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                                Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            Von Braun-signed photo,                     Laverne coffee table,                        BTS Grammy ensembles,
            $14,400, Weiss Auctions                     $27,060, Neue Auctions                       $160,000, Julien’s Auctions

                                   A NASA photo                                  A   Philip   and                              Seven custom-
                                   signed and inscribed                          Kelvin  LaVerne                               made ensembles
                                   by   German-born                              coffee table, titled                          worn by mem-
                                   American engineer                             Eternal Forest, cast                          bers   of   the
                                   Dr. Wernher Von                               with an allover tree                          pop band BTS
                                   Braun   sold   for                            pattern patinated                             while perform-
                                   $14,400   in   an                             in silver with brass                          ing their hit
                                   online-only,  two-   and green patina, sold for $27,060 in an online-                       song  Dynamite
            day, two-session sale held January 26-27 by   only Winter Fine Antiques & Art auction held   at the Grammy awards filmed from Seoul,
            Weiss Auctions in Lynbrook, NY. Also, a     February 19th by Neue Auctions in Beachwood,   South Korea in March 2021 sold for $160,000
            collection of 1916-1930 Standing Liberty    OH. Also, a Soriana leather furniture seating   at a MusiCares Charity Relief Auction held
            quarters, missing only the 1927-S coin, soared   group by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina   January 30th by Julien’s Auctions, based in Los
            to $161,000; an archive of material relating to   gaveled for $27,060; and a screenprint by Tom   Angeles. Also, Keith Richards’ signed black
            Lillian Gish changed hands for $6,325; and a   Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004), titled   Gibson gloss acoustic-electric guitar, with an
            circa 1570 close helmet, almost certainly   Bedroom Face, (1987) made $12,300.           NFT, brought $57,600; and Paul McCartney’s
            English, possibly worn by an Earl, made $9,300.                                          signed Hofner B-Bass Hi Series violin bass
                                                        Marx Speedboy 4 prototype,                   guitar made $38,400.
            Alexander Jackson painting,                 $16,800, Milestone Auctions

            $37,200, Miller & Miller                                                                 Celentano oil painting,
                                                                                        A   Marx     $55,000, Swann Galleries
                               An original oil painting                                 prototype
                               by Canadian “Group of                                    Speedboy                             An oil on canvas
                               Seven” artist Alexander                                  4 motor-                             painting by Daniel
                               Young Jackson (1882-                                     cycle with                           Celentano, titled
                               1974),    titled   St.                                   a soldier                            Pelham Bay, sold
                               Lawrence South Shore                                     driver,                              for $55,000 at
                               Village (circa 1945), sold                               “AMMO”                               an Artists of the
                               for $37,200 in an online-  box, and spring-loaded cannon for shooting                         WPA auction held
                               only Canadiana & Folk    projectiles sold for $16,800 at a Winter Antique                     January 27th by
            Art auction held February 12th by Miller &   Toy Spectacular held January 29th by Milestone                      Swann Galleries in
            Miller Auctions. Ltd., based in New Hamburg,   Auctions in Willoughby, OH. A Marx tin wind-  New York City. It was a new record for the
            Ontario, Canada. Also, a vibrant oil on board by   up Tom Corbett Space Cadets Rocket Ship with   artist. Also, a 1942 oil on Masonite by Aaron
            another “Group of Seven” artist, Franz Johnston   desirable hand-painted details earned $6,600;   Bohrod, titled Getting Ready for Auction, realized
            (1888-1949), titled The Battlement, Lake of the   and a late 19th century Wilkins cast-iron water   $21,250; a 1936 double-sided carved wood-
            Woods, went for $20,500.                    tower fire wagon, 44 inches long, with three   block  Cape Cod Cottage and  The Coffee Pot
                                                        10 1/2 inch horses, brought $8,400.          brought $23,750; and a circa 1935 early
            Roger Mühl painting,                                                                     Jackson Pollock lithograph, titled  Stacking
            $9,375, Bruneau & Co.                       1907 U.S. $10 gold eagle coin,               Hay, made $16,250.
                                                        $587,500, Legend Rare Coin
                                        An    original                                               Smokey and the Bandit car,
                                        still-life                                        A 1907     $500,000, Barrett-Jackson’
                                        abstract paint-                                   U.S.
                                        ing by Roger                                      $10                                        The 1977
                                        Mühl (French,                                     rolled                                     Pontiac
                                        1929-2008),                                       edge                                       Firebird
                                        titled  Tulipes                                   gold                                       TransAm
                                        Rouges  (Red                                      eagle                                      car made
                                        Tulips), sold                                     coin,                                      popular
                                        for $9,375 in   one of only 42 struck, graded MS65+, sold for                                in    the
                                        an online-only   $587,500 at Regency Auction 50 held January   1977 cult classic film  Smokey and the Bandit,
                                        Estate Fine Art   27th at the PCGS Members Only Show in Las   sold for just under $500,000 at an auction held
            & Antique auction held February 21st by     Vegas, NV, by Legend Rare Coin Auctions,     January 22nd by Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale,
            Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, RI.   based in Lincroft, NJ. Also, a near-Gem 1776   AZ. It wasn’t the actual car used in the movie,
            Also, an interior genre painting by John Carlin   Continental dollar, the E.G. FECIT type,   but it was the car gifted to actor Burt Reynolds
            (NY/PA, 1813-1891) realized $7,500; a fine silk   graded PCGS MS64 CAC, went for $146,875;   for his work in the film (co-star Sally Field
            gold thread Chinese dragon robe from the Qing   and an 1879 Stella flowing hair $4 U.S. coin,   was nominated for a Golden Globe award for
            Dynasty hit $3,438; and a still life painting by   graded PCGS PR64 CAMEI CAC, went to a   Best Actress). Reynolds sold it in 2014 due to
            Herbert Cash (MA, 1864-1914) rose to $4,062.   determined bidder for $217,375.           financial problems. It had just 3,600 miles.


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