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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium

Canadian “Fat Man” Bosendorfer piano, Perham Nahl 1915 poster,
hooked mat, $46,250, Andrew Jones $4,800, Potter & Potter
$17,700, Miller & Miller A Bosendorfer black A poster titled Panama
Auctions lacquered grand piano, Pacific International
Model B225, circa 1986, Exposition by Perham
An iconic Canadian “Fat sold for $46,250 at the Nahl, created to advertise
Man” hooked mat from first-ever Collections the opening day of the
1916 sold for $17,700 at Curated by Designers of 1915 World’s Fair in San
a Canadiana, Pottery & Distinction auction held Francisco and illustrated
Folk Art auction held Feb. 23 by Andrew Jones with the 13th Labor
Feb. 8 by Miller & Miller Auctions in Los Angeles, of Hercules, sold for
Auctions, Ltd. in New CA. Also, a 19th century $4,800 at a Vintage Posters
Hamburg, Ont., Canada. 24-light chandelier made by Perry & Co. auction held Jan. 25 by
Also, an oil painting of a (England) lit up the room for $40,000; a pair of Potter & Potter Auctions
horse by J. J. Kenyon galloped off for $11,800; late 18th century Louis XVI gilt bronze and in Chicago. Also, The Tree of Evil, a 1912
a figural landscape by Homer Watson brought marble two-tier étagères brought $45,000; and a Communist propaganda poster that depicted
$6,900, and a painting by Manly MacDonald Chinese Ming Dynasty huanghuali armchair Karl Marx leading a laborer to cut away the
titled Spring Willows by a Mill went for $3,835. made $37,500. roots of ignorance that give strength to “diseases
(Prices are in Canadian dollars.) and crime” rose to $2,400.
Mucha’s Precious Stones,
Sargent charcoal drawing, $192,000, Poster Auctions William Edmondson sculpture,
$22,800, Bruneau & Co. $540,000, Case Antiques Auction
A set of four
A figural charcoal on decorative A William Edmondson
paper drawing by panels by limestone sculpture,
John Singer Sargent Alphonse depicting a preacher with a
(MA/UK/Ital., Mucha, bible raised in his left hand,
1856-1925) sold for titled sold for $540,000 at an auc-
$22,800 at a two- Precious tion held Jan. 26 by Case
session auction held Stones Antiques Auctions in
Feb. 15 by Bruneau (1902), with each panel personifying a different Knoxville, TN. Also, a sand
& Co. Auctioneers gemstone, sold for $192,000 at Rare Posters art bottle by Andrew
in Cranston, RI. Auction #80 held Feb. 23 by Poster Auctions Clemens realized $66,000;
Also, a porcelain blue balloon dog in the original International in New York City. Also, Jean an oil on board by Gilbert
box by Jeff Koons (American, b. 1955), #1,495 Dupas’ Bal des Étudiants / Alhambra-8 Janvier Gaul titled Woman Sewing
of 2,300, went for $7,500; and a two-piece glass 1927 (1926) gaveled for $43,200; Manuel knocked down for $14,400; and an oil on board
sculpture by Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941) Orazi’s Théâtre de Loïe Fuller (1900) realized by Clementine Hunter titled Picking Flowers
earned $7,500. $33,500; and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s made $8,400.
Confetti (1894) made $40,800.
Mexican Charro 1927-D $20 Double Eagle coin,
parade-style saddle, Tiffany Peony Border lamp, $2.16 million, Heritage Auctions
$4,500, Holabird Western $151,250, Fontaine’s Auction A 1927-D Double
Americana A Tiffany Studios Peony Eagle $20 U.S. gold
Border floor lamp, 77 inches coin, the rarest
An ornate sterling tall, lit up the room for regular-issue of a 20th
silvered Mexican Charro $151,250 at an auction held century American
parade-style saddle Jan. 16 by Fontaine’s coin, graded MS65+
with matching sabre, Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, PCGS CAC, sold for
sombrero and accou- MA. Also, a Pairpoint Puffy $2.16 million at
trements, used in the Owl lamp brought $78,650; Signature Auctions
Pasadena Rose Parade, an Armenian bible with a held in January by
circa 1940, sold for silver repoussé cover depict- Heritage Auctions (Dallas, TX) during the
$2,500 at an Objects of ing Jesus on the cross, Florida United Numismatic Convention and
Our Affection Auction flanked by Mary and Joseph, the New York International Numismatic
held Feb. 14-17 by with a Nativity scene on the back, hit $48,400; Convention events. Also, an 1855 $1 coin,
Holabird Western Americana Collections in and an oil on canvas painting by Elliott PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC, reached $336,000;
Reno, NV. Also, a painting by Nevada gaming Daingerfield titled Across the Pond changed and a 1927-S Saint-Gaudens $20 gold coin,
artist Frank Trevors (1907-1980), titled War hands for $13,310. MS66+ PCGS, hit $312,000.
Party On the Move, rose to $6,250.

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