (1864-1933), realized $34,160;   Koudelka silver print titled  Czechoslovakia
                                                        and an Aesthetic Movement ebonized birch
            oil on board painting by Clementine Hunter                                               (1968) printed in the 1990s knocked down for
            (LA, 1887-1988), titled  Wash Day, realized   occasional table with incised and gilt decoration   $30,000; a Man Ray portfolio titled Electricite
                                                        designed by E. W. Godwin reached $22,995.
            $4,062; and a French Louis XVI-style mahogany                                            (1931) rose to $22,500; and Manuel Bravo’s
            marble-top sideboard hit $3,250.            Prices shown are in U.S. dollars.            Fotografias (1945) hit $20,000.


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