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                               Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            Copy of Avengers #1,                        Pokémon uncut proof sheet,                   Prince handwritten lyrics,
            $23,125, Bruneau & Co.                      $234,171, Hake’s Auction                     $150,986, RR Auction

                             A copy of Marvel Comics’                      A    1999     Pokémon                         The handwritten lyrics
                             Avengers #1 (Sept. 1963),                     Shadowless Holographic                        to the late entertainer
                             graded CGC 8.0, featuring                     uncut proof sheet with 99                     Prince’s song  Nothing
                             appearances    by    the                      cards, including seven                        Compares 2 U, from
                             Fantastic Four, Loki, and                     Charizard cards, formerly                     the   collection   of
                             Teen Brigade, sold for                        the property of a Hasbro                      Prince’s former assis-
                             $23,125 at a Comic, TCG                       employee who received                         tant Therese Stoulil,
                             & Toy auction held July                       the sheet as a gift in 1999,                  sold for $150,986 in a
                             10th by Bruneau & Co.                         sold for $234,171 at a                        Marvels of Modern
                             Auctioneers in Cranston,                      Premier Auction held                          Music auction held
                             RI. Also, a copy of Marvel                    June 29-30 by Hake’s                          June 17-24 by RR
                             Comics’  Amazing Spider-                      Auction in York, PA.      Auction in Boston, MA. Also, an Allman
            Man  #14 (July 1964), CGC 9.0, brought                         Also, a 1979 Kenner’s     Brothers signed publicity photograph went for
            $17,500; and a 1st edition factory-sealed    Star Wars  Boba Fett L-slot rocket firing    $81,515; Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics for
            booster box of  Wizards of the Coast Pokémon   prototype figure, AFA 85 NM+, brought     Like a Rolling Stone  fetched $73,943; and a
            Gym Challenge (2000) also rose to $17,500.     $165,200; and original art for a Charles    Buddy Holly and Richie Valens signed 45 rpm
                                                        Schulz Peanuts Sunday comic page from 1955   record made $20,140.
            J. B. Farr sheriff badge,                   reached $80,476.

            $22,420, Old West Events                                                                 Civil War cavalry flag,
                                                        Colt 1911 .45 ACP pistol,                    $40,625, Cowan’s
                                J. B. Farr’s early 19th   $18,000, Milestone Auctions
                                century   14kt   gold                                                                    The personal headquar-
                                presentation sheriff’s                         A Colt 1911 .45                           ters flag of Philip Henry
                                badge, highly detailed,                        ACP pistol, one of                        Sheridan, used when he
                                an important piece of                          only 1,250 of its                         led the 2nd Michigan
                                Colorado history, sold                         type shipped to the                       Cavalry in spring and
                                for $22,420 at the 31st                        U.S. Marine Corps’                        summer 1862 during
                                annual Cody Old West                           Philadelphia depot                        the Civil War, sold for
                                Auction held June 26th                         on July 9, 1913, sold                     $40,625 at an American
                                by Brian Lebel’s Old                           for $18,000 at a                          Historical Ephemera &
                                West Events in Santa                           Premier Antique &     Photography auction held June 25th by
            Fe, NM. Also, Clint Eastwood’s film-worn hat   Firearms auction held June 19th by Milestone   Cowan’s (a Hindman company) in Cincinnati,
            from the 1972 Western movie Joe Kidd made   Auctions in Willoughby, OH. Also, a Walther   OH. Also, an archive of more than 200 letters
            $8,625; an oil on canvas original artwork for a   World War II German K43 semiautomatic rifle   related to Danvers, MA physician and statesman
            Climax Tobacco advertising sign hit $9,775;   manufactured in 1945 hit the mark for      Dr. Samuel Holten, who was an officer in the
            and a hand-carved wooden bull head with real   $11,700; a 1943 US FP-45 Liberator pistol rang   Revolutionary War, rose to $46,875.
            horns brought $12,650.                      up $8,400; and a U.S. Marine Corps 1903
                                                        Springfield rifle changed hands for $7,800.    Carol Channing costume,
            Alexander secretary bookcase,                                                            $23,740, Abell Auction Co.
            $11,875, Ahlers & Ogletree                  David Bowie D Head painting,
                                                        CA$108,120, Cowley Abbott                                   Actress Carol Channing’s
                                A Theodore Alexander                                                                stage-worn   Dolly    Levi
                                contemporary secretary                          An oil on canvas                    costume from the iconic
                                bookcase (or bureau                             painting by the                     Harmonia Gardens scene in
                                cabinet) in the George                          late music icon                     the Broadway play  Hello,
                                II taste sold for $11,875                       David Bowie, titled                 Dolly! sold for $23,740 in an
                                at a Sumer Estates                              D Head XLVI,                        online auction of Channing’s
                                auction held July 18th                          sold for $86,200                    (1921-2019)      Southern
                                by Ahlers & Ogletree                            in    an   online                   California estate held June
                                in Atlanta, GA. Also,                           International Art                   17th by Abell Auction
                                a pair of Chinese    auction held June 24th by Cowley Abbott in                     Company in Los Angeles.
                                rooster   motif   hat    Toronto, Canada. The work was part of a series             Also,   Channing’s   1964
                                stands brought $4,062;   of about 45 paintings Bowie did titled  Dead               American Theatre Wing
                                a Regency style gilt-   Heads (or D Heads). It had been found by the                Tony Award realized $28,125;
                                wood convex mirror      consignor at a donation center for household   a Carol Channing Hello Dolly! annotated script
            earned $2,812; a set of six Windsor continuous   goods in South River, just north of North    fetched $13,750; and an Al Hirschfeld drawing
            bow back dining chairs settled at $2,500;    Bay, Ontario. Bowie’s signature is what caught   of Channing earned $11,250wing of Channing
            and an Edward Blowers mahogany case clock   his eye.                                     earned $11,250.
            realized $2,812.

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