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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
U.S. 1901 one-cent error stamp, Maud Lewis oil painting, Demetre Chiparus bronze,
$5,500, Holabird CA$413,000, Miller & Miller $11,250, Roland Auctions
Western Americana An oil on board paint- A patinated, gilt, and cold
ing by Canadian folk painted bronze figure of
A U.S. one-cent
stamp commemorat- artist Maud Lewis dancers on a marble base
ing the Pan American (1901-1970), titled by the Romanian sculptor
Demetre Chiparus (1886-
Black Truck (1967),
Exposition of 1901
with an inverted sold for $326,660 in an 1947), titled Solo (Les
Girls), circa 1925, sold
online-only Canadiana
center—an error
stamp philatelic rari- & Decorative Arts for $11,250 at a Spring
ty—sold for $5,500 at a Western Americana auction held May 14th Multiple Estates auction
Auction held April 21-24 by Holabird Western by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. in New held April 23rd by Roland
Auctions in Glen Cove,
Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Also, Lewis’s oil
Americana Collections, LLC in Reno, NV.
Also, a US Mint San Francisco 23.06-ounce painting Oxen Pulling Logs fetched $70,000; a NY. Also, a 1929 grey
Nash 460 coupe auto-
group of three letters from Lewis to friend and
silver ingot, 999.75 fine, fetched $8,125; and a
Navajo squash blossom turquoise and coral artist John Kinnear rang up $65,300; and a circa mobile, restored, and an ivory 1931 Buick Sport
1825 powder horn by John Tansel made $17,700. Roadmaster, also restored, each brought
necklace with matching earrings signed by
Victor Moses Begay achieved $1,438. $21,250; and a French Art Deco-style iron and
wood table earned $11,875.
Antoni Clavé painting,
Burchfield watercolor, $37,500, Andrew Jones Copy of The Great Gatsby,
$587,500, Shannon’s An oil on canvas paint- $67,200, Potter & Potter
ing by Antoni Clavé
A watercolor on paper (Catalan, 1913-2005), A presenta-
by Charles Burchfield
(American, 1893-1967), titled L’enfant à l'oiseaux, tion copy
of F. Scott
45 inches by 35 inches,
titled Nighthawks and
the Moon (1965), sold sold for $37,500 at an Fitzgerald’s
online auction of prop-
(1896-
for $587,500 in an
online-only Spring Fine erty from the collection 1940) The
Great
of Kirk and Anne
Art Auction held April
28th by Shannon’s Fine Douglas held May 18th Gatsby
Andrew
by
(1925,
Jones
Art Auctioneers in
Milford, CT. Three Auctions in Los Angeles. Also, a Chinese Export Charles Scribner & Sons, NY) sold for $67,200
paintings by Burchfield combined to sell for porcelain jardiniere on stand, overall height 30 at a Literature Sale held April 26th by Potter &
over $1 million. Also, a watercolor and pastel on 1/2 inches, gaveled for $11,250; and an Oushak Potter Auctions in Chicago. Also, a copy of
carpet, West Anatolia, about 12 feet 9 inches by
Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) The Ballad of
paper by Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-
1924), artist signed, 15 1/2 inches by 22 1/4 10 feet 11 inches, finished at $10,625. Reading Gaol brought $26,400; a copy of
Dashiell Hammett’s (1894-1961) The Maltese
inches, knocked down for $187,500. Falcon went for $22,800; and a copy of Ernest
Newcomb Pottery group, Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms went to a
Baignoire de Cartier watch, $11,938, Crescent City determined bidder for $21,600.
$9,225, Neue Auctions
Chinese porcelain plaques,
A dazzling Baignoire de
Cartier 18kt yellow gold $137,500, Clements auction
and diamond ladies
watch, made around A pair of 20th century
Chinese porcelain plaques
2010, sold for $9,225 in
an online-only Fine bearing the artist’s marks
of Pan Taoyu (1887-
Interiors, Art & Antiques
auction held April 30th A collection of six Newcomb Pottery pieces sold 1926) sold for $137,500 at
for $11,938 at an Important Estates Auction
an auction held April 2nd
by Neue Auctions in
Beachwood, OH. Also, a held May 13-14 by Crescent City Auction by Clements auction
house in Hixson, TN. Pan
Gallery in New Orleans, La. Also, a pair of 19th
large pair of Chinese
Taoyu was one of the fore-
turquoise glazed terra- century Chinese porcelain baluster ginger jars, most creators of porcelain during China’s
9 1/2 inches tall, finished at $6,875; an untitled
cotta foo dogs on stands
fetched $5,842; a pair of 1980s Art Deco style abstract artwork by George Bauer Dunbar (LA, Republic period (1912-1949). He adopted the
studio name Gu Huan and died young, at age
b. 1929), red gold leaf over red clay with die
lacquered wood and upholstered club chairs
realized $3,567; and an English sterling silver keen, realized $4,375; and a 141-piece set of 39, so his surviving works are very scarce. The
sterling flatware by International in the
winning bidder was a Canadian dealer who was
serving tray (London, 1783) went for $4,612. Continental pattern made $8,125. acting on behalf of Chinese clients.

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