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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
Alphonse Mucha poster, Colt .41-caliber Army revolver, Staffordshire platter,
$96,000, Poster Auctions Int’l $19,800, Milestone Auctions $14,580, Jeffrey S. Evans

A poster by Alphonse A pearl-handled Colt A Staffordshire
Mucha titled Fox-Land .41-caliber Army Special American historical
Jamaica Rum (1897) sold revolver sent in 1909 transfer-printed
for $96,000 at Rare Posters as a shipment of one to ceramic platter fea-
Auction #87 held July J.B. Crook & Co. (NY), turing the Arms of
12th by Poster Auctions with engraving by Cuno Pennsylvania sold
International in New York Helfricht’s shop, sold for $14,580 at a
City. Also, a poster by an for $19,800 at a Premier Premier Americana
anonymous artist titled Collectible Firearms Auction held June 23-25 by Jeffrey S. Evans &
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West / Auction held June 17-18 by Milestone Auctions Associates in Mt. Crawford, VA. Also, a blown-
I Am Coming (1906) changed hands for in Willoughby, OH. Also, a Colt Model 1861 molded GII-6 deep bowl in an unusual brilliant
$26,400; Leonetto Cappiello’s La Caisse Simon / Navy Revolver, manufactured in 1863, brought yellow-green, probably made in Kent, Ohio
Huîtres Exquises (1901) rang up $10,200; and $18,600; and a replica Colt 1851 Navy .44-cal- around 1830, realized $39,487; and a pair of
Jules Chéret’s Folies-Bergère / Miss Lala (1880) iber gun used by Clint Eastwood in the Western Charles Peale Polk (American, 1767-1822)
went to a determined bidder for $7,200. film The Outlaw, Josey Wales hit $17,400. portraits of Gerard and Margaret Briscoe from
1799 rang up $72,900.
Presidential presentation set, Tiffany ‘Poppy’ table lamp,
$17,500, Bruneau & Co. $541,200, Morphy Auctions Islandia map by Ortelius,
$12,650, Old World Auctions
A set of presentation A rare, circa 1905-1910
items sent to Eleanor Tiffany Studios Poppy A 1585 map
Roosevelt following leaded-glass table lamp titled Islandia
the death of FDR sold for $541,200 at a by Abraham
in 1945, from King Fine & Decorative Arts Ortelius, with
Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Auction held June 8-10 images of sea
Saudi Arabia, in- by Morphy Auctions in monsters, sold
cluding a traditional Denver, PA. Also, a pair for $12,650
Arabian robe, head- of circa 1920s Cartier in an online
dress, scarf, dagger, Art Deco platinum and auction held
and belt sold for diamond drop earrings in June by Old World Auctions in Richmond,
$17,500 at a Historic Arms & Militaria auction in the original display VA. Also, a 1735 world atlas with 99 maps in
held July 21st by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in case box, with a total diamond weight of 4.68 contemporary color by Covens & Mortier
Cranston, RI. Also, a World War II USMC carats, fetched $98,400; and a circa 1780 CT fetched $19,925; a World War II persuasive
Johnson Model 1941 rifle and bayonet (missing Chippendale cherry slant-lid secretary went to a map with images of Hitler, Stalin, and
the scabbard), circa 1941, .30-.06 caliber, hit determined bidder for $41,820. Churchill by Antonio Soares (1941) made
the mark for $9,038. $8,625; and A New Sectional Map of Florida
Colt No. 5 Paterson revolver, (1923), published by Matthews-Northrup Co.,
Queen Anne style secretary, $38,188, Rock Island Auction rose to $11,500.

$25,000, Andrew Jones Auctions Sitting Bull’s Winchester rifle,
A 20th century Queen $132,000, Cowan’s Auctions
Anne style parcel gilt
ebonized Chinoiserie
decorated secretary
bookcase sold for
$25,000 in an At Home
auction held July 17th
by Andrew Jones A cased Colt No. 5 squareback “Texas” Paterson A Winchester 1st Model 1876 rifle believed
Auctions in Los Angeles. percussion revolver hit the mark for $38,188 at to have been taken from Sitting Bull’s cabin on
Also, a French first a Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction held the day of his death in 1890 during a botched
standard silver 6-piece June 22-24 by Rock Island Auction Company arrest attempt by U.S. Indian Police, with
tea and coffee service in Rock Island, IL. Also, a U.S. Ainsworth documentation, sold for $132,000 at a Frontier
with a two-handled tray inspected Colt Cavalry SAA revolver nearly Firearms auction from the collection of Larry
(Fanniere Freres, Paris, doubled its high estimate, finishing at $10,575; Ness held June 8th by Cowan’s Auctions in
1868) settled at $18,750; and an English and a U.S. Rock Island Arsenal model Cincinnati. The rifle, along with other weapons
lacquered cabinet on a giltwood stand, the 1903 sniper rifle also surpassed its estimate to recovered that same day, were turned in to
cabinet first quarter 18th century and the stand achieve $10,575. Overall, the auction grossed Standing Rock Reservation Indian Agent Major
late 17th century, also gaveled for $18,750. $7.059 million. James McLaughlin.

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