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Paddle steamer model,                       Tornek-Rayville watch,                       Thomas Woodward painting,

            $50,000, John Moran                         $95,250, Michaan’s                           $10,710, Doyle
                                   A silvered and gilt                     A rare Tornek-Rayville                         A painting by Thomas
                                   model    of    the                      TR-900 military diver’s                        Woodward (British,
                                   American    paddle                      stainless-steel wristwatch,                    1801-1852), titled  A
                                   steamer  Harlan left                    circa 1964, with a box,                        Young Man on a Bay
                                   port for $50,000 at                     sold for $95,250 at a                          Hunter,   sold   for
                                   a       Traditional                     Winter Fine Sale held                          $10,710 at an auction
                                   Collector auction                       December    18th    by                         of Old Masters & 19th
                                   held December 16th                      Michaan’s Auctions in                          Century Paintings &
            by John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, CA.   Alameda, CA. Also, a diamond, platinum      Drawings held January 21st by Doyle in New
            Also, a French marquetry vitrine changed hands   Riviere fringe necklace topped out at $84,000;   York City. Also, a portrait of Rear Admiral
            for $6,875; a painting done in the style of Jean-  and a lithograph in colors on wove paper by   John Sprat Rainier by John Hoppner (British,
            Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766), titled    David Hockney (British, b. 1937), titled  Pool   1758-1810) achieved $11,340; a pair of Dutch
            Portrait of Anne Henriette of France Playing the   Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book (1980),   17th century floral still lifes realized $12,600;
            violoncello  (circa 1727-1752) earned $8,125;   signed and dated lower right and numbered   and a Still Life of Fruit on a Marble Ledge by a
            and a Buccellati sterling silver Octopus center-  (“671/1000”) brought $50,800.          follower of Willem van Aelst brought $10,710.
            piece went for $10,000.
                                                        Parker & Perry candelabras,                  Bill Traylor painting,
            Copy of ZAP Comix #1,                       $22,500, Auctions at Showplace  $293,750, Christie’s
            $27,000, PBA Galleries
                                                                            A pair of Parker &                           A folk-art painting by
                           Legendary   cartoonist  R.                       Perry English George                         Bill Traylor, titled Two
                           Crumb’s personally-owned                         III Wedgwood and                             Dogs Fighting: Man
                           first-edition copy of  ZAP                       gilt-bronze girandole                        Chasing Dog  (1939-
                           Comix #1 (Nov. 1967) sold for                    candelabras sold for                         1942) sold for $293,750
                           $27,000 at a Comic Books                         $22,500 at a sale of                         at an Outsider and
                           Auction held December 10th                       items from the estate of                     Vernacular Art Sale held
                           by PBA Galleries in Berkeley,                    Martin Bregman held      January 21st during Americana Week by
                           CA. It was the most ever paid   January 3rd by Auctions at Showplace in New   Christie’s in New York City. Also, Martin
                           for an underground comic     York City. Also, a still-life painting of flowers on   Ramirez’s untitled work (Tunnels and Train),
                           book. Also, a limited-edition   a ledge by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French-  circa 1950s, achieved $187,500; Thornton
            statue by Richard Corben, titled  Reclining    Flemish, 1636-1699) realized $16,250; and    Dial’s  Creation of Life in the Blackberry Patch
            Nude (circa 1977) made $7,800; and the first 11   an early 20th century Louis XV-style gilt and   (2003) realized $150,000; and an untitled
            issues of  Weird Science and  Weird Fantasy    patinated bronze mantel clock with chinoiserie   work by Judith Scott (Heart, 1993) hit a
            magazines (1966), bound by Russ Cochran,    motifs went for $17,500.                     record $52,500.
            both hit $3,600.
                                                        Fitzgerald fan letter,                       1787 gold doubloon coin,
            Nancy Whorf painting,                       $37,987, RR Auction                          $9.36 million, Heritage
            $34,375, James R. Bakker
                                                                       A four-page letter written to                    A 1787 gold doubloon
                                  A    painting   by                   author F. Scott Fitzgerald by                    coin, the finest example
                                  Provincetown    Art                  a fan in the late 1920s sold                     of just the seven known
                                  Colony artist Nancy                  for $37,987 in an online                         to exist, graded NGC
                                  Whorf (1930-2009),                   auction that ended January                       MS65, sold for $9.36
                                  titled Ice House Beach               13th by RR Auction, based in                     million at an auction of
                                  Snow,    sold   for                  Boston, MA. The handwritten   important U.S. coins held January 21st by
                                  $34,375 in an online                 letter was addressed to “Mr.   Heritage Auctions in Dallas, TX. It was the
            art auction held December 19th by James R.                 Fitzgerald” in Paterson, New   most ever paid at auction for a gold coin, eclips-
            Bakker Antiques, based in Provincetown, MA.                Jersey, and commented on    ing the previous record of $7.59 million for a
            Also, Aldro Hibbard’s  Provincetown knocked   the writer’s debut novel, This Side of Paradise.   1933 $20 Double Eagle, sold in 2002. The
            down for $11,250; Charles Kaeselau’s        The letter came with a matte-finish photo of   doubloon, officially titled the 1787 New York-
            Provincetown achieved $8,125; Arthur Cohen’s   Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the author’s wife   Style Brasher Doubloon, has been called “The
            First House went for $10,625; Karl Knaths’ The   (shown), boldly signed by him in fountain pen   World’s Most Famous Coin.”
            Clock hit $16,250; and a Paul Resika landscape   with an inscription.
            realized $8,125.                                                                         Group of Fabergé wine carafes,
                                                        Platinum and diamond ring,                   $56,200, Sarasota Estate Auction
            Ted Williams jersey,                        $204,000, Nadeau’s Auction
            $139,714, Lelands                                                                                          A group of four Fabergé
                                                                         A platinum and diamond                        crystal and silver wine
                          A Boston Red Sox jersey, worn                  ring set with a 4.54-carat                    carafes sold for $56,200
                          circa 1954-1955 by Ted                         emerald cut diamond,                          at a Fine Art, Antiques
                          Williams and signed by the                     flanked by trillion cut dia-                  & Jewelry sale held Jan.
                          Splendid Splinter, in MEARS                    monds, sold for $204,000                      23-24 by Sarasota Estate
                          10   condition,  sold   for                    at a New Year’s Day auction                   Auction in Sarasota, FL.
                          $139,714 in a Fall Classic                     held   January  1st   by    Also, an oil on canvas painting by Laura Adeline
                          Auction that closed December                   Nadeau’s Auction Gallery    Muntz-Lyall (Canadian, 1860-1930) realized
            11th by Lelands in New York City. Also, a Roy   in Windsor, CT. Also, 5.5-carat platinum and   $26,700; an oil on canvas painting by Adam
            Campanella photo-matched and game-worn      pear-shaped diamond ring, purchased in 1910   Emory Albright (American, 1862-1957)
            Brooklyn Dodgers uniform from his 1955 MVP   by Francis M. “Borax” Smith, founder of     brought $12,500; and a painting by Frank
            and World Series season brought $131,066; and   Twenty Mule Team Borax, earned $138,000;   Myers Boggs (American, 1855-1926), titled
            a Zion Williamson 2019-2020 Panini Prizm    and a set of three original pencil drawings by   Rough Day, Port of Honfleur, made $7,900.
            Gold rookie card finished at $118,261.      John Tenniel (British, 1820-1914) hit $72,000.

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