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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
Flora Danica table service, David Hockney lithograph, Japanese incense burner,
$118,750, Andrew Jones $47,795, Ahlers & Ogletree $250,000, Heritage Auctions

An extensive service A color A massive Japanese
of Royal Copenhagen lithograph dragon-form incense
Flora Danica porce- on paper burner weighing
lain tableware that of a tropi- almost 45 pounds of
was offered in 24 lots cal scene pure silver sold for
totaled $118,750 at by David $250,000 at a Fine
an auction held June Hockney Silver & Objects
18th by Andrew (British, b. of Vertu Signature
Jones Auctions in Los 1937), Auction held May
Angeles. Also, an 89- titled Bora 16th by Heritage
piece Puiforcat first standard silver Royal Bora (1979), sold for $47,795 at auctions held Auctions in Dallas, TX. Also, a Tiffany &
pattern flatware service realized $18,750; a June 15-17 by Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta. Company partial gilt water pitcher finished
Chinese gilt and black coromandel lacquer Also, a pastel on medium light brown paper by at $35,000; a circa 1870 Gorham partial gilt
eight-panel screen achieved $11,875; and a Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851- figural punch bowl with the original ladle
group of seven Buccellati sterling silver clad 1938), titled Study in Orange and Rose (1909) earned $35,000; and a gorgeous Gorham
shells and a shell form footed dish hammered realized $39,325; and an oil on canvas Portrait Martele six-piece Blue Lily motif tea and coffee
for $11,875. of Lady with Pitcher (1910) by William set left the room for $20,000.
Worcester Churchill (Mass., 1858-1926) also
Wurlitzer Model 71 jukebox, gaveled for $39,325. Chinese Export clock,
$11,124, Miller & Miller Masudaya Target Robot, $34,375, John Moran

A Wurlitzer Model $34,440, Milestone Auctions A Chinese Export
71 tabletop jukebox French-style automaton
(Amer. circa 1940- A Masudaya clock, signed Cheon
1941), restored, on a (Japan) 15-inch S’Nag Comton to the
Wurlitzer model 810 battery-operated mechanism, sold for
stand, sold for Target Robot $34,375 at a Traditional
$11,124 in an online- from the Gang of Collector sale held April
only Petroliana, Five series with a 25-26 by John Moran
Advertising & Coin- dart gun and two Auctioneers in Los
Op auction held June darts, plus the Angeles. Also, a red and
10th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. in New original box, sold white chalk drawing by
Hamburg, Ont., Canada. Also, a Kuntz Park for $34,440 at a Spring Premier Toy Auction Francois Boucher, titled
Brewery Waterloo beer tray (Canada, 1900) held May 27th by Milestone Auctions in The Vegetable Vendor: A
earned $9,790; and a Globe Amusement Willoughby, OH. Also, a Yonezawa (Japan) Sheet of Studies (1738),
Lighthouse grip strength tester (Amer., 1924) 13-inch battery-op 8 Man Walking Robot with sold for $81,250; Sally
made $9,790. original box fetched $8,400; a Yonezawa James Farnham’s New York City Mounted
battery-op Jupiter robot finished at $20,400; Policeman in the Rain rose to $34,375; and a
1880 silver ingot, and a Nomura (Japan) battery-op Walking Francois Linke gilt-bronze mounted armoire
Batman gaveled for $12,915. hit $11,250.
$42,175, Holabird
An 1880 Mathey, Dale Chihuly bowl basket, Mandarin court robe,
Kustel & Riotte $5,227, Michaan’s Auctions $39,060, Sarasota Estate
silver ingot with
documented A colorful, shapely art A Qing Dynasty Mandarin
information , glass Macchia Bowl Basket court robe sold for $39,060
the only known by Dale Chihuly sold for at a two-day sale held May
example, with $5,227 at a Luxury 20-21 by Sarasota Estate
logo punch and Auction held May 19th Auctions in Sarasota, FL.
weighs 4.97 troy ounces, sold for $42,175 at a by Michaan’s Auctions in Also, a blanc de chine
High-Grade auction held June 15-18 by Alameda, CA. Also, an Buddha statue with spiritu-
Holabird Western Americana Collections in Edith Baretto Stevens al symbol made $25,200; a
Reno, NV. Also, one of a few known copies of Parsons figural bronze fountain settled at pair of Han warriors fin-
De Groot’s original third edition map of the $7,995; a Bosendorfer concert grand piano ished at $7,560; a Tang white pigment prancing
Washoe mines (NV), published in 1860, knocked down for $46,125; a Van Cleef & horse left the room for $6,930; an oil on canvas
brought $15,000; and a remarkable archive Arpels ruby, enamel, diamond, and 18K gold portrait painting attributed to Rembrandt Peale
from a legal Nevada prostitute went for $5,750. terrier brooch commanded $7,995; and a (1778-1860) went for $19,530; and a
Buccellati sterling silver soup tureen went to a Modernist sculpture by Aurora Canero
determined bidder for $6,765. (Spanish, b. 1940) rose to $7,560.

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