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J. W. Booth reward poster,                  1854 US $1 coin, MS 65,                      Xavier de Charlevoix account,
            $166,375, Nate D. Sanders                   $91,062, Legend Rare Coin                    $5,700, Old World Auctions
                                                                          An 1854 US $1-coin,
                           The first printing of the                     graded    MS65     CAC,                                P. F. Xavier de
                           reward poster for the capture                                                                        Charlevoix’s
                           of John Wilkes Booth and                      sold for $91,062 at the                                Histoire    et
                                                                         Central States Numismatic
                           two other conspirators in the                                                                        Description de
                           assassination of President                    Society’s 84th Anniversary                             la    Nouvelle
                                                                         Convention held April
                           Abraham Lincoln—issued by                                                                            France —an
                           the War Department in                         27th in Schaumburg, IL, by                             account     of
                                                                         Legend Rare Coin Auctions,
                           Washington, D.C. on April                                                 French possessions in colonial North America,
                           20, 1865, five days after    based in Red Bank, NJ. Also, an 1837 US      featuring 28 maps—sold for $5,700 in an
                                                        $2.50-coin, graded MS65 CAC, went for
                           President Lincoln passed away                                             online auction held April 12-26 by Old World
                           and six days before Booth was   $88,125; a 1942-S US 50-cent coin, graded MS   Auctions in Richmond, VA. Also,  The New
            killed—sold for $166,375 at an auction held in   67 CAC, hit $70,500; a 1935-S US 50-cent   Twelve Inch British Celestial Globe by William
            April by Nate D. Sanders Auctions in Los    coin, MS 67 CAC, brought $67,562; and a      and    T.M.    Bardin,    composed     of
                                                        1795 US 1-cent coin, PCGS MS 65 BN CAC,
            Angeles. The poster, originally displayed on a                                           12 paper gores, brass meridian, and engraved
            tree, had never been auctioned before.      made $61,687.                                horizon ring, held by its 42-inch wooden floor

                                                                                                     stand, changed hands for $5,100.
            Clemens sand bottles,                       Ancient Hebrew bible,
            $151,200, Hindman                           $38.1 million, Sotheby’s                     Jefferson Davis revolver,
                                                                          Codex Sassoon—the earli-   $470,000, Rock Island
                              A pair of Sweetheart sand                   est,   most    complete
                              bottles from 1883 by                                                                            The     Jefferson
                              Andrew Clemens (1857-                       Hebrew bible in existence,                          Davis surrender
                                                                          dating to the late 9th to
                              1894) sold for $151,200                                                                         Beaumont-Adams
                              at an American Furniture,                   early 10th century—sold                             double    action
                                                                          for $38.1 million at an
                              Folk & Decorative Arts                                                                          revolver, one of
                              auction held March 30th                     auction held May 17th by                            the most impor-
                                                                          Sotheby’s in New York. It
                              by Hindman in Chicago.                                                 tant war trophies of the Civil War, sold for
                              Also, a Tiffany & Co.     was the most valuable book or manuscript ever   $470,000 at Premier Firearms Auction #88 held
                                                        sold at auction, surpassing the 1994 sale of
                              seven-piece silver tea and                                             May 19-21 by Rock Island Auction Company
            coffee service with matching tray rang up   Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester manu-    in Rock Island, IL. Also, the engraved gold and
                                                        script, which brought $30.8 million. Codex
            $18,000; a Baltimore Federal mahogany tall                                               Winchester Model 1895 of Zane Grey realized
            case clock fetched $11,970; and a Renaissance   Sassoon was acquired by Ambassador Alfred H.   $440,625; a Krieghoff FH42 Type 1 changed
                                                        Moses and was gifted to the ANU Museum of
            Revival etagere attributed to John Henry Belter                                          hands for $411,250; and the cased Colt 1861
            went to a determined bidder for $22,800.    the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.               Navy revolver presented to Capt. George

                                                                                                     Williams rose to $258,500.
            Otto Dix portfolio,                         Marklin toy paddle boat,
            $328,000, Bonhams                           $250,000, Pook & Pook                        Kurt Cobain guitar,
                                                                              The Marklin toy   $595,000, Julien’s
                                An anti-war portfolio                         paddle wheel river
                                comprising 51 artworks                                                           Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s
                                by Otto Dix (1891-                            boat  New York, in                 Nevermind smashed and signed
                                                                              exceptional condition,
                                1969), titled  Der Krieg                                                         black Fender Stratocaster electric
                                (The War), made in                            sold for $250,000 at               guitar sold for $595,900 at a
                                                                              an Americana auction
                                1924, sold for $328,000                                                          Music Icons auction held May
                                                                              held May 4-5 by Pook
            at a Modern & Contemporary Prints &         & Pook in Downingtown, PA. Also, an English              19-20 by Julien’s Auctions in
            Multiples sale held May 9th by Bonhams in                                                            New York City. Also, Bono’s
            New York. Also, Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) by   Staffordshire slipware doll cradle dated 1698          2002 U2 stage played Gretsch
                                                        brought $22,500; a Berks or Montgomery
            Andy Warhol, from 1967, garnered $252,000;                                                           Irish Falcon electric guitar played
            Moonscape, from Landscapes (Corlett 212), by   County (PA) painted poplar shrank, a robust           a sweet tune for $238,125; Eddie
                                                        example of early 18th century German furniture
            Roy Lichtenstein (1985) brought $164,000;                                                            Van Halen’s 2004 Charvel EVH
            and Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War   design, realized $81,250; and a Mifflin County     Art Series 78 electric guitar settled
                                                        (PA) Samuel Plank painted box changed hands
            (2005) by Kara Walker finished at $95,000.     for $45,360.                              at  $114,300;   and   Michael   Jackson’s
                                                                                                     “Dangerous” world tour jacket made $117,000.
            1897 experimental pistol,                   Ted Williams HOF ring,
            $72,000, Cowan’s Auctions                                                                Steve Jobs signed check,
                                                        $444,000, Heritage Auctions                  $106,985, RR Auction
                                      A    Bergmann
                                      Schmeisser pro-                      Boston Red Sox immortal                         An Apple Computer
                                                                           Ted Williams’s Baseball
                                      totype    1897                                                                       check signed by Steve
                                      model 5 experi-                      Hall of Fame induction                          Jobs in 1976 – the
                                                                           ring, gifted to him upon
                                      mental    pistol                                                                     year of the company’s
                                      with holster stock                   his entry into Cooperstown                      founding, sold for
            sold for $72,000 at an Arms, Armor & Militaria                 on July 25, 1966, sold for                      $106,985    in  an
                                                                           $444,000 at a Spring
            auction held May 3-4 by Cowan’s Auctions in   Sports Catalog Auction held May 11-13 by   online auction held April 17-May 10 by RR
            Cincinnati. Also, a Peter Chapman 28-gauge                                               Auction in Boston. The check was filled out in
            sidelock hammerless side-by-side shotgun with   Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Also, a Mickey   type and signed by Jobs himself, for $175.00,
                                                        Mantle Topps rookie card from 1952, graded
            straight English stock hit the mark for $36,000;                                         payable to Crampton, Remke & Miller, Inc., a
            a Parker GH grade 20 gauge shotgun with     SGC Near Mint+ 7.5 earned $384,00, a record   provider of business processing consulting
                                                        for the grade; and a 1916 M101-5 (blank back)
            32-inch barrels fetched $25,200; and a Japanese                                          services to high-tech companies. Also, an early
            model 1902 “Grandpa” Nambu holster stock    Babe Ruth card also set a new record for its   1990s NeXT business card listing Jobs as
                                                        graded (SGC Fair 1.5) when it hit $276,000.
            rose to $15,600.                                                                         chairman and CEO brought $3,076.
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