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Portrait by Lemoine,                         LeBron and Jordan card,                     Keith Haring mural,
        $387,000, Doyle                              $900,000, Goldin Auctions                   $3.86 million, Bonhams

                         A portrait painting of                           A 2003-2004 Upper                        An untitled mural known
                         Madame Leclerc (born                             Deck       “Exquisite                    as  The Church of the
                         Pauline Bonaparte), done                         Collection” #JJ Lebron                   Ascension Grace House
                         circa 1798-99 by Marie-                          James/Michael Jordan                     Mural (portion shown), by
                         Victoire Lemoine (French,                        Logoman card (#1/1),                     Keith Haring (American,
                         1754-1820),   sold   for                         graded BGS NM-                           1958-1990), circa 1983-
                         $387,000 at a sale of Old                        MT+ 8.5, sold for                        1984, oil-based house
                         Master    Paintings   &     $900,000 in an online auction held in February                paint on a cement wall,
                         Drawings held Feb. 5 by     by Goldin Auctions, based in Runnemede, NJ. It   sold for $3.86 million at a sale of postwar and
                         Doyle in New York City.     was the most ever paid for a basketball card or any   contemporary art held Nov. 13 by Bonhams in
        Pauline Bonaparte was the younger sister of   modern trading card, eclipsing the previous record   New York City. It was a new world auction
        Napoleon I. She was married at age 17 to the   set in 2016, when a 1969-1970 Topps #25 Lew   record for a Keith Haring mural. Also, Helen
        French general Charles Leclerc in 1797. After he   Alcindor basketball card graded PSA GEM MT   Frankenthaler’s Mica (1981) rose to $487,575;
        died from yellow fever in 1802, she married the   10 changed hands for $501,900.         and Sam Francis’s Of the Rope Star (1973-1974)
        Roman Prince Camillo Borghese of Italy.                                                  made $237,575.
                                                     Henry Tanner oil painting,
        Mobil Oil coin-op kids’ ride,                $365,000, Swann Auctions                    French carriage clock,
        $25,200, Michaan’s Auctions                                                              $21,600, Schmitt Horan
                                                                            An oil on canvas
                            A 1950s-era Mobil Oil                           painting done in                     A French carriage clock made
                            coin-operated children’s                        1912 by Henry                        by Breguet, Neveu & Co.
                            Pegasus ride flew out of                        Owassa    Tanner,                    sold for $21,600 at an
                            the room for $25,200 at                         titled  Moonrise by                  auction held Oct. 26-27 by
                            a Gallery Auction held                          Kasbah (Morocco),                    Schmitt Horan & Co. in
                            Feb. 8 by Michaan’s                             sold for $365,000                    Manchester,  NH.    Also,
                            Auctions in Alameda,                            at   an   African-                   a Thomas Cole desk com-
                            CA. Also, a wood and     American Fine Art Auction held Jan. 30 by                   pendium wowed the crowd
                            paper collage by Louise   Swann Auction Galleries in New York City.                  for $21,000; a Movado for
        Nevelson (American, 1899-1988),  Untitled,   Also, seven panels of framed chromogenic prints             Tiffany & Co. watch, ref.
        1957, gaveled for $8,400; an oil on board self-  and sandblasted text on glass from 1996-1997   # 19018, slipped onto a new wrist for $1,920;
        portrait by Jesus Guerrero Galvan (Mexican,   by Carrie Mae Weems realized $305,000;    a Chelsea 8 ½ inch special dial yacht wheel clock
        1910-1973), titled  Autorretrato de Pinto,   and Robin Harper’s 1970 oil titled Jack Johnson   topped out at $12,600; and a monumental
        brought $7,200; and a Shreve & Co. Art       hit $185,000.                               mahogany veneered empire mantel clock by
        Nouveau sterling silver tea service made $5,100.                                         J. C. Brown rose to $8,400.
                                                     Nakashima end table,
        Hannah Fairfield portrait,                   $28,320, Briggs Auction                     Edgar Degas bronze,
        $21,250, Millea Bros.                                                                    $567,000, Freeman’s
                                                                         A George Nakashima
                            A double oil portrait by                     Claro end table sold for                   A bronze statue by Edgar
                            Hannah Fairfield of                          $28,320 at a Modern                        Degas (French, 1834-
                            Lucy Adams Tracy and                         Design Auction held                        1917)   titled  Grande
                            Ellen Nichols Tracy,                         Sept. 13 by Briggs                         Arabesque    Deuxieme
                            circa 1839, sold for                         Auction in Garnet                          Temps sold for $567,000
                            $21,250 at an auction                        Valley, PA. Also, a pair                   at a European Art & Old
                            held Jan. 30 by Millea                       of Nakashima custom                        Masters auction held
                            Bros. in Boonton, NJ.    room-divider cabinets each brought $34,440;                    Feb. 18 by Freeman’s in
                            Also, a pair of English   a unique Andrew Grima-designed emerald    Philadelphia. Also, a painting by Berthe Morisot
                            naturalistic porcelain   and diamond ring set in 18kt gold slipped onto   (French, 1841-1895) sold to France’s Musee
        bodkin cases, probably Chelsea, circa late 18th   a new finger for $12,300; and a studio crafted   Marmottan-Monet for $212,000; and a
        century, rose to $17,500; and a Francis Sartorius   sofa by Larry and Nancy Beuchley (NM, 1987)   charcoal drawing by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch,
        oil on canvas of Whinigig (winner of the 1769   hit $4,248.                              1853-1890), titled  Bald-Headed Orphan Man,
        Jubilee Cup) and his groom fetched $13,750.                                              achieved $459,000.
                                                     Lynda Benglis sculpture,
        Louis Fuertes watercolor,                    $184,500, Clars Auction                     Paul Evans dining set,
        $12,400, DuMouchelles                                                                    $43,200, Fairfield Auction
                                                                     A stainless-steel mesh and
                                   A    watercolor                   aluminum sculpture by                                   A Paul Evans
                                   painting    by                    Lynda Benglis (Am., b.                                  dining    set
                                   Louis Fuertes                     1941), titled Norseman, sold                            consisting of
                                   (American,                        for $184,500 at an auction                              a    glass-top
                                   1874-1927),                       held Feb. 22-23 by Clars                                table (shown)
                                   titled  Mallard,                  Auction Gallery in Oakland,                             and six chairs
                                   sold for $12,400                  CA. Also, a South Coast,                                sold for a
        at live auctions held Jan. 17-19 by                          Papua New Guinea shoulder   combined $43,200 at an auction held Sept. 25
        DuMouchelles in Detroit, MI. Also, an early                  shield realized $30,750; a   by Fairfield Auction in Monroe, CT. Also, a
        Pewabic pottery vase, 8 3/4 inches tall and 9                George   Nakashima    for   marble figure of a maiden by Gaetano Mercanti,
        inches in diameter, achieved $8,060; and blues               Widdicomb even-arm sofa     41 inches tall, achieved $8,400; a Rolex
        guitarist Chuck Cole’s (b. 1942) Gibson                      executed in walnut earned   Explorer watch slipped onto a new wrist for
        ES-335TD semi-hollow body guitar from 1968   $24,600; and a woodblock print by Gustave   $13,200; and a turned tulipwood bowl by Ed
        that he named “Willie B” brought $3,870.     Bauman made $12,300.                        Moulthrop went for $1,440.

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