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                                Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            Female marble sculpture,                    Mickey-Minnie motorcycle,                    Crystal Ball Casket,
            $21,250, Ahlers & Ogletree                  $222,000, Bertoia Auctions                   $36,000, Potter & Potter

                               A classical early 20th cen-                      A    circa  1932                                Jonathan N.
                               tury Continental School                          Tippco (Germany)                                Hofzinser’s
                               semi-nude female marble                          Mickey and Minnie                               Crystal   Ball
                               sculpture, 45 1/2 inches                         Mouse motorcycle,                               Casket illusion
                               tall, sold for $21,250 in a                      tin wind-up, 9                                  from around
                               two-day Spring Estates                           inches long, sold                               1860 sold for
                               & Collections auction                            for $222,000, a                                 $36,000     at
                               held April 9-10 by Ahlers                        new world record                                Part 2 of the
                               & Ogletree in Atlanta,                           auction price for    Ken Klosterman magic collection held March
                               GA. Also, an  Untitled                           any Disney toy, at   26th by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago.
                               Abstract oil painting by   the sale of the Monique Knowlton antique toy   Also, Chung Ling Soo’s Corsican Incubator from
                               Syd Solomon (American,   collection held March 11-12 by Bertoia       1910 changed hands for $26,400; a color litho-
                               1917-2004)     realized   Auctions in Vineland, NJ. Also, a Masudaya   graph from around 1920 titled Rostrum The Last
            $20,000; and an oil on canvas by Henri Hecht   (Japan) Machine Man Robot, 15 inches tall,   Word in Magic commanded $26,400; and
            Maik (French, 1922-1993), titled Le Reveille du   made $72,000; and a Bandai (Japan) Flying   Alexander’s  Sawing a Woman in Half Illusion
            Hibou (The Awakening of the Owl), signed and   Spaceman “Superman” friction ‘cycle, 12 inches   made by F.G. Thayer (Los Angeles) in 1921
            dated lower right, achieved $20,000.        long, in the original box, rose to $57,600.      finished at $24,000.

            B. Prabha painting,                         Singer presentation pistol,                  Loie Hollowell painting,
            $29,300, Bruneau & Co.                      $66,000, Milestone Auctions                  $1.05 million, Clars Auction

                                      An oil on canvas                             A Singer Model                         A painting by Loie
                                      painting by B.                               1911A2 presen-                         Hollowell (American,
                                      Prabha (India,                               tation pistol, .45                     b. 1983), titled Point of
                                      1933-2001),                                  ACP, manufac-                          Entry (Blood-Orange
                                      depicting three                              tured in 1940,                         Moon Over Orange
                                      women dressed                                hit the mark                           Sac), sold for $1.05
                                      in white and                                 for $66,000 at a                       million at a Modern +
                                      yellow, two of    Premier Collectible Firearms sale held March                      Contemporary Art +
                                      them holding      12-13 by Milestone Auctions in Willoughby,                        Design   sale   held
            birds while the third looks on, 36 inches by   OH. Also, a Civil War 2nd Model Martial                        March 25th by Clars
            48 inches (sight, less frame), sold for $29,300 at   Henry rifle manufactured in 1865 rang out                Auction Gallery in
            an auction held April 4th by Bruneau & Co.   at $48,000; and a Webley-Fosbery (English)                       Oakland, CA. Also, a
            Auctioneers in Cranston, RI. Also, a religious   .38-caliber semi-automatic revolver made in  drawing by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973),
            painting by Mahadev Dhurandhar (India,      1902-1903, one of only 39 known survivors    titled Etudes VII (d’apres Manet), 1961, brought
            1867-1944), depicting a man laying down his   from the original 107 of its type that was sold,  $150,000; and a double-sided oil on canvas
            bow and arrows at the feet of Shiva, changed   made $30,000.                             painting by Maria-Mela Muter (Polish/French,
            hands for $31,250.                                                                       1876-1967) changed hands for $106,250.
                                                        Buddhist sculpture,
            Winchester cartridge board,                 $2.3 million, Bonhams                        Chinese food vessel,

            $55,250, Miller & Miller                                                                 $487,500, Hindman
                                                                              A gilt copper alloy
                                     A rare Winchester                        figure of Tara from                      A rare Chinese archaic
                                     cartridge board                          Nepal (early Malla                       bronze ceremonial food
                                     from     around                          period, 13th century)                    vessel, from the mid-
                                     1884, 38 inches                          sold for $2.3 million                    Western Han Dynasty,
                                     tall by 28 inches                        at an auction held                       sold for $487,500 at a
                                     wide, sold for                           March    22nd    by                      sale of Chinese and
                                     $70,800 in an                            Bonhams in New                           Himalayan Works of Art
                                     online-only                              York City. Also, a                       held March 29th by
                                     Petroliana    &                          pair of lemon-yellow                     Hindman in Chicago.
                                     Advertising                              glazed bowls with                        Also, a semi-translucent
            Auction held April 23rd by Miller & Miller                        Yongzheng six-char-    apple green jadeite tripod censer and cover real-
            Auctions, Ltd., in New Hamburg, Ontario,                          acter marks realized   ized $287,500; a translucent greyish-celadon
            Canada. Also, a circa 1905 Carhartt’s Overalls   $200,313; a hanging scroll inscribed by Zhang   jadeite covered vase rang up $81,250; an
            single-sided porcelain corner sign, graded 9,   Daqian (Chinese, 1899-1983), titled  Woman   archaistic bronze wine jar and cover garnered
            22 inches by 18 inches, gaveled for $20,300;   Holding a Flower, brought $870,313; and The   $40,625; and a carved yellow jade covered vase
            and a Canadian Ford V8 dealer double-sided   Monster Skeleton by Utagawa Kuniyoshi       went for $20,000.
            porcelain sign from the 1930s realized $12,000.   (Japanese, 1797-1861) fetched $150,313.

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