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Maurice de Vlaminck oil, Tiffany Studios windows, Bob Marley shirt,

$43,750, John Moran $705,000, Freeman’s $33,275, RR Auction
An oil on canvas A set of seven A shirt worn onstage by
painting by Maurice stained glass reggae legend Bob Marley
de Vlaminck (French, windows cre- at the Santa Barbara Bowl
1876-1958), titled ated in 1902 (CA) on July 23, 1978,
Paysage a la Route, by Tiffany where he performed with the
sold for $43,750 at a Studios (NY), Wailers, sold for $33,275 at
20th Century Art + titled Angels a Marvels of Modern Music
Design auction held Representing Seven Churches, sold for $705,000 auction held November 19th
October 27th by John Moran Auctioneers in (more than double the high estimate) in a by RR Auction in Boston,
Monrovia, CA. Also, a color lithograph on single-lot sale held in November by Freeman’s MA. Also, handwritten lyrics
paper by Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983), titled in Philadelphia. Said Freeman’s Head of Sales, by Bob Dylan, penned after a visit with Woodie
Delire du Couturier Jaune, realized $8,125; and a Tim Andreadis, “We were elated to see this rare Guthrie in May 1962 and never made public until
white earthenware clay piece by Pablo Picasso surviving set of windows achieve a world-class recently, garnered $38,781; and a trove of Dylan-
(Spanish, 1881-1973), titled Faun’s Head (1955), price, befitting both their artistic splendor and related material brought $495,000.
brought $4,375. religious significance.”
Detective Comics No. 27,
Hofzinser magic illusion, 1801 blanket chest, $1.5 million, Heritage Auctions
$45,600, Potter & Potter $23,750 Cowan’s Auctions
A copy of Detective Comics
A Hofzinser Any- An 1801 federal No. 27 (May 1939), graded
Card Called for Card polychrome paint Fine/Very Fine 7.0 by
Rise Box, a card trick decorated pine CGC, unrestored and
and magic illusion, three-drawer marking the comic book
sold for $45,600 at a blanket chest sold debut of Batman, sold for
Magic Sale held for $23,750 at $1.5 million in a four-day
October 31st by a Stoneware & Comics & Comic Art
Potter & Potter Americana auc- auction that was ended on
Auctions in Chicago, tion held Nov. November 22nd by
IL. Also, Hofzinser’s 11-12 by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati. Also, Heritage Auctions in Dallas,
Wonderful Wand from 1860 finished at an 1804 Chippendale Berks County painted pine TX. It was the highest price ever realized for
$31,200; a circa 1780 ivory-handled cane said to blanket chest commanded $16,640; a 21-inch any Batman comic book. The previous record
be owned by the famous magician Cagliostro Ohio stoneware water cooler with patriotic eagle was set on Feb. 25, 2010, when another copy of
changed hands for $15,600; and a Visible Die from the 1840s went for $11,875; and a Detective Comics No. 27, graded 8.0, hammered
Through the Hat, a mechanical masterpiece Pennsylvania free-hand cobalt decorated four- for $1.075 million.
(1999), went for $14,400. gallon crock changed hands for $8,320.
Fernando Botero oil,
Fritz Scholder painting, Coca-Cola litho sign, $2.01 million, Christie’s
$187,500, Hindman $6,000, Rich Penn
An oil on canvas painting
An oil on canvas painting A Coca-Cola litho by Fernando Botero
by Fritz Scholder, titled on cardboard “Prevent (b. 1932), titled Card
Indian Messiah (1975), sold Forest Fires” sign, Players (1986), 59 1/4
for $187,500 at a Western 33 inches by 39 inches, inches by 74 1/4 inches,
Paintings & Sculpture sold for $6,000 at an signed and dated, sold
auction held October 29th auction held July 23-26 for $2.01 million at a
by Hindman (based in by Rich Penn Auctions in Waterloo, IA. Also, an Latin American Art auction held November
Chicago) in Denver, CO. English Edwardian taxidermy diorama on a parlor 13th by Christie’s in New York City. Also,
Also, Earl Bliss’s 1986 oil stand fetched $5,225; a 19th century pair of a pink Portuguese marble on a granite base
on canvas titled Ritual Dance of the Moon Hunters Victorian English bird domes, each mounted with sculpture by Pablo Atchugarry (b. 1954), titled
changed hands for $75,000; and Billy Schenck’s taxidermy birds, earned $5,220; and a Coca-Cola Unreachable Dream, 83 3/4 inches tall, brought
Days of August (1986) set an auction for the artist “Drink Coca-Cola” tin litho on metal sign, $462,500; and an oil on canvas by Candido
when it knocked down for $40,000. The sale 11 inches by 35 inches, climbed to $4,930. Portinari (1903-1962) realized $437,500.
totaled $1.6 million.
Rolex Explorer wristwatch, Betye Saar artwork,
Folk art double portrait, CA$29,500, Miller & Miller $81,900, Sotheby’s
$81,900, Jeffrey S. Evans
A stainless-steel Rolex Oyster An artwork by Betye
A folk art double Perpetual Explorer men’s Saar titled ABCD
portrait by John James wristwatch from 1966 sold for Education (2001) sold
Trumbull Arnold $29,500 in an online-only for $81,900 (a new
(1812-1865) of the Watches, Jewelry & auction record for the
Parsons children of Decorative Arts auction held artist) at Sotheby’s Day
Piedmont, Virginia November 21st by Miller & Sales of Contemporary
(now West Virginia), Miller Auctions, Ltd., in New and Impressionist & Modern Art held in
sold for $81,900, a new auction record for the Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. November in New York City. Also, Barkley L.
artist, at a Premier Americana Auction held Also, a 1962 Omega Hendricks’ Jackie Sha-la-la (1975) soared to
Nov. 12-14 by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates in Speedmaster watch realized $23,600; an 1880s $2.8 million; Helen Frankenthaler’s Giant Step
Mt. Crawford, VA. Also, a Salem, North Gilbert No. 8 floor standing regulator clock (1975) commanded $2.4 million; and Fernando
Carolina figured maple dwarf tall-case clock brought $8,850; and a watercolor painting by Botero’s sculpture Leda and the Swan, conceived
earned $37,440; and a Virginia Confederate Frederic Remington made $8,850. in 1996 and cast in 2018, hit $2.4 million.
Civil War presentation sword made $23,400.

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