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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
Tiffany Nasturtium lamp, Ca. 1820 “Armoire Crocodile” Washington-owned book,
$71,500, Woody Auction $21,700, Miller & Miller $441,000, Freeman’s

A Tiffany Studios An important, circa A volume from the per-
table lamp with 32- 1820 Quebec armoire sonal library of George
inch Nasturtium in a strong alligatored Washington titled The
shade sold for yellow paint, giving it Transactions of the Royal
$71,500 in the sale the family nickname Humane Society, a first
of Part 2 of the Ron “Armoire Crocodile”, edition copy gifted to
Blessing collection sold for $21,700 at the Washington during his
held March 18th by sale of the Belzile collec- second presidential term
Woody Auction in tion held in Quebec, by physician Dr. John
Douglass, KS. Also, Canada by Miller Coakley Lettsom and
an R.J. Horner china cabinet in the Atlas & Miller Auctions, featuring Washington’s
pattern, 95 inches tall, climbed to $22,000; a Ltd., based in New bold signature at the top of the half-title page,
French cameo art glass vase marked Daum Hamburg, Ontario. sold for $441,000 at a Books and Manuscripts
Nancy, with penguin décor, went for $17,000; Also, a Louis XIII auction held May 3rd by Freeman’s in
and a Brilliant Period Cut Glass amethyst cut to armchair in old green paint realized $15,600; Philadelphia. Also, a 1787 land grant signed by
clear water pitcher attributed to Stevens and and an 18th century Quebec pine armoire Benjamin Franklin finished at $17,640.
Williams realized $9,200. with four Louis XIV hourglass-shaped panels
fetched $13,000. Kusama’s A Pumpkin,
Prendergast beach scene, $56,250, John Moran
$162,500, Shannon’s Uncle Sam clockwork toy,
$72,000, Bertoia Auctions A 2004 painting by
A colorful oil on Yayoi Kusama (b.
panel Boston An Ives (USA) Uncle Sam 1929), titled A
beach scene by clockwork perambulator, Pumpkin (RT), sold
Maurice one of two known, sold for for $56,250 at a
Prendergast $72,000 at a Spring California Living
(American, Signature Sale held March auction held April
1858-1924), 24-25 by Bertoia Auctions 11th by John Moran
painted circa in Vineland, N.J. Also, an Auctioneers in Los
1907-1910, sold oversized Ives horse-drawn Angeles. Also, a 1958
for $162,500 in a Spring Fine Art Auction held fire hose reel, 25 1/2 inches Fender Stratocaster
April 27th by Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers long, in pristine condition, electric guitar played
in Milford, CT. Also, an oil on canvas by gaveled for $14,400; a a sweet tune for $32,500; Eduardo Sarabia’s
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819-1904), Kenton Speed Truck, 16 (b. 1976) Painted Memories 2 from 2008 made
titled Vase of Red Roses, circa the 1880s, 1/2 inches in size, the $18,750; four topiary lounge chairs with an
garnered $125,000; and a 1904 oil on canvas by largest of its series, fetched $16,800; and a Kyser ottoman by Richard Schultz (1926-2021) for
Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958) & Rex (USA) Chimpanzee cast-iron mechanical Knoll earned $6,500; and an Art Deco Revival
titled Sunshine in the Hills brought $106,250. bank brought $34,800. credenza, circa 1980s-90s, hit $5,850.

Bronze Tibetan Buddha, German WWII machine gun, Houdini’s strait jacket,

$200,000, Briggs Auction $456,000, Morphy Auctions $43,200, Potter & Potter
A rare and important A German Legendary magician
gilt bronze Tibetan WWII Model Houdini’s strait jacket
Buddha, 13 inches tall FG-42 escape, a heavy canvas
on a carved 5-inch- machine gun, jacket reinforced with
tall base, sold for Model E 1st leather across the neck,
$200,000 at a Fine Model, one of back, arms, and waist,
Estates Auction held only about sold for $43,200 at a
March 24th by Briggs 2,000 made, Harry Houdini sale
Auction in Garnet sold for $456,000 at a Firearms & Militaria held April 8th by Potter
Valley, PA. It was the Auction held April 11-13 by Morphy Auctions & Potter Auctions
most ever paid for a in Denver, PA. Also, a British-made WWII in Chicago. Also,
single item at a Briggs silenced Sten Mark IV (SD) machine gun went Houdini’s spirit cabinet escape made $50,400; a
Auction event. Also, a nearly life-size portrait of for $129,000; a mid-1950s American-made circa 1925 poster advertising The World Famous
a seated beauty, titled Lorelai, changed hands for Harrington & Richardson T48 (FAL) machine Houdini/Master Mystifier, commanded $11,400;
$32,000; and a scarce pocket watch by the 18th gun with box achieved $114,000; and a circa and a circa 1891 tintype portrait of a young
century Delaware clockmaker Thomas Crow 2000 David McKay Brown (Scotland) 20-gauge Houdini, probably at Coney Island, New York,
hammered for $5,500. shotgun earned $61,200. reached $21,600.

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