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                                Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            1928 Stanley Cup puck,                      Chippendale side chairs,                     Banksy’s NOLA (White Rain),
            $66,000, Weiss Auctions                     $33,210, Neue Auctions                       $162,500, Heritage Auctions

                                   A hockey puck used                            A     pair    of                       A signed and numbered
                                   in the final Stanley                          Chippendale                            artwork by the enigmatic
                                   Cup championship                              mahogany     side                      British graffiti artist
                                   game of 1928, won                             chairs, made in                        Banksy, titled  NOLA
                                   by the New York                               Philadelphia in the                    (White Rain), sold for
                                   Rangers over the                              1700s, sold for                        $162,500 at a Prints &
                                   Montreal Maroons,                             $33,210 in an                          Multiples    Signature
                                   2-1, with Frank                               online Fine Estates                    Auction held April 22nd
                                   Boucher    scoring   Collection auction held April 10th by Neue                      by Heritage Auctions in
            both goals for the Rangers, sold for $66,000 in   Auctions, based in Beachwood, OH. Also, a                 Dallas, TX. Also, a
            an online Sports, Non-Sports, Pulps, Comics &   19th century Hudson River School oval oil                   ceramic pitcher by Pablo
            Comic Art auction held April 14th by Weiss   painting of a mountainous river landscape with                 Picasso titled  Taureau
            Auctions in Lynbrook, NY. Also, a complete   a river, fishermen and a sailboat fetched $7,380;   (The Bull), executed in 1955, climbed to
            international set of Magic: The Gathering cards,   a Queen Anne circa 1740 Massachusetts high-  $106,250; seven signed, numbered and dated
            362 cards in all, in the original box, with one of   boy garnered $7,995; and a circa 1800 Chinese   screen prints from graffiti artist KAWS’s 2020
            the cards graded, made $20,400.             wallpaper five-panel screen went for $6,150.     What Party? hit $81,250; and Andy Warhol’s
                                                                                                     Turtle (1985) made $62,500.
            1913 Charlie Chaplin poster,                Maud Lewis oil painting,

            $12,810, Appraisal & Estate                 $25,960, Miller & Miller                     Heber Bishop volumes,
                                                                                                     $137,500, Skinner
                               An early, rare Charlie                          An oil on board
                               Chaplin poster from                             painting by Canadian                    A near-pristine copy of
                               1913 for a live show in                         artist Maud Lewis                       Heber Bishop’s two-
                               San Diego, produced                             (1903-1970) sold for                    volume  Investigations in
                               when Chaplin was still a                        $21,150 in an online-                   Jade (1906), which com-
                               vaudeville performer and                        only Canadiana &                        bined stunning watercolor
                               aspiring young comedian,                        Folk Art auction held                   paintings with plentiful
                               sold for $12,810 in an                          April 17th by Miller                    lithographs and etched
                               online  auction   held                          & Miller Auctions,                      illustrations, sold for
                               March 14th by Appraisal   Ltd. in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Also,                   $137,500 at an Asian
                               & Estate Sale Specialists,   a circa 1865-1870 Prince Edward Island pocket              Works of Art auction held
                               Inc. in Fullerton, CA.   watch trade sign, marked W. N. Taunton,      March 16-25 by Skinner in Boston. Also, a 19th
                               Also, a framed montage   finished at $13,450; a carved, slide-top pencil   century silver-inlaid bronze sundial (Angbu
            of memorabilia from the movie  Dirty Harry   box made circa 1800 in Quebec fetched       Ilgu, Korea) gaveled for $118,750; a late 19th
            climbed to $7,320; and a framed montage     $12,980; and a 19th century Quebec parcheesi/   century Chinese semiformal robe brought
            commemorating World War II hero General     checkerboard hit $7,690.                     $13,750; and a pre-1923 woodblock print by
            George S. Patton changed hands for $3,050.                                               Kawase Hasui made $13,750.
                                                        J & E Stevens toy bank,
            Pomodoro bronze sculpture,                  $156,000, Bertoia Auctions                   Studded armor and helmet,
            $186,000, Ahlers & Ogletree                                                              $293,750, Hindman Auctions
                                                                                A J & E Stevens
                                  A polished bronze                             (American)    Girl                       A 19th century Joseon
                                  sculpture by Italian                          Skipping Rope cast-                      Dynasty studded armor
                                  sculptor    Arnaldo                           iron   mechanical                        and helmet sold for
                                  Pomodoro (b. 1926),                           toy bank in pristine                     $293,750 at Asian Art
                                  titled  Sfera, sold for                       to near-mint con-                        Sales held March 25-27
                                  $186,000 in an online                         dition  sold   for                       by Hindman Auctions
                                  Spring Fine Estates &                         $156,000 at Part 1                       in Chicago. Also, a set
                                  Collections auction                           of the sale of Aaron                     of four scrolls by
                                  held March 27-28 by                           and Schroeder me-                        Chinese artist Qi Biashi
                                  Ahlers & Ogletree                             chanical bank  and                       changed hands for
                                  Auction Gallery in    toy collection held March 5-6 by Bertoia                         $212,500; five loose
            Atlanta, GA. Also, a walnut Minguren coffee   Auctions in Vineland, NJ Also, a Mohr &                        album leaves depicting
            table made in 1966 by George Nakashima      Krauss painted tin double Ferris wheel, 25 inches                landscapes, birds and
            (American, 1905-1990) brought $74,400; and a   to the top of the tower, fetched $132,000;   flowers brought $175,000; a transparent
            vivid oil on canvas painting by Ed Mell (Ariz.,   and a J & E Stevens  Bread Winners cast-iron   amber-tone glass bottle rose to $75,000; a
            b. 1942), titled Western Landscape, signed and in  mechanical bank in near-mint condition   pair of Chinese silk gauze summer robes hit
            a giltwood frame, rose to $40,300.          changed hands for $102,000.                  $11,875; and a complete series set by Tsukioka
                                                                                                     Yoshitoshi reached $31,250.

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