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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
McIlhenney painting, 10-gallon visible gas pump, Bisa Butler artwork,
$100,000, Shannon’s $87,600, Morphy Auctions $75,000, Swann Auction

An oil on A 10-gallon visible gas pump Bisa Butler’s quilted
canvas paint- with an oil dispenser restored in and appliquéd dyed
ing by Charles Stanocoloa Gasoline livery sold cotton fabrics titled
Morgan for $87,600 at an auction held Nandi and Natalie
McIlhenney May 11-15 by Morphy Auctions (Friends) (2007)
(American, in Denver, PA. Also, a rare sold for $75,000 at
1858-1904), Esmeralda 5-cent fortune teller, an African American
titled Summer Afternoon by the Shore, signed, 14 maker unknown, with a cylinder Art auction held
inches by 26 3/4 inches, sold for $100,000, a record player and record, played April 22nd by
record for the artist, in a Fine Art Auction held a sweet tune for $78,000; a late Swann Auction Galleries in New York City.
April 29 by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers in 19th century Brunswick triple Also, Howardena Pindell’s tempera, gouache,
Milford, CT. Also, an oil on canvas by Fidelia arch-back and front bar, postcards, punched paper, nails, fluorescent
Bridges (American, 1834-1923), titled Rose- mirrored, reached $66,000; and paint, glitter, and thread on board titled Oval
Breasted Grosbeak in a Thicket, fetched $80,000; a Chevrolet / Buick porcelain Memory Series: (Rhinoceros) Heaven (1980-
and a still life by Paul Lacroix (American, 1827- neon sign hit $45,600. 1981) changed hands for $100,000. It was a
1908) went for $71,500. new record price for the artist.
Bandai Japanese friction toy,
Supertest petroliana sign, $55,200, Milestone Auctions 1953 Hank Williams poster,

CA$21,240, Miller & Miller $150,000, Heritage Auctions
A Japanese
A Canadian Supertest Bandai An advertisement for
Service Station dou- friction- a 1953 Hank Williams
ble-sided porcelain powered show that never hap-
hanging sign from “Flying pened, found in an Ohio
the 1940s sold for Spaceman” barn and bought for
$21,240 in an online on “Super $5 in 1981, sold
Petroliana Cycle” for $150,000 at an
& Advertising with origi- Entertainment & Music
auction held May nal caped, green rubber “Superman” figure, with Auction held May 1-2 by
15th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. in New colorfully illustrated box lid, sold for $55,200 at Heritage Auctions in
Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Also, a Canadian a Spring Spectacular Toy Auction held May 1st Dallas, TX. It was the
1930s Goodrich Tires “Mountie” porcelain sign by Milestone Auctions in Willoughby, OH. most ever paid for a concert poster, eclipsing
realized $16,520; a 1940s Bennett 541 Also, a Walt Disney-authorized Mickey Mouse the $137,500 paid for a Beatles’ Shea Stadium
Supertest gas pump, 92 inches tall, hit Krazy Kar with figures of Mickey, Minnie concert poster in April 2020. Also, a 1966
$20,060; and a 1920s Canadian Orange Crush Mouse, and Pluto rose to $34,800; and a Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” poster,
store soda cooler brought $7,670. Prices are in Masudaya (Japan) 15-inch battery-op Target graded CGC 9.6 and signed by artist Stanley
Canadian dollars. Robot from the ‘Gang of Five’ made $13,800. Mouse, brought $84,375.

Wendell Castle table, Letter from Hamilton to Madison, Sterling silver dish,
$70,110, Neue Auctions $113,850, Lion Heart Autographs $9,375, John Moran

An important and A letter written by A Maison Odiot
beautiful dining table Alexander Hamilton to French sterling
custom designed James Madison in 1790, silver dish sold
by Wendell Castle mentioning Thomas for $9,375 at a
(American, 1932- Jefferson, sold for Tradition
2018) sold for $113,850 at an auction Collector sale
$70,110 in an online- held April 28th by Lion held April 28th
only Modernism sale Heart Autographs, Inc. by John Moran
held May 15th by in New York City. Auctioneers in
Neue Auctions in Also, Mahatma Gandhi’s Monrovia, CA. A French Louis XVI carved
Beachwood, Ohio. quote on faith realized giltwood sofa also brought $9,375; an oil on
Also, an oil on canvas $11,500; a handwritten canvas Portrait of a Gentleman, 49 1/4 inches by
still life painting by Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening poem by 41 inches, went for $4,375; a large Japanese
Lê Pho (Vietnamese/French, 1907-2001), titled Robert Frost fetched $35,650; a John Adams Sumida Gawa figural vase knocked down for
Fleurs (Flowers) brought $20,910; and an oil on letter about the war between France and Britain $4,688; and an oil on canvas by Lilian Chevoit
canvas Still Life with Sculpture on Table by brought $26,450; and a Benjamin Franklin (English, 1884-1932), titled A Pair of English
Claude Venard, (French, 1913-1999), executed inscription went for $14,375. Cocker Spaniels, hit $5,626.
with heavy impasto, fetched $15,990.

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