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Pablo Picasso painting, Richards gouache on board, Tim Kent painting,

$186,000, John McInnis $36,270, Thomaston Place $11,340, Doyle
A mixed-media painting An 1878 gouache A boldly-colored,
attributed to Pablo Picasso on board painting oversized acrylic
that had spent the last 50 by William Trost on paper depiction
years in a closet in a house Richards (PA/RI, of a Red Mercedes
in Maine sold for $186,000 1833-1905), depict- Benz car by the
at an auction held June ing a rocky coastline, American artist
26th by John McInnis sold for $36,270 at Tim Kent sold for $11,340 in an auction of
Auctioneers in Amesbury, MA. The painting, the Splendid, Part I sale held July 9-11 by items from a New York apartment decorated
titled Le Tricorne, is 16 inches square and was Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in by Miles Redd held July 15th by Doyle in New
signed and dated (1919). It is believed to be a Thomaston, ME. Also, a graphite on paper by York City. Also, a Regency style black and
study for the stage curtain Picasso painted for a Charles Burchfield (NY/OH, 1893-1967), white painted wood convex mirror gaveled
ballet of the same name that debuted that year titled Study for Church Bells Ringing on a Rainy for $10,080; a faux horn painted and leather
in London. An attempt is underway to authen- Night, raised $30,000; and an oil on canvas still upholstered tester bed earned $10,080; and
ticate the work. life painting by Severin Roesen (PA, 1816- a Venetian style blue glass mounted framed
1872) went for $28,080. mirror achieved $10,080.
Copy of the Declaration,
$4.42 million, Freeman’s Tsimshian soul catcher, LeBron James jersey,
$125,313, Bonhams $512,000, Julien’s Auctions
Signer Charles Carroll’s
copy of the Declaration A Pacific Northwest LeBron James’s Sports
of Independence sold Coast Tsimshian soul Illustrated “The Chosen One”
for $4.42 million at a catcher achieved a magazine cover photo-
single-lot auction held record auction price of matched high school
July 1st by Freeman’s in $125,313 at a Native basketball jersey sold for
Philadelphia. It was the American Art sale held $512,000 at a Sports Legends
second-highest price ever June 29th by Bonhams in Los Angeles. Also, a auction held July 17-18 by
paid at auction for a copy Northwest Coast stone frog effigy tobacco Julien’s Auctions in Los
of the Declaration, and the most ever paid at mortar, conceived as a squatting frog with Angeles. It was the most ever paid at auction for
auction for an American document printed in wide mouth and bulbous eyes, went for a high school jersey, besting the $192,000 paid
the 19th century. It was a copy of William J. $81,563; and a Navajo Late Classic Second for Barack Obama’s jersey in a previous Julien’s
Stone’s 1823 printing and was originally Phase chief’s blanket, previously owned by the sale. Also, a rare Michael Jordan 1986-1987
presented to Charles Carroll (1737-1832), the late singer Andy Williams, went to a determined Fleer #57 basketball rookie card, graded PSA
last surviving signer of the original document. bidder for $44,063. Gem Mint 10, finished at $384,000.

Tom Thumb daguerreotype, Mia Hamm rookie card, Elton John’s piano,
$18,000, Potter & Potter $34,440, Goldin Auctions $915,000, Heritage
A quarter-plate daguerreo- A rookie card of U.S. soccer Sir Elton John’s circa
type of General Tom legend Mia Hamm sold for 1972 Steinway Model
Thumb from the late $34,440 in an online Premium D grand piano, signed
1840s, showing the per- Card and Memorabilia auction by the Rocket Man on
former standing on a table, held in June by Goldin the gilded cast-iron
sold for $18,000 at a Auctions, based in Runnemede, frame (along with the
Circus, Sideshow & NJ. It was the most ever paid for sentiment, “Enjoy this
Oddities Sale held June a female athlete trading card. as much as I have,
19th by Potter & Potter Also, a Lionel Messi rookie card Elton John”), sold for
Auctions in Chicago. Also, a collection of about rose to $344,400; an unopened box of 1961-62 $915,000 at an Entertainment & Music
500 35mm slides of mid-century American Fleer Basketball cards went for a record memorabilia auction held July 17th by Heritage
circus beauties and other performers earned $461,250; a Kobe Bryant NBA Logo Mania Auctions in Dallas, TX. The buyer was
$12,000; and a large We Expose the Fakes autographed card fetched $555,960; and an Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The seller
banner, illustrated with a full cast of circus side- Erling Haaland card brought $442,800. was Curtis Schwartz, a longtime music engineer.
show performers, knocked down for $11,400. John used the piano on tour from the 1970s
Patek Philippe watch, through the 1990s.
1790 redware charger, $53,750, Lark Mason
$36,900, Pook & Pook Michael Jordan sneakers,
A Patek Philippe $176,400, Sotheby’s
A sgraffito redware 18kt white gold
charger, dated 1790 and Nautilus wrist- A pair of size-13 Nike Air
attributed to George watch, circa 2009, Jordan sneakers, made in
Huebner (Montgomery with the original 1995 for Michael Jordan in
County, PA), sold for certificate and box, honor of his role in the
$36,900 at a sale of the sold for $53,750 in movie Space Jam, sold for
estate of Joyce Bowes an online auction $176,400 in an online
Collis, held June 24-25 hosted on iGavelAuctions.com by Lark Mason auction held July 15-26 by
by Pook & Pook, Inc. in Downingtown, PA. Associates in New York City. Also, an 18th Sotheby’s in New York.
Also, a monumental Lancaster County, century Bodhisattva finished at $4,000; a Jordan autographed the left shoe of the pair,
Pennsylvania walnut architectural shrank, circa Female Nude by Emile-Louis Foubert knocked which were “deadstock” (never-before-worn)
1770, made $34,440; and a large Charles II silk down for $18,750, and two paintings by and were a “player sample” (made especially for
and metallic thread embroidery, late 17th Swedish-American artist Birger Sandzen, Snow Jordan in such a way that his ankle wouldn’t roll
century, depicting royal figures in a landscape and Mountain (1925) and Twilight (1941), when he changed direction on the court). He
with birds and beasts, brought $29,520. went for $30,000 each. wore the style during the 1996 NBA playoffs.

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