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                               Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            Ansel Adams signed photograph,              Thornton Dial painting,                      Raoul Dufy painting,
            $9,687, Holabird                            $84,700, Ahlers & Ogletree                   $125,000, Nadeau’s
            Western Americana                                           A mixed media painting by                            A watercolor and
                                                                        Thornton Dial (American,                             gouache on paper
                                 An Ansel Adams orig-                   1928-2016), titled  Struggling                       by Raoul Dufy
                                 inal photograph from
                                 his  Yosemite Series,                  Tiger (1991), sold for                               (French,   1877-
                                                                                                                             1953), titled Araut
                                                                        $84,700 in a New Year’s
                                 signed, titled  Moon
                                 and    Half    Dome                    Signature Estates Auction                            La Course: Epsom,
                                                                                                                             signed and titled
                                                                        held Jan. 14-16 by Ahlers &
                                 (1960), print No. 10,
                                                                                                                             by the artist, sold
                                 sold for $9,687 at     Ogletree in Atlanta, GA. Also, a Tiffany Studios   for $125,000 at a New Year’s Day Auction held
                                                        Favrile glass door from the 1920s titled  The
                                 a December Dreams:
                                 Premier Americana      Sower rose to $51,425; an oil on canvas painting   January 1st by Nadeau’s Auction Gallery in
                                                        by Willard Metcalf (MA, 1858-1925), titled
                                                                                                     Windsor, CT. Also, a sideboard by Emile
                                 Auction held Dec.
                                 17-19 by Holabird      The Barn Door, realized $37,200; and a       Jacques Ruhlmann (French, 1879-1933), made
            Western Americana Collections in Reno, NV.   Renaissance Revival desk made by Wooten    in 1930, brought $48,000; and a Tiffany & Co.
            Also, a 12.5-cent token from The Payteller   went for $37,200.                           Chrysanthemum sterling silver 7-piece tea and
                                                                                                     coffee set weighing a total of 445 troy ounces
            (Rhyolite, NV), gaveled for $5,500; and a Wells
            Fargo & Co. Express Directory of Chinese  Oriental porcelain pieces,                     realized $28,290.
            Houses (all in California) from 1878 went to a   $17,500, Crescent City
            determined bidder for $13,750.                                                           Chinese Hu-form vase,
                                                                                 A group of four     $54,000, Roland Auctions
            1930s Eco Model 160 gas pump,                                        pieces of Oriental                        A   19th    century
                                                                                 porcelain from the
            CA$35,400, Miller &                                                  19th and 20th                             Chinese famille rose
            Miller Auctions                                                      centuries sold for                        Hu-form vase deco-
                                                                                 $17,500   at   a                          rated in enamels with
                         Petroliana, Advertising Signs &                         Winter    Estates                         the “hundred deer”
                         Memorabilia auction held                                Auction held Jan.                         motif,   sold   for
                         December 4th by Miller &                                21-22 by Crescent                         $54,000 at a New
                         Miller Auctions, Ltd. in New   City Auction Gallery in New Orleans, LA. Also,                     Year’s Day auction
                         Hamburg, Ontario, Canada.      an oil on canvas painting by Clementine Hunter                     held January 1st by
                         Also, a 1946 McColl-Frontenac   (LA, 1887-1987), titled  Hauling Cotton (circa                    Roland Auctions in
                         double-sided Canadian porce-   1960) achieved $6,875; a 20th century scratch-                     Glen Cove, NY. Also,
                         lain sign realized $27,600; and a   built ship model titled Natchez VI, in a custom   a framed Tibetan thangka, framed under glass,
                         circa 1930s Canadian Red       oak and glass case made $4,375; and a set of   hammered for $43,750; a pair of Neoclassical-
                         Indian single-sided porcelain   eight Louis XIII style dining chairs hit $3,125.    style gilt bronze urn-form wine coolers fetched
                         sign, circular, 5 feet in diameter,                                         $46,875; and a pair of George III mahogany
                         rose to $21,400.               Charles Baugniet oil,                        game tables, circa 1765, in the manner of
                                                        $26,400, Roan, Inc.                          Thomas Chippendale, went for $37,500.
            Julie H. Beers painting,

            $20,000, Bruneau & Co.                                                     An oil on  Banksy’s Girl with Balloon,
                                                                                      wood panel     $174,000, Michaan’s Auctions
                                  An oil on canvas                                    painting by
                                  landscape painting by                               Belgian                             A screenprint by the
                                  Hudson River School                                 artist                              enigmatic British graf-
                                  artist Julie H. Beers                               Charles                             fiti artist Banksy, titled
                                  (NJ/MA, 1835-1913),                                 Baugniet                            Girl with Balloon,
                                  titled  Summer at                                   (1814-                              accompanied by a
                                  Mossy Brook, sold for                               1886),                              certificate of authen-
                                  $20,000 in an online-                               titled   Le                         ticity from Banksy’s
                                  only Estate Fine                                    Toilette de                         Pest Control Office,
                                  Art   &    Antiques    la Mariee, 36 inches by 42 inches, sold for                      sold for $174,000 at a
                                  auction held January   $26,400 at a two-day Pre-Christmas Auction                       Winter Fine Sale held
                                  6th by Bruneau &      held December 17th and 18th by Roan, Inc. in                      December 17th by
                                  Co. Auctioneers in    Cogan Station, PA. Also, a vibrant fruit and                      Michaan’s Auctions in
                                  Cranston, RI. Also, a   candy still life painting on canvas by Annie M.   Alameda, CA. Also, Ira Yeager’s oil on canvas
            watercolor on paper by Anthony Thieme       Snyder (American, 1852-1927), 15 1/2 inches   titled  Chicken Lady realized $18,000; a mixed
            (MA/CA, 1888-1954), of men in boats on calm   by 19 1/4 inches, brought $6,600; and two   media study sketch of a couple dancing by Ernie
            waters, made $12,500; and a 19th century    13.5kt solid yellow gold plate sections gaveled   Barnes brought $24,000; and an oil painting by
            European mahogany-stained glass bronze bar   for a combined $8,690.                      Henrietta Berk rose to $16,800.
            realized $19,200.

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