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Tom Brady signed jersey, Tiffany Dragonfly lamp, Botticelli painting,

$480,000, Goldin Auctions $35,000, Burchard Galleries $45.4 million, Sotheby’s
A 2021 Tom Brady signed A Tiffany leaded glass A circa 1500 painting of Christ
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Dragonfly lamp lit up the by Sandro Botticelli (Italian,
jersey, worn a few weeks room for $35,000 at an 1445-1510), titled The Man of
before he won Super Bowl auction held November Sorrows, sold for $45.4 million
LV in Tampa, sold for 14th by Burchard at a Master Paintings Part 1
$480,000 in an auction Galleries in St. Petersburg, auction held January 27th by
that ended January 8th FL. Also, a pair of Sotheby’s in New York. It was
by Goldin Auctions in Alexander Calder litho- the second-highest auction
Runnemede, NJ. It was a graphs gaveled for $3,000 result for an Old Master painting in the past five
new all-time record for an NFL game-worn and $1,900; a Chinese bronze of Guanyin sailed years. The work was last acquired in 1963, for
jersey. Also, a 2003-04 Upper Deck “Exquisite past its $5,000 high estimate to bring $7,000; $28,000. Also, a circa 2440-2355 B.C. Egyptian
Collection” LeBron James signed rookie patch two Knoll Barcelona lounge chairs with limestone figure achieved $9.9 million, the
card hit $1.572 million; and a 1958 World Cup ottomans designed by Mies van der Rohe for second-most ever paid for an Ancient Egyptian
Sweden ticket stub from Pele’s debut game on Knoll earned $5,250 and $4,500; and a pair of work of art.
June 15, 1958, fetched $36,000. cloisonne Qilin figures went for $1,600.
1794 U.S. silver dollar,
Picasso ceramic owl pitcher, Spider-Man’s black suit, $12 million, GreatCollections
$10,000, Auctions at Showplace $3.36 million, Heritage
A silver dollar minted
A painted and glazed ceramic Original artwork for in Philadelphia in
pitcher by Pablo Picasso (1881- Spider-Man wearing 1794, believed to be
1973), titled Hibou (Owl), a black costume for the first silver dollar
stamped on the bottom “Edition the first time, on page ever struck by the
Picasso Madoura”, sold for 25 of Secret Wars #8 United States Mint,
$10,000 at an estate auction held (1984), hand-drawn was purchased for $12
November 7th by Auctions at by artist Mike Zeck, million in January by Great Collections Coin
Showplace in New York City. sold for $3.36 million at an auction held Auctions in Irvine, CA. It is now the second-
Also, a Peruvian Moche copper January 13th by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. most valuable rare coin of any kind (the most
mask hammered from sheet copper changed Also, artwork from page 84 of the same comic, being last year’s 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double
hands for $10,000; an oil on canvas painting by where Spider-Man approaches the symbiote and Eagle $20 U.S. gold coin that made $18.9
James Brown, titled Internal Order (X99.0.81) it takes hold of his hand, finished at $288,000; million). The seller of the silver dollar was Las
(1999), made $8,750; and a group of Kachina and a copy of Action Comics #1, the first appear- Vegas businessman Bruce Morelan, who paid
flat dolls brought $6,250. ance of Superman, graded CGC Fine 6.0, went $10 million for it in 2013.
for $3.18 million.
Hopi Indian polychrome dish, Ammi Phillips painting,
$9,400, Pook & Pook, Inc. Herend service, $3.87 million, Christie’s
$11,340, Doyle
A Hopi Indian Sikyatki An oil on canvas folk art
pollaca polychrome dish A Herend porcelain portraiture painting by
sold for a little more than Rothschild bird pattern Ammi Phillips (American,
$9,400 at a biannual table service sold for 1788-1865), titled Woman
Native American Indian $11,340 at a Doyle at with Pink Ribbons (circa
sale held October 27th by Home Auction held on 1833), 31 3/4 inches by 27
Pook & Pook, Inc. in January 11th by Doyle inches, sold for $3.87
Downingtown, PA. Also, in New York City. Also, a Holly Hunt black million at a sale of the
a Navajo Indian coin silver squash blossom lacquered wood and bronze peso dining table collection of Peter and
necklace brought $8,064; a group of three Hopi fetched $9,450; a chinoiserie decorated fabric Barbara Goodman held January 20th by
Indian kachina dolls fetched $4,221; a Native 8-panel folding screen with four matching Christie’s in New York. It was a new auction
American Indian birch-bark canoe went for panels brought $9,450; a George Smith uphol- record for the artist. Also, John Brewster’s
$3,024; a double grooved stone ax rose to stered dark stained wood loose cushion sofa rose portrait of Captain John Bourne realized $2.67
$1,386; and a Navajo child’s sized blanket to $6,930; and a group of upholstered green million; and Samuel Shute’s Woman with Two
changed hands for $3,906. painted wicker furniture hit $6,930. Canaries changed hands for $1.17 million.

1901 Nikola Tesla letter, 1951 Mercury coupe, Hale Woodruff painting,
$341,295, RR Auction $1.95 million, Mecum $665,000, Swann Galleries
A customized 1951
A four-page letter Mercury coupe sold An oil on canvas by
handwritten by for $1.95 million at a Hale Woodruff,
Nikola Tesla in collector car auction titled Carnival
1901, in which he held on January 15th (circa 1958), sold
discusses his place by Mecum Auctions in for $665,000 at an
among America’s Kissimmee, FL. The African American
greatest inventors, two-tone green coupe was known as the art sale held October 7th by Swann Galleries in
addressed to New York Sun editor Paul Dana, Hirohata Merc after the 21-year-old Japanese New York. It was a record for an abstract work
sold for $341,295 in an auction held Dec. 13 - American veteran who commissioned it in by the artist. Also, a carved limestone Head
Jan. 12 by RR Auction in Boston. Also, a Purple 1952. It was built by some of the most (1943) by Elizabeth Catlett fetched $485,000 (a
Rain album signed by Prince soared to $73,698; prominent names in the California car scene new record for the artist); an oil on canvas by
a letter signed by Queen Mary I, addressed to of the day, including George Barris, who Norman Lewis, titled Past Time (circa 1950-
the Duke of Savoy, earned $30,990; and an designed cars for TV shows Batman, The 1951) rose to $233,000; and an untitled (Vessel)
Alexander Hamilton Treasury Department Munsters, and The Beverly Hillbillies. glazed terracotta stoneware piece, circa 2004,
circular signed letter brought $22,688. earned $149,000.

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