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Mark Twain’s typewriter, Chippendale corner cupboard, Copy of Captain America #1,
$106,250, Heritage Auctions $8,400, Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc. $146,400, Goldin Auctions

The Williams No. 6 A Maryland (or Virginia) A copy of Captain America #1
typewriter that author Chippendale painted yellow from March 1941, graded CGC
Mark Twain purchased pine corner cupboard sold for 3.0 and featuring the origin of
in 1906 and used until $8,400 at a Winter Americana Steve Rogers and his sidekick
his death in 1910 sold Auction held March 2-4 by Bucky, sold for $146,000 in a
for $106,250 at a Jeffery S. Evans & Associates Winter Comics, Video Games
Historical Manuscripts in Mt. Crawford, VA. A & TCG Elite Auction held in
Signature Auction held February 22nd by Buddy “L” Junior Line March by Goldin Auctions,
Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Also, a pair of pressed-steel toy dump truck based in Runnemede, NJ. Also,
paintings that artist Colin Campbell Cooper finished at $4,200; a Western the original pen-and-ink artwork for the dust
created while onboard the RMS Carpathia Pennsylvania stoneware jar rang up $2,040; a jacket of Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary
during the rescue of Titanic survivors achieved Frank Finney (American, b. 1947) carved and Edition, signed by artist Jim Lee, brought
$112,500; and a copy of LIFE Magazine from painted figure of a basset hound achieved $57,600; and a copy of Fantastic Four #1
May 1965 signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. $6,600; and a group of antique and vintage (Nov. 1961) gaveled for $84,000.
went for $93,750. pocket knives made $3,900.
Set of portrait bronzes,
Ward Bros. duck decoy, Franklin signed document, $2.9 million, Bonhams
$90,000, Copley Fine Art $39,928, RR Auction A set of portrait bronzes
depicting the five
A Ward Brothers A one-page Ben Franklin
Humpback black signed document, dated Dec. “Founding Fathers” of the
duck decoy sold for 6, 1785, ordering a loan to Sakya Order of Tibetan
$90,000 at a Winter support Pennsylvania’s new Buddhism sold for $2.9
Sale held February currency, sold for $39,928 in million at five Asia Week
24-25 by Copley an online auction held in New York sales held March
Fine Art Auctions in March by RR Auction in 20-24 by Bonhams in New
Plymouth, MA. Also, a Harmon Running Boston, MA. Also, a Wright Brothers portrait, York City. Also, a
Curlew by Nathan F. Cobb, Jr., was the top signed by both Wilbur and Orville, finished at huanghuali “Wannian
shorebird of the sale, gaveling for $78,000; a $30,819; a King Henry VII letter to expedite Taiping” yoke back armchair rose to $1.9
Jerry Mastin Canada Goose soared to $51,000, payment of Catherine of Aragon’s dowry million; a large Neolithic mottled grey jade
a new world record for the maker; an oil on brought $27,164; and an Abraham Lincoln cong brought $1.5 million; a Sui dynasty
canvas wildlife art rendering by Richard Bishop, handwritten letter to Attorney General Bates glazed white stoneware jar and cover rang up
titled Prairie Wings, fetched $180,000; and Bob earned $18,750. $668,000; and a huanghuali recessed-leg wine
Kuhn’s Close but No Cigar reached $78,000. table, Ming Dynasty, made $1.9 million.

Lynn Chadwick bronzes,
Pair of “Yo-Yo” sconces, $126,000, Doyle De Longpre watercolor,
$277,200, Christie’s $9,225, Michaan’s Auctions
British artist Lynn
A pair of ‘Yo-Yo’ Chadwick’s bronze Winged An 1892 watercolor on
sconces designed for Figures Version II from paper by Paul de Longpre
Jean Royere’s personal 1973, depicting male and (American/French, 1855-
villa, circa 1960, female forms with wing-like 1911), titled Matillija
sold for $277,200 at capes and geometrical Poppies and Bees, sold for
Contemporary Art Sales heads, sold for $126,000 at $9,225 at a Gallery Auction
held March 7-8 by Christie’s in New York City. a 20th Century Abstraction held March 17th by
Also, a lithograph in colors by David Hockney auction held March 8th by Michaan’s Auctions in
(b. 1937), titled Walking Past Two Chairs Doyle in New York City. Also, Valencia I by Alameda, CA. Also, a 1954 mixed media on
(1984-1986), brought $88,200; an oil on canvas Filipino artist Fernando Zobel achieved wood board by Bruce Conner (American, 1933-
by Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), titled See (1985), went $214,200 (a new U.S. record for the artist); and 2008), titled Façade, went for $7,995; a pair of
Etruscan Revival bronze floor lamps attributed
for $1.26 million; and a gelatin silver print Fluidos by Spanish artist Juan Genoves changed
by Hiroshi Sugimoto (b. 1948), titled Chrysler hands for $189,000, also a new U.S. auction to Caldwell earned $7,995; and a 1782 Thomas
Building (1996), fetched $302,400. record for the artist. Hennell sterling silver tea caddy fetched $2,214.

Circa 1900 juggler poster, Roger Brown painting, Joan Miro drawing,
$14,400, Potter & Potter $138,600, Hindman $2,048, La Belle Epoque
A drawing of a woman
A circa 1900 poster A monumental painting by
touting juggler The Roger Brown (American, attributed to Joan Miro,
Great Knetzger as 1941-1997), titled Crossing signed and dated 1917,
The Master Spirit of the Bandiagara Escarpment sold for $2,048 at a multi-
Ambidexterity sold for with Baobab Trees and Dogon estates auction held March
$14,400 at Part 1 of Dancers (1989), sold for 18th by La Belle Epoque
the Ricky Jay collection held February 25th by $138,600 at the sale of the Auction House in New
Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago. Also, a single-owner collection of York City. Also, a 17th
circa 1869 broadside advertising the Davenport Susann Craig held March 9th century Italian walnut prie
Brothers earned $11,875; a circa 1905 poster for by Hindman in Chicago. dieu with marquetry and parquetry inlay
Bostock & Wombell’s World Renowned Also, Untitled (Guitar Nun) by Sister Gertrude throughout, rose to $832; a group of Schafer &
Menagerie hit $12,500; and a copy of the 1808 Morgan (American, 1900-1980) brought Vater Alice in Wonderland German bisque
book New Art of Hocus Pocus Revived found a $34,650; and William Dawson’s A Group of porcelain pieces, circa 1900, realized $448; and
new owner for $12,000. Three Articulated Figures (1976-1977) went for a Piranesi-style print, two-sheet 18th century
engravings of the Vatican, framed, hit $960.
a record $25,200.
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