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Art glass tall vase, Nikola Tesla letter, Signed Gibson guitar,

$10,620, Bodnar’s $51,651, RR Auction $16,800, Potter & Potter
An art glass tall vase initially A four-page letter A Gibson Lucille electric
believed to have been made by penned by innovator guitar signed by B.B. King,
Duran but later found to be by Nikola Tesla, dated Eric Clapton, and some
Fenton, sold for $10,620 at an July 14, 1899, hand- members of King’s original
estate auction held June 23rd by written from his band, part of King’s 70th
Bodnar’s Auction in Monmouth “Colorado Springs birthday tribute concert held
Junction, NJ. Also, an electrified Experimental Station,” in which he insists his in Memphis in 1995, sold for
oil lamp made in the style of wireless technology is superior to Marconi’s, $16,800 at a Pop Culture
Tiffany changed hands for sold for $51,651 in an online auction held June Disneyana & Collectibles Sale
$7,965; a 14kt gold Burmese 24-July 13 by RR Auction, based in Boston. held June 16th by Potter &
ruby and diamond bracelet Also, a Benjamin Franklin signed document Potter Auctions in Chicago.
realized $3,068; a platinum tanzanite and ruby from 1786 made $24,079; a Pope Francis Also, a James Bond Secret
diamond ring made $3,068; and a Louis C. signed baseball brought $17,125; and a Agent Shooting Attaché Case with the original
Tiffany art glass lamp shade went for $2,124. George Washington signed document from box brought $3,840; and a card inscribed
1795 hit $18,750. by Bob Marley with accompanying backstage
Rare 1992 Chinese gold coin, photos rose to $3,360.
$576,000, Heritage Auctions Illuminated manuscript leaves, Sargent charcoal on paper,
$43,750, Clars Auction Gallery
A rare 1992 $72,000, Thomaston Place
People’s Republic A group of three Persian illu-
of China gold minated manuscript leaves, A charcoal on paper portrait
proof “Completion gouache, and gilt on paper of Sir William Headworth
of the Lunar and script in ink, sold for Williamson, 10th Baronet,
Cycle” 2000 Yuan $43,750 at an auction held by John Singer Sargent
(Kilo) coin, graded PR69 Ultra Cameo NGC, July 17th by Clars Auction (Mass./U.K./Italy, 1856-
sold for $576,000 at a World & Ancient Coins Gallery in Oakland, CA. 1925) sold for $72,000
Platinum Session & Signature Auction held Also, a screenprint by Yayoi at an auction held July 8-10
in Hong Kong on July 7-9 by Heritage Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929), by Thomaston Place Auction
Auctions, based in Dallas. Also, a Republic titled A Pumpkin GB-D (2004), signed, titled, Galleries in Thomaston, ME.
Yuan Shih-kai silver Pattern Dollar Year 3 and dated, edition 47/80, fetched $40,625; a Also, Andy Warhol’s iconic image of Marilyn
(1914), MS64 NGC, ended at $564,000; and a Chinese huanghuali rounded corners cabinet, Monroe, one of a series of ten serigraphs from
Kuang-hsu Dollar ND (1908), MS67 PCGS, 44 ¼ inches tall, made $20,000; and a Salvador a 1967 portfolio, finished at $93,750; and a
went for $528,000. Dali lithograph, titled Drawers of Memory profile bust portrait oil painting of a young
(1965), hit $10,625. woman by Norman Rockwell (NY/Mass., 1894-
Sally Michel painting, 1978) realized $25,000.

$26,250, John Moran Marilyn Monroe gown, Buzz Aldrin’s jacket,
$218,750, Julien’s Auctions
An oil painting $2.8 million, Sotheby’s
by American artist A gown and headpiece Marilyn
Sally Michel, titled Monroe wore in the film Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s
Deserted Beach (1975) There’s No Business Like Show flown Apollo 11 in-
sold for $26,250 Business sold for $218,750 at a flight coverall jacket,
at a Post-War and Hollywood Legends auction worn during the historic
Contemporary Art + held July 15th by Julien’s 1969 mission to the
Design auction held June 21st by John Moran Auctions in Beverly Hills, CA. moon and back, sold for
Auctioneers in Los Angeles. Also, a 1941 Also, Chris Evans’s Captain $2.8 million at an auction held July 25th by
painting by Milton Avery, titled Girl on Balcony, America original hero prop Sotheby’s in New York City. It was the most
realized $24,700; a painting by Thomas “Vibranium” shield used in valuable American space-flown artifact ever sold
Nozkowski, Untitled (8-50), earned $23,750; a The Avengers went for $200,000; an original at auction, and the most valuable jacket ever
colorful print by Frank Stella, titled The Monkey Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope sold at auction. Aldrin’s name (as “E. Aldrin”)
Rope, rose to $23,750; and an untitled ceramic stormtrooper helmet fetched $192,000; and a was printed above the Apollo 11 mission
by Doyle Lane hit $7,500. Harry Potter “Nimbus 2001” broomstick flew emblem. Also showing was a U.S. flag and the
away for $76,800. NASA “meatball” logo.
Faulkner painting,
$18,900, Doyle 1987 Hermes handbag, William Herbert Dunton oil,
$8,125, Crescent City $1.2 million, Coeur d’Alene
A painting by Kentucky-
born artist Henry Lawrence A circa 1987 Hermes Kelly An oil on canvas by William
Faulkner (1924-1981), titled Sellier handbag, in natural Herbert Dunton (1878-1936),
Proud Cock, sold for $18,900 black box calf leather with titled Treed (circa 1915), signed
at a Fine Art auction held July gold hardware, sold for lower left and 40 inches by 30
14th by Doyle in New York $8,125 at a Summer Estates inches (sight, less frame), sold for
City. It was a new world Auction held July 15-16 by $1.2 million at a Coeur d’Alene
auction record for the artist. Crescent City Auction Gallery in New Orleans, Art Auction held July 23rd at the
Also, a color screenprint by Andy Warhol from LA. Also, a watercolor on paper by Alberta Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. It was a new
the Pop Artist’s Space Fruit series, titled Apples, Kinsey (La., 1875-1952), titled Still Life with auction record for the artist. Also, Philip R.
achieved $17,640, a new world auction record Roses, signed and framed, brought $2,250; and a Goodwin’s work Between the Devil and the Deep
for the print; and a painting by Nicola Simbari limited-edition Louis Vuitton x Jeff Koons Blue Sea realized $968,000 (also a record); and
(Ital., 1927-2012), titled Artificial Flowers Masters Van Gogh MM Neverfull printed coated Charles M. Russell’s Mexican Vaqueros Roping a
(1967), went for $10,080. canvas bag with leather accents made $4,375. Steer (1925) hit $544,500.

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