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Duncan McFarlane oil,                       Harrington &                                 Taffin diamond ring,
            $39,680, Marion Antique                     Richardson calendar,                         $387,500, Hindman
                              A    mid-19th   century  $6,548, Route 32 Auctions                                            A diamond ring by
                              marine oil on canvas                    A   1908    Harrington   &                            Taffin, containing
                              rendering of the packet                 Richardson Arms Co. calendar,                         an internally flawless
                              ship  City of Montreal                  depicting a hunter with a back-                       cushion-cut 5.89-
                              by Duncan McFarlane                     pack and elk by artist Phillip                        carat diamond, D
                              (MA/U.K., 1834-1871)                                                                          color, and Type IIa,
            sold for $39,680 at a Summer Sale held June               Goodwin, sold for $6,548 at a                         sold for $387,500
                                                                      Firearms & Western auction
            26th by Marion Antique Auctions in Marion,                held Aug. 26-27 by Route 32                           at an Important
            MA. Also, a diminutive oil on canvas by Charles           Auctions in Crawfordsville, IN.                       Jewelry auction held
            Henry Gifford (1839-1904), depicting New                  Also, a Winchester Model 1866   September 13th by Hindman in Chicago. Also,
            Bedford Harbor, realized $33,920; an Izannah   .44 caliber centerfire rifle, shipped in 1870, rang   a diamond ring with a 5.12-carat emerald cut
            Walker doll went for $26,240; and two wooden   out at $7,188; and a 1911 Peters (“Big Game   diamond, D color, VVS2 clarity, rose to
            decoys by Canadian carver Tom Chambers      Ammunition Will Stop Them”) poster, with a   $181,250; a Vendura yellow gold multi-gem
            rose to $5,625.                                                                          and diamond “Sunburst” cuff bracelet hit
                                                        momma bear and her cubs, art by Philip
                                                        Goodwin, rose to $5,462.                     $43,750; and a Tiffany & Co. diamond bracelet
            Jason Rich painting,                                                                     fetched $37,500.
            $12,500, John Moran                         Laverne “Chan” cabinet,                      Copy of Amazing Fantasy #15,
                                An oil on board painting  $113,400, Freeman’s                        $3.6 million, Heritage Auctions
                                by Jason Rich (UT,                              A rare four-door
                                b.  1970/71), titled                            “Chan” cabinet by                    A copy of Amazing Fantasy
                                Working Sun to Sun, 25                          renowned     20th                    #15 from 1962, featuring
                                1/2 inches by 30 1/2                            century designers                    the first comic book appear-
                                inches, sold for $12,500                        Philip and Kelvin                    ance of Spider-Man, by Stan
                                at an Art of the                                                                     Lee and Steve Ditko, sold
            American West auction held August 31st by                           LaVerne sold for                     for $3.6 million at a Comics
                                                                                $113,400 at an Art
            John Moran Auctioneers in Monrovia, CA.     and Design auction held September 15th by                    & Comic Art Signature
            Also, a painting by Bill Anton (AZ, b. 1957),   Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a striking              Auction held Sept. 8-12 by
            titled  Range Management, brought $10,625; a   glazed ceramic work  Untitled (Dango) by Jun              Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
            20th century Thomas Curtis, Sr. Navajo / Diné   Kaneko achieved $20,160; a 1950s settee                  It was the most ever paid for
            silver bolo and buckle set achieved $8,750; and   by Paul Laszlo fetched $11,970; and two prints   a comic book, eclipsing the $3.25 million paid
            John William Hilton’s Desert Hideaway (1961)   by Josef Albers,  SP IV and  SP XII (both   earlier this year for a copy of Action Comics #1.
            realized $7,500.                                                                         Also, a copy of  The Amazing Spider-Man #1
                                                        from  Homage to the Square) brought $13,680
                                                        and $10,710.                                 (1963) realized $241,200.
            Nicolai Fechin still-life,
            $281,000, Dallas Auction                    Sleeping mallard decoy,                      Chinese Imperial vase,
                              September 8th by Dallas  $144,000, Guyette & Deeter                    $2.45 million, Doyle
                              Auction Gallery in Dallas,                    A sleeping mallard                            A Chinese Imperial
                              TX. Also, a 1951 work                         decoy by Shang Wheeler                        falangcai vase, created
                              signed and dated 1951 by                      featured on the dust                          during the reign of
                              Porfirio Salinas titled                       jacket cover of Shang by                      Emperor    Qianlong
                              Bluebonnets with Fence                        Dixon Merkt, sold for                         (1735-1796), sold for
                              and Gate fetched $56,250;                     $144,000 at a Summer                          $2.45 million at an
                              a signed oil on canvas by   Auction held Aug. 6-7 by Guyette & Deeter,                      Asian   Works     of
                              G. Harvey titled  Pinon                                                                     Art   auction   held
            Smoke Santa Fe rang up $75,000; a circa 1905   Inc. in Saint Michaels, MD. Also, the finest pair              September 20th by
                                                        of canvasbacks by Elmer Crowell known to exist
            Parisian street scene by Edouard Cortes realized   soared to $78,000; a mallard drake by John   Doyle in New York. The vase came from the
            $93,750; and an acrylic on canvas by Ernie   Blair, Sr. rose to $96,000; and an oil painting of   collection of Sarah Belk Gambrell (1918-2020),
            Barnes titled Two Shots hit $81,250.                                                     the Belk department store heiress. It bore a four-
                                                        waterfowling on Chesapeake Bay by Herman
                                                        Simon (1833) brought $102,000.               character mark in blue, indicating its origin as a
            1894 San Francisco dime,                                                                 product of the Qianlong Emperor’s imperial
                                                                                                     workshop. Only a few were produced.
            $1.8 million, Legend                        Copy of Journey into Mystery,
            Numismatics                                 $319,800, Goldin Auctions                    Gerrit Beneker painting,
                                   A small silver U.S.                    A copy of  Journey into  $11,250, Bakker Project
                                   dime made in 1894                      Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962),
                                   at the San Francisco                   featuring the first appear-                An early 20th century oil on
                                                                                                                     board painting by Gerrit
                                   Mint was sold for                      ance of  Thor, graded
                                   $1.8 million to                        CTGC 9.4, sold for                         Beneker (1882-1934), titled
            Legend Numismatics, based in Lincroft, NJ, on                 $319,800 in an online                      Mudhead, sold for $11,250
            behalf of collector Bruce Morelan of Las Vegas.               auction held in September                  in an online Fine Arts
                                                                                                                     auction held August 28th
            It was one of just 24 dimes struck that year at               by Goldin Auctions, based
            the San Francisco Mint, and one of just nine                  in Runnemede, NJ. Also, a                  by The Bakker Project in
                                                                                                                     Provincetown, MA. Also, an
            known examples still in existence today. The                  copy of the 1962 Marvel
                                                                                                                     early 20th century charcoal
            dime was graded Proof 65+ by PCGS and was                     Amazing Fantasy #15        drawing by Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), titled
            a record price for that particular example.   comic, featuring the first appearance of Spider-
            Mr. Morelan also owns an 1804 U.S. silver   Man, commanded $707,000; and a 1996 copy     Mother and Child, rang up $12,500; and an oil
                                                                                                     on canvas by Christopher Sousa, titled
            dollar and a 1913 Liberty Head nickel. Both are   of the  Super Mario 64 game, graded WATA
            exceedingly rare.                           9.8/A++, changed hands for $800,000.         Sometimes in the Morning (circa 2010) went to a
                                                                                                     determined bidder for $6,250.
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