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Gorgosaurus skeleton, Herend table service, 3-ct. green diamond ring,

$6.1 million, Sotheby’s $10,710, Doyle $491,400, Christie’s
A Gorgosaurus skeleton, A Herend porcelain A Fancy Intense, 3.00-
measuring nearly 10 feet table service in the carat green-colored
tall and 22 feet long, sold Rothschild Bird pattern diamond ring sold for
for $6.1 million at a sold for $10,710 at an $491,400 in a Jewels
Natural History sale held Entertaining with Style Online sale held Aug.
July 28th by Sotheby’s in auction held on August 8-18 by Christie’s in
New York City. It was the first dinosaur skele- 11th by Doyle in New York City. Introduced in New York City. Also,
ton of its kind and one of only 20 known to 1860, the pattern portrays the story of Baroness a colorless emerald-cut diamond ring of 12.75
exist. The specimen was discovered in Montana. Rothschild of Vienna who lost her pearl carats changed hands for $441,000; and a signed
Also, a triceratops skull, 90 inches long by 57 necklace in her garden. Several days later, the David Webb Fancy brown-yellow diamonds
inches wide, commanded $661,500; a complete necklace was discovered by her gardener, who ring of 33.66 carats went to a determined bidder
T-Rex rooted tooth brought $100,800; and a saw the birds dangling it from a tree. Also, a for $378,000. The auction totaled $4,508,532,
group of Allosaurus leg bones rose to $163,800. group of Lettuce Ware by Dodie Thayer sold as with a 107 percent hammer above its total low
several lots for a combined $20,853. estimate and 98 percent sold by lot.
Albert York oil on

plywood work, Swimming Canada goose, 1927-D Double Eagle gold coin,
$110,250, Sarasota $252,000, Guyette & Deeter $4.44 million, Heritage Auctions
Estate Auction An important A very rare 1927-D
swimming Double Eagle US gold
An oil on plywood paint- Canada goose by coin, part of the Bob R.
ing by Albert York, titled Nathan Cobb, Jr. Simpson Collection, Part
Imaginary Playground (Trees (Cobb Island, Va.) IX, graded MS66 PCGS,
and Fence), sold for sold for $252,000 sold for $4.44 million at a
$110,250 at an auction at a Decoy & Sporting Art auction held July US Coins Signature
held July 23-24 by Sarasota Estate Auction in 29-30 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Auction held on August 23rd by Heritage
Sarasota, FL. Also, Romare Bearden’s The Museum in St. Michaels, MD, by Guyette & Auctions in Dallas, TX. The price bested the
Quilters rose to $73,000; an unsigned, untitled Deeter. Also, a Ward Brothers greenwing teal previous record for the 1927-D Double Eagle of
Itzchak Tarkay acrylic on canvas achieved hen flew away for $33,000; an Edmund $2.16 million, set at Heritage’s Fun US Coins
$20,790; a gouache on paper by A. R. Penck Osthaus oil on canvas sporting art fetched Signature Auction in January 2020. In the
brought $13,230; a sculpture by Jorge Blanco, $69,600; a mute swan by Maryland carver recent sale, five bidders remained engaged on
titled Later, made $14,490; and an antique 22kt Oliver Lawson finished at $15,600; and a set of the coin even after it went past $3 million.
gold and sterling diamond necklace hit $11,970. Nantucket lightship baskets hit $10,800.
Kobe Bryant rookie card,
Covered Meissen dish, Anne Congdon painting, $34,375, Hindman

$4,250, Kamelot Auctions $123,000, Rafael Osona
BGS 9 Mint, sold for
A 19th century covered An oil on canvas painting $34,375 at a sale of The
Meissen dish sold for by Anne Ramsdell Definitive Collection of
$4,250 at a three-day sale Congdon titled View Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards
held July 19-21 by Kamelot from Monomoy (1941) held August 24th by
Auctions in Philadelphia. sold for $123,000 at an Hindman in Chicago. The
Also, an original circa 1950 Americana, Fine Art & card was considered to be a
set of rattan armchairs went for $3,750; and an Marine auction held Aug. holy grail collectible and
18kt gold and sapphire necklace by Marco 6-7 by Rafael Osona Auctions in Nantucket, featured a die-cut image of
Bicego slipped around a new neck for $2,250. MA. Also, an iconic red sail painting by Robert Bryant, foiled borders, and a
The auctions were divided into Luxury Goods: Stark, Jr., titled Sunset Sail, rang up $70,725; a cloud background. The auction was held on
Jewelry and Handbags; Mod Interiors: Chic, portrait painted by Wendell Macy titled Lady in Mamba Day. Bryant’s “Mamba Mentality” had
Bamboo and Rattan; and Estate Continental the Sun, Nantucket (1895) realized $20,910; and a significant impact on culture overall.
Furniture and Decorative Arts. Most lots sold Sybil Goldsmith’s View of Town from the Creeks,
over their estimates. painted in 1976, rose to $8,190. Jamie Wyeth painting,

King Henry VIII doc, David Hockney lithograph, $192,000, Thomaston Place
$66,435, RR Auction $20,480, La Belle Epoque A mixed media
work for Study
A one-page vellum A lithograph by David for Lighthouse by
manuscript docu- Hockney (British, b. Jamie Wyeth
ment signed by 1937), titled Four (Pa./Me./Del.,
King Henry VIII, Flowers in a Still Life, b. 1946) sold for
dated July 26, dated and numbered $192,000 at a
1536, in which he 6/50, sold for $20,480 “Splendor” sale
discusses sponsoring the feast day of St. George, at a Multi-Estates held Aug. 26-28 by Thomaston Place Auction
patron saint of England, sold for $66,435 in an Summer auction held on August 13th by La Galleries in Thomaston, ME. Also, a watercolor
online auction held July 20-August 10 by RR Belle Epoque Auction Gallery in New York painting by Andrew Wyeth (Pa./Me., 1917-
Auction, based in Boston, MA. Also, an City. Also, an early 20th century floral still life 2009), titled The Pantry, fetched $162,000; an
Abraham Lincoln signed document as president, by Charles E. Porter (Am., 1847-1923) achieved oil on canvas by Robert Scott Duncanson
regarding rebuilding the North-South economy $1,920; a 102-piece set of Kirk sterling silver (Oh./Mich./Okla.), hit $138,000; and a
in 1865, realized $41,321; and an early Marilyn flatware weighing 127 troy ounces, earned Modernist color composition painting by
Monroe document, signed twice by the starlet, $2,300; and a Lucien Picard 14kt Art Deco Beauford Delaney (Tenn./N.Y./France, 1901-
earned $32,103. ladies’ watch brought $640. 1979) made $102,000.

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