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Billy the Kid kill gun,                     Anna Gunter painting,                        Evinrude porcelain sign,
            $6.03 million, Bonhams                      $76,200, Shapiro Auctions                    $30,750, Route 32 Auctions
                                      The Colt Single                   A painting by Anna Gunter                       An Evinrude porcelain
                                      Action revolver                   (Polish, 1933-2013), titled                     flange sign with excel-
                                      used by Sheriff                   Meeting with the Fiancé                         lent gloss and color,
                                      Pat Garrett to kill               (1962), 34 1/2 inches by 26                     rated 8.9, 21 inches by
                                      the 19th century                  3/4 inches, sold for $76,200                    18 1/2 inches, sold for
                                      outlaw Billy the                  at an International Fine Art,                   $30,750 at the Iowa Gas
            Kid on July 14, 1881, at Pete Maxwell’s Ranch               Antiques & Jewelry auction                      Auction held Aug. 5-6
            in New Mexico sold for $6.03 million at a                   held July 31st by Shapiro                       by Route 32 Auctions in
            single-owner sale titled The Early West: The                Auctions in Mamaroneck,                         Des Moines, Iowa. Also,
            Collection of Jim and Theresa Earle, held   NY. Also, a 5.03-carat emerald cut diamond                      a Red Hat Wey-Co
            August 27th by Bonhams in Los Angeles. It   ring in a ballerina setting slipped onto a new   Gasoline milk glass globe, 14 1/2 inches tall on
            was a world auction record for any firearm.   finger for $50,000; and a painting by Miguel   a 4-inch base, rated 9, made $27,060; a Texaco
            Pat Garrett’s friendship with the Kid, and his   Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904-1957), titled   Motor Oil & Gasoline milk glass chimney
            subsequent hunt, capture, escape, and death,   Taylor Gordon, 15 inches by 13 1/2 inches,   with the globe in good condition, rated 8.9,
            have become the stuff of legend.            brought $34,925.                             18 inches tall, brought $18,500; and an
                                                                                                     Aviation Gasoline gas globe hit $19,065.
            Painting by Frank Sinatra,                  1962 Aston Martin DB4GT,
            $38,400, Potter & Potter                    $9.52 million, RM Sotheby’s                  Nakashima double dresser,
                                                                                                     $17,500, Leland Little Auctions
                               A framed acrylic on                             A 1962 Aston Martin
                               canvas painting by Frank                        DB4GT Zagato, one                             A walnut double
                               Sinatra, a floral-themed                        of only 19 built, sold                        dresser made in
                               work signed “Sinatra/89”                        for $9.52 million at a                        the   1960s   by
                               lower right, sold for                           Monterey Auction                              George Nakashima
                               $38,400 at a Disneyana                          held Aug. 12-14 by                            (American, 1905-
                               & Pop Culture Sale held   Sotheby’s in Monterey, CA. Also, a 1962 Ferrari                     1990) sold for
                               July 30th by Potter &    268 SP by Fantuzzi and a 1966 Ferrari GTB    $17,500 at a Modern Art & Design auction
            Potter Auctions in Chicago. Also, a turn-of-   Competizione both rolled away for $7.7 million   held August 19th by Leland Little Auctions in
            the-century style Disneyland Park mailbox from   each; a 2003 Ferrari Enzo roared off for $3.36   Hillsborough, NC. Also, a large Jerga bronze
            1980 rang up $10,200; a maquette of Figment   million; a 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring rang   sculpture by Kieff Antonio Grediaga (Canadian,
            the Dragon from the Imagination Pavilion at   up $1.6 million, a new record for a Japanese   b. 1936) rang up $15,625; a pair of glass
            Epcot climbed to $10,200; and a framed Walt   road car; and a 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400   sculptures by Dale Chihuly (American,
            Disney autograph display with clipped signature   S finished at $2.095 million.          b. 1941), titled Laguna Persians, fetched $9,062;
            made $5,520.                                                                             and a painting by Frank Faulkner (American,
                                                        Honus Wagner T206 card,                      1946-2018) made $8,438.
            Trae Young rookie card,                     $6.6 million, Robert Edward
            $400,980, Goldin Auctions                                                                Diane Arbus silver print,
                                                                      A 1909 T206 Honus Wagner       $50,000, Swann Galleries
                         A Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks)                 baseball card sold for $6.6 mil-
                         rookie basketball card sold for a            lion at an auction held August                   A silver print of a photo-
                         record $400,980 in a Summer                  15th by Robert Edward                            graph by Diane Arbus,
                         Auction that closed August 7th               Auctions in Los Angeles. It was                  taken in 1970 and printed
                         and 9th by Goldin Auctions in                the most ever paid for a sports                  in 1972, titled Two Men
                         Runnemede, NJ. Also, a Conor                 card, eclipsing the $5.2 million                 Dancing at a Drag Ball,
                         McGregor UFC Gold Prizm                      paid for a Mickey Mantle card.                   NYC, sold for $50,000
                         card gaveled for $27,060; a                  Fewer than 60 of the T206                        at an LGBTQ+ Art,
                         combination Magic Johnson      Honus Wagner cards are known to exist. Only                    Material   Culture   &
            and Larry Bird rookie card, graded PSA GEM   four are graded higher than the one just sold.                History Auction held
            MT 10, went for a record $861,000; a Mickey   According to legend, Wagner insisted the cards   August 19th by Swann Galleries in New York
            Mantle rookie card, SGC NM+ 7.5, brought    be pulled from distribution because they were in   City. Also, a colored pencil on paper by Tom of
            $319,800; and a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card,   cigarette packs and he didn’t smoke.       Finland, titled Home – Secured (1982) soared to
            PSA NM-MT 8, rose to $344,400.                                                           $87,500, a record for the artist; and an oil on
                                                        Charles M. Russell painting,                 canvas painting by Hugh Steers, titled  Gold
            1882 trade dollar,                          $1.7 million, Coeur d’Alene                  Fringe (1993), changed hands for $62,500.
            $16,800, Alderfer’s
                                                                                   A 1904 painting  Clementine Hunter work,
                                 An 1882 Proof 66                                  by Charles M.  $11,875, Slotin Auction
                                 trade dollar sold for                             Russell  titled                        A painting by the
                                 $16,800 at a Coins                                Roping a Wolf                          legendary American
                                 and Currency auction                              sold for over                          folk artist Clementine
                                 held July 28th by                                 $1.7 million at a                      Hunter, titled  Large
                                 Alderfer Auction in                               Fine Western &                         Cotton Harvest, sold
                                 Hatfield, PA. Also, in                            American   Art                         for $11,875 at a Fun
                                 three auctions held the   auction held July 31st by the Coeur d’Alene Art   Folk Art, Pottery, Quilts & Paradise Garden
            week of July 19th, a Browning Citori superlight   Auction in New York City. Several works by   fundraiser held Aug. 7-8 by Slotin Auction in
            over/under grade 6 shotgun rang up more than   Russell, totaling over $3.2 million, changed   Buford, GA. Also, Ms. Hunter’s Sunday at the
            $4,000; a Colt-Sharps Arms Co. Borchardt    hands. Also, Philip R. Goodwin’s  Hitting the   Park earned $8,750; Fairy Belle Smith’s African
            falling block single shot rifle hit the mark for   Trail (circa 1910-1920) rose to $453,750, a   American Quilt made $11,875; Howard
            $3,180; and a Johnson Automatics Model 1941   record for the artist; Edmund H. Osthaus’s Two   Finster’s  Trumpeting Angel realized $5,500;
            semi-automatic rifle went for $5,100. The three   Hunting Dogs  (1891) brought $242,000; and   Purvis Young’s  Horses finished at $5,500; and
            auctions combined grossed over $2 million.    Peter Hurd’s The Eve of St. John hit $157,300.
                                                                                                     Mary T. Smith’s Portraits went for $4,875.
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