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Alice Baber painting, Costa Rican banknote, 1952 Mickey Mantle card,

$187,500, John Moran $36,300, Doyle $12.6 million, Heritage Auctions
An original painting by A Costa Rican 1918 A 1952 Topps Mickey
Alice Baber (Amer., Cien Colones bank Mantle #311 baseball card,
1928-1982), titled Swirl note with five line graded Mint + 9.5, sold for
of Sounds, The Ghost in provisional overprint $12.6 million at a Summer
the Banyan Tree (1976), in red, graded in Very Platinum Night Sports
sold for $187,500, a new Fine condition, sold Auction held August 27th by
world auction record for the artist, at a Summer for $36,300 at a sale of the Kop family collec- Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
Modern & Contemporary Art auction held tion of Costa Rican coins and banknotes held It was the most ever paid for
August 30th by John Moran Auctioneers in Los September 13th by Doyle in New York City. a sports collectible at auction.
Angeles. Also, Ernie Barnes’s (American, 1938- Also, a Costa Rican 1917 50 Centavos coin The card was found in 1985
2009) The Lineman (1968) hit $237,500; and changed hands for $18,150. The auction totaled by Al “Mr. Mint” Rosen, who received a call
Andy Warhol’s (American, 1928-1987) John $1.164 million, which surpassed the pre-sale from a suburban Boston seller whose father had
Wayne (1986), from his Cowboys and Indians high estimate of $692,050. An exceptional been a delivery driver for Topps. It changed
series, brought $150,000. 97 percent sold by lot and 100 percent sold hands several times after that, selling for
by value. $50,000 in 1991.
Fritz Scholder painting,
$378,375, Bonhams Paul Evans sideboard, Warhol screenprints set,
$50,000, Roland Auctions $503,750, Clars Auction
A painting by the Luiseno
painter and colorist Fritz A Mid-Century A complete set of ten
Scholder (1937-2005), Modern sculptural screenprints from Andy
titled Dartmouth Portrait two-door, wall- Warhol’s (Amer., 1928-
#8 (1973), sold for mounted sideboard 1987) Cowboys and Indians
$378,375 at a Modern sold for $50,000 at series (1986), each print
Native American Art sale held August 31st in an auction held September 10th by Roland 36 inches by 36 inches,
Los Angeles. Also, a pastel drawing by Jaune Auctions in Glen Cove, NY. Also, a sold for $503,750 at a Fall Modern +
Quick-to-See (b. 1940), titled We Are Part of the gilt-framed ink and color on paper Chinese Contemporary Art + Design auction held
Earth, rang up $94,875; a series of five wood- scroll depicting men on horses, 14 inches by 100 September 16th by Clars Auction Gallery in
block prints by T. C. Cannon (1946-1978), inches (sight), rose to $22,500; an oil on canvas Oakland, CA. Also, a black cast vinyl sculpture
titled Memorial Woodblock Suite (1977), rose to by Ker-Xavier Roussell (French, 1867-1944), by KAWS (American, b. 1974), titled Four Foot
$57,075; and Victor Reece’s Raven Prince titled Baigneuses (Bathers) brought $20,000; and Companion (2007), 51 inches tall, fetched
(1991) made $14,025. an oil on board by Eldridge A. Burbank $75,000; and an Angelo Mangiarotti ‘Eros’ din-
(American, 1858-1949) fetched $7,50. ing table made $18,750.
1904 Chicago license plate,
$34,000, Donley Auctions Elon Musk mementos Betty White director’s chair,
$165,265, RR Auction $76,800, Julien’s Auctions
A Chicago license
plate from 1904, A collection of never- A director’s chair used by
considered “the holy before-seen Elon Musk Betty White during the pro-
grail of the Chicago photos and memorabilia duction of the hit TV show
plates,” sold for from his college girl- The Golden Girls sold for
$34,000 at a Vintage friend Jennifer Gwynne $76,800 at a sale of Property
License Plates & Vehicle Tags sale held August (pictured here with from the Life and Career of
28th by Donley Auctions in Union, IL. Musk in a photo taken on the University of Betty White held September
The plate, made from aluminum sheeting Pennsylvania campus in 1995) sold for 25th by Julien’s Auctions in
and painted black, featured “1904” stamped $165,265 in an online auction held Aug. Beverly Hills, CA. Also, a
vertically on the left-hand side, the number “1” 12-Sept. 14 by RR Auction, based in Boston. silky lavender dress with
bookended by two dashes in the middle, and the The photo sold for $2,773. Also, a 14kt gold artistic white dots worn by Ms. White in 1986
words “City of Chicago” on the lower bottom and emerald necklace given by Musk to publicity images rang up $32,000; and two of
edge. Chicago switched to brass plates in 1905. Gwynne, plus two photos, reached $51,008; Ms. White’s teleplays, for the pilot and final
and a birthday card inscribed by Musk to episode of The Golden Girls, went for $57,600
Copy of Action Comics #1, Gwynne hit $16,643. and $51,200.

$3.4 million, Goldin Auctions
New Englands First Fruits, “Nine Peaches” vase,
A copy of Action Comics #1 $277,200, Freeman’s $860,000, Hindman
(1938), graded CGC FN
6.0, known as the “Rocket A rare first edition of A famille rose “Nine
Copy” because of a rocket New Englands First Peaches” globular bottle vase
stamp placed on the cover Fruits, on early colonial (Tianqiuping Qianlong
over 80 years ago by the New England, including Period, 1735-1796) sold for
original owner, a 13-year- the first printed account $860,000 at a Chinese &
old who purchased it from of Harvard University, Himalayan Works of Art
a newsstand, sold for $3.4 sold for $277,200 at a auction held September 23rd
million in a private sale Books and Manuscripts by Hindman in Chicago.
held in September by auction held September Also, a painting by Qi Biashi,
Goldin Auctions (based in 21st by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. Also, a first titled Chrysanthemums and a Dragonfly, left the
Runnemede, NJ) in conjunction with edition copy of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful room for $68,750; a small lemon-yellow glazed
Metropolis Comics of New York. Superman Wizard of Oz fetched $37,800; a scarce copy of porcelain saucer dish commanded $25,000; and
was created by Jerry Siegel and Joel Shuster. Narrative of Sojourner Truth rose to $27,720; a blue glazed porcelain bowl and a copper red
Action Comics #1 is credited with helping to and a 1738 colonial treatise on paper money glazed porcelain dish changed hands for
launch the superhero genre. changed hands for $21,420. $17,500 each.

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