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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium

Abraham Lincoln signed book, Maximilian suit of armor, Tiffany Dragonfly lamp,
$175,000, University Archives $270,600, Morphy Auctions $180,000, Michaan’s

A copy of the book A circa 1510-1520 composite A Tiffany Studios
The Miscellaneous Works Maximilian suit of armor, Dragonfly lamp sold for
of Oliver Goldsmith, by assembled in the early 1920s $180,000 at an auction
the American author from period pieces, some held in December
Washington Irving, with with royal provenance, by Michaan’s Auctions
an ownership signature by sold for $270,600 at an in Alameda, CA. Also,
Abraham Lincoln, sold auction of the Susquehanna an acrylic on canvas
for $175,000 in an online Collection held Jan. 16 by painting by James Weeks
auction held Jan. 16 by Morphy Auctions in Denver, (American, 1922-1998),
University Archives in Westport, CT. Also, a PA. Also, a circa 1740 titled Cello Sonata, real-
carte de visite photograph of Lincoln, signed by Philadelphia tall case 8-day ized $37,200; a French
him (as “A. Lincoln”) and PSA graded Gem moon phase clock, signed by Art Deco burl walnut furniture suite made
Mint 10, hit $75,000. Peter Stretch, chimed on $7,800; and an untitled acrylic on paper laid on
time for $166,050; and a pair canvas by Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994)
Telephone switchboard box, of American Revolutionary hit $132,000.
War flintlock officer’s pistols hit the mark
$13,750, Bruneau & Co. for $110,700. Paul Henry painting,

A 19th century $45,750, Alderfer’s
mahogany tele- T. Nelson Downs lithograph,
phone switchboard $15,600, Potter & Potter A painting by Paul
box, made in the Henry, titled Lough
U.S. by an uniden- A circa 1905 color litho- Derg, sold for
tified company, graph of coin trick artist $45,750 at a three-
sold for $13,750 T. Nelson Downs, known day auction event
at an auction held as the “King of Koins” held Dec. 11-17 by
Jan. 4 by Bruneau (American, 1867-1938), Alderfer Auction in
& Co. Auctioneers sold for $15,600 at a Hatfield, PA. Also, a
in Cranston, RI. Magiciana Sale held Dec. 14kt gold solitaire
Also, a group of early horn transmitter 14 by Potter & Potter ring with a 3.19-
telephone reproductions from the 20th century, Auctions in Chicago, IL. carat brilliant cut
marked “Historical Replica Reproduced by Also, a circa 1900 half diamond reached $25,740; an oil on board
Bell Telephone Laboratories,” gaveled for sheet color lithograph of painting by Jack Butler Yeats, titled Sea and
$15,000; and a 1985 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit Harry Kellar (American, 1849-1922), titled A Lake, topped out at $49,725; a Jean Halter
car with just 35,000 miles on the odometer sped Walk in the Woods, fetched $13,320; and a winterscape work went for $26,325; and a
off for $13,750. Harry Houdini-Henry Slade-Remigius Weiss Joseph Greenberg gilt with undertone and gesso
book, as profiled in A Magician Among the scrolled frame mirror fetched $3,100.
Cassin’s Grape Brandy Spirits, changed hands for $12,000.
The Birds of America,
Bitters bottle, LeBron James rookie card,
$155,000, American $270,600, Goldin Auctions $6.6 million, Sotheby’s
Bottle Auctions A Double Elephant
A 2003-2004 Upper Deck Folio of John James
A rare, 150-year-old blue Exquisite NBA Rookie Audubon’s The Birds of
Cassin’s Grape Brandy Patch Parallel #78 LeBron America (American
Bitters bottle in a bluish teal James signed rookie card, flamingo shown) sold
color, circa 1867-1868, sold graded BGS NM-MT+ 8.5, for $6.6 million at an
for $155,000 in an online sold for $270,600 in an auction held Dec. 18 by
auction of the Ken Fee October Legends Auction Sotheby’s in New York
collection held November 29 held by Goldin Auctions, City. Also, the original
by American Bottle Auctions, based in Runnemede, NJ. Olympic Games mani-
based in Sacramento, CA. Also, a 1956 Topps #33 festo, written in 1892 by
Also, a Wonser’s USA Indian Roberto Clemente baseball the French aristocrat
Root Bitters, bright aqua, circa card, graded PSA GEM MT 10, fetched Pierre de Coubertin,
1871-73, realized $25,300; $247,230; and Lou Gehrig’s signed New York outlining his vision for reviving the ancient
two Catawba Wine Bitters Yankees contract from his Triple Crown season Olympic Games, brought $8.8 million; and a
bottles finished at $5,060 and in 1934, calling for a salary of $23,000, finished working Enigma cipher machine from 1942
$7,150; and a Boerhaave’s at $160,000. made $800,000.
bottle made $30,800.

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