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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
Marvel Mystery Comics #9, 288-pound meteorite 17-star United States flag,
$40,00 Bruneau & Co. found in China, $46,740, Morphy Auctions
A copy of Timely Comics $4,125, Holabird A 17-star, 17-stripe
Marvel Mystery Comics #9 Western Americana U.S. flag from descen-
(July 1940), graded CGC 4.0, dants of American
sold for $40,000 at a Spring 1516 A.D. sold for naval hero Stephen
Comic, Toy & Sports auction $4,125 at a Minerals Decatur Jr. (1779-
held May 21st by Bruneau & Galore & Western 1820), who famously
Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, Americana auction held risked his life to
RI. Also, a copy of Marvel June 2-5 by Holabird avenge the death of
Comics Fantastic Four #1 Western Americana Collections in Reno, NV. his brother, Lt. James
(Nov. 1961), graded CGC Also, a Wells Fargo Company (Omaha, NE) stock Decatur, following an 1804 U.S. attack on
2.0, realized $18,750; a copy of Marvel Comics certificate #647 for 100 shares, issued in 1870 to Barbary pirates’ ships in Tripoli harbor, dating
Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963), graded Henry Wells, one of the co-founders of American 1804-1812, sold for $46,740 at an Early Arms,
CGC 1.8, brought $10,938; and a “Madame” Express, hit $2,875; and a U.S. commemoratives Militaria & Extraordinary Firearms auction held
puppet used by entertainer Wayland Flowers stamp album (1900-1975) brought $3,750. May 17-18 by Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA.
made $7,812. The flag coincides with Decatur’s service time in
1959 Corvette convertible, the US Navy.
1971 Chevrolet Impala, $64,000, Miller & Miller
$31,250, EstateOfMind Astronaut’s wristwatch,
$765,000, Heritage Auctions
A gold Omega Speed-
master wristwatch, No.
19, one of only 28
made and presented to
Apollo 11 moon mis-
A 1971 Chevrolet Impala convertible that had sion astronaut Michael
been sitting, undriven, in a heated garage for 30 A powder blue fully restored 1959 Chevrolet Collins, circa 1969,
years sold for $31,250 at a two-session estate Corvette convertible sold for $64,000 in an sold for $765,000 at a
auction held May 21st by EstateOfMind in online-only Petroliana, Railroadiana & Fine Watches &
Middletown, NY. Also, a Louis Vuitton trunk Advertising auction held June 18th by Miller & Timepieces Signature
found a new owner for $6,562; a pair of 19th or Miller Auctions, Ltd., in New Hamburg, Auction held June 1st
20th century Italian Carrara marble guardian Ontario, Canada. Also, a Canadian Red Indian by Heritage Auctions
angels, 40 inches tall, finished at $6,250; and a Aviation Motor Oil sign from the 1930s in Dallas. Also, a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph
1945 painting of a World War II float plane, changed hands for $36,600; a restored 1937 “Paul Newman” panda dial chronograph, Ref.
with clouds, by Eric Sloane (NY/CT, 1905- Ford Model 78 Deluxe convertible sedan hit 6263, circa 1971, hit $250,000; and a Kari
1985), gaveled for $4,625. $25,200; and a restored 1972 GMC 1500 Voutilaunen platinum wristwatch with retro-
Custom pick-up truck rose to $23,780. grade date, No. 8/10, finished at $112,500.
Sam Gilliam collage,

$67,650, Neue Auctions Boba Fett L-slot prototype, Copy, unburnable book,
$236,000, Hake’s Auctions $130,000, Sotheby’s
An abstract acrylic
on canvas collage A Boba Fett L-slot
and enamel on alu- rocket-firing proto-
minum by African type action figure,
American artist Sam the predecessor to
Gilliam (b. 1933), the Boba Fett figure
titled Pantheon #5, in Kenner’s popular
sold for $67,650 1979 Star Wars toy A one-of-a-kind, unburnable copy of Margaret
in an online-only line, 3 3/4 inches Atwood’s celebrated novel, The Handmaid’s Tale,
May Modern auc- tall, sold for a world sold for $130,000 in an online auction ending
tion held May 28th record price of June 7th by Sotheby’s in New York City. All pro-
by Neue Auctions in $236,000 at a Star Wars Special Event Auction ceeds from the sale of the book will go to benefit
Beachwood, OH. Also, a paper collage (not a held June 2nd by Hake’s Auctions in York, PA. PEN America, created in partnership with
print) by Victor Vasarely (French/Hungarian, Also, a 1978 Star Wars 2 1/4 inch Jawa 12 Penguin Random House to combat the prolifer-
1906-1997), titled Kontosch-C, gaveled for Back-A action figure with vinyl cape rose to ation of book banning and educational gag orders
$15,990; and a bronze sculpture by Clement $40,887; and a Hungarian bootleg Return of the in America’s schools nationwide. That’s Ms.
Meadmore (Australian/American, 1929-2005), Jedi Boba Fett figure, AFA 50 Q-VG, went for Atwood herself in the photo, “testing” a proto-
titled Open End (1984), hit $10,455. a record price of $20,768. type of the book with a flamethrower.

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