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Astronaut’s gold watch, Swiss 18kt gold snuff box, Caille Bros. slot machine,

$1.9 million, RR Auction $10,625, Clarke Auction $246,000, Morphy Auctions
Astronaut Wally Schirra’s A Swiss 18kt A circa 1904 Caille Bros. 5-cent
Omega Speedmaster yellow gold and Roulette floor-model slot
Professional gold watch enamel snuff box machine with seven coin slots
sold for $1.907 million in having enamel sold for $246,000 at an Antique
an online auction ending decoration Coin-Op Machines &
October 30th by RR throughout sold Advertising auction held Nov.
Auction, based in Boston. for $10,625 at an 3-5 by Morphy Auctions in
The timepiece was given auction held Oct. 29-30 by Clarke Auction Denver, PA. Also, a 1920s
to Schirra at a special gala Gallery in Larchmont, NY. Also, an oil on Mills coin-op Deluxe Violano-Virtuoso with
dinner held Nov. 25, canvas painting signed by Roberto Matta, titled dual violins that played simultaneously went for
1969, at the Hotel Warwick in Houston, TX. Se Conduire, attained $57,500; a signed oil on $63,960; and a Regina Style 37 music box
Omega presented 26 of the commemorative canvas by Ivan Fedorovich Choultse, titled changer with more than 20 discs, restored,
watches—known as the Tribute to Astronauts Garden, finished at $35,000; and a nearly played a sweet tune for $23,370.
watch—to NASA astronauts alive and deceased, 5-carat diamond and platinum ring hammered
all engraved. for $30,000. Sam Doyle folk-art,
$66,250, Slotin Folk Art
Diamond and bloodstone box, Buddy Holly concert poster,
$68,750, Hindman Auctions $447,000, Heritage Auctions A folk-art painting by Sam
Doyle titled Dr. Buz Ha Lo!
An 18th century antique The only known Winter sold for $66,250 at a Self-
diamond and bloodstone Dance Party concert poster Taught Masterpiece Sale held
box featuring 25 carats of from Feb. 3, 1959, promot- Nov. 12-13 by Slotin Folk Art
old mine, European and ing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Auction in Buford, GA. Also,
rose-cut diamonds sold for Valens, The Big Bopper, and Doyle’s folk art painting of
$68,750 at a Gold Boxes Dion, forever known as Jackie Robinson was a hit for
and Vertu estate auction “The Day the Music Died” $63,750; Beverly Buchanan’s
held October 18th by (since all of the above artists SC House finished at $55,000;
Hindman Auctions in except Dion were killed in a Bill Traylor’s Black Dog
Chicago. Also, a gold and plane crash that day), sold fetched $47,500; Joseph Yoakum’s Persian
enamel snuff box went for $17,500; a French for a record $447,000 at a Plateau hit $29,375; and David Drake’s Storage
gold figural compound scent flask, snuff box, Music Memorabilia Signature Auction held Jar changed hands for $27,500.
and hand-seal brought $13,750; and a French Nov. 11-13 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
gold, diamond, and mother-of-pearl cigarette The previous record was $275,000 for a Kyser & Rex bank,
case hit $53,125. Beatles poster.
$24,000, Bertoia’s
Italian salt cellar, Kepler planets manuscript, A Kyser & Rex
$28,350, Doyle $882,375, Bonhams (Philadelphia)
Roller Skating
An Italian Renaissance An autograph scientific cast-iron
patinated-bronze salt cellar manuscript by Johannes mechanical
(or inkwell) sold for $28,350 Kepler (1571-1630), bank with
at sales held Oct. 19-20 by featuring dense mathe- bright original
Doyle in New York. Also, matical calculations paint colors sold
two circa 1810 Regency using logarithms and for $24,000 at an auction titled “Abby’s Attic
satinwood banded rosewood describing the orbits of the planets, sold for Finds” held October 14th by Bertoia’s in
side cabinets fetched $882,375 at a History of Science and Vineland, NJ. Also, a 1950s Mark Haber second
$16,380; a Worcester porce- Technology sale held October 25th by Bonhams casting of a J & E Stevens Bull & Bear mechan-
lain covered two-handled urn by Flight Barr and in New York City. Also, a map of California ical bank climbed to $7,800; and a 21-inch-long
Barr rose to $10,710; Thomas Lawrence’s 1827 signed by Miguel de Costanso (Ital., 1741- Ives clockwork tin alligator, patented 1875,
portrait of Mary-Ann Capel reached $15,120; 1814) brought $693,375; and a handwritten with original box, changed hands for $14,400.
and a painting by Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli letter by Frederick Douglass realized $353,175.
(aka il Morazzone) rose to $13,860. Chinese ink-on-paper hand scroll,
Historic Washington letter, $118,750, Lark Mason Associates
Copy of Poetical Works, $2.39 million, Freeman’s
$96,000, Potter & Potter A Chinese ink on
A historic letter sent paper hand scroll
A copy of Robert by George Washington showing a pair of
Browning’s Poetical to Thomas Jefferson, antlers, signed
Works, carried by announcing the comple- Qianlong
Ernest Shackleton tion of the Constitution, Emperor, sold for
during the 1907-1909 one day following its $118,750 in an
Nimrod expedition, adoption by the online sale of rare
sold for $96,000 at a Constitutional works of Asian art ending November 3rd by
Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale held October Convention in 1787, Lark Mason Associates in New Braunfels, TX.
20th by Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. sold for $2.39 million at a Books and Also, a Chinese Peking amber glass octagonal
Also, a William Morris for Kelmscott Press Manuscripts: Rare Americana auction held bottle vase reached $17,500; an ink-on-silk
edition of The Poems of William Shakespeare November 15th by Freeman’s in Philadelphia. At Korean 4-panel screen by Kim K-Chang (1913-
brought $16,800; a signed 1937 copy of Ulysses the time, Jefferson was the American ambassador 2001) made $18,125; and a pair of Chinese faux
by James Joyce fetched $45,600; and a copy of to France, but Washington was eager to pass along cloisonne porcelain jardinieres, mid-Qing
The Call of the Wild realized $13,200. the news of the landmark document. Dynasty, hit $25,000.

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