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1982 Porsche 911SC, Safford sleeping goose, Japanese Batman tin toy,
$52,080, John McInnis $594,000, Copley Fine Art $150,000, Heritage Auctions

A blue 6- A carved sleeping goose A 1966 Japanese
cylinder 1982 decoy by Charles A. domestic-market
Porsche Safford (1877-1957) Batmobile tin toy
911SC Super sold for $594,000, a made by Yonezawa
Carrera coupe record for the maker, sold for $150,000 at
with sunroof at a Sporting Sale held an Ultimate Batman Collection Signature
and 124,139 July 13-14 by Copley Fine Art Auctions in auction held Aug. 4-5 by Heritage Auctions in
miles on the odometer sold for $52,080 at a Plymouth, MA. Also, a watercolor painting by Dallas. The friction-powered Toyopet (Toyota)
Mid-Summer Antique Estates Collection Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), titled Dove Crown with Batman at the wheel survived in its
auction held July 29th by John McInnis Shooting, rose to $114,000; an O’Brien original box. It is now the most valuable Batman
Auctioneers in Amesbury, MA. Also, a Shaker Chambers wood duck by Thomas Chambers toy ever sold at auction. The auction overall
rocking chair from the Harvard, MA com- (1860-1948) went for $264,000; and a White totaled $1.396 million, with Japanese Batman
munity changed hands for $33,480; a 32-inch- Mallard club pinch-breast pintail by the Ward tin toys accounting for more than $459,000.
long full-bodied copper bull weathervane went Brothers fetched $144,000.
for $22,940; and a Grand Tour period micro Yvonne Jacquette painting,
mosaic center table realized $11,160. Haunted Mansion display,
$387,200, Van Eaton Galleries $100,800, Hindman Auction
Civil War rifle, $15,600, An oil on canvas
Milestone Auctions A Haunted Mansion painting by Yvonne
animatronic hitchhiking Jacquette, titled
ghosts display sold for Lincolnville Beach
$387,200 at the sale (1977), depicting a
of the Joel Magee Maine beach in the
Disneyland Collection artist’s pointillistic
A Parker Field & Sons (London) 39-inch .577 held July 17-19 by Van style from an aerial perspective, sold for
caliber Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle manufactured Eaton Galleries in Los $100,800 at a Never Too Much auction held
circa 1861 under commission to the Angeles. Also, the July 27th by Hindman Auctions in Chicago.
Confederacy sold for $15,600 at a Premier original Walt Disney Global Van Lines truck Also, a work on paper by Gertrude Abercrombie
Collectible Firearms Auction held June 10-11 achieved $145,200; a Peter Pan’s Flight original from 1957 titled Shell (For Karl Priebe)
by Milestone Auctions in Willoughby, OH. attraction ship vehicle finished at $254,100; a commanded $81,900; and a hand-blown glass
Also, a Colt Artillery single-action Army Haunted Mansion “Doombuggy” sped away for murine by Stephen Rolfe Powell titled
Revolver, made in 1877 for issue to the U.S. $205,700; a Flying Dumbo attraction vehicle Mendacious Guppy Johnson reached $20,160.
Cavalry, fetched $12,600; and a marked C.E. made $266,200; and a set of audio-animatronic
Coggshall (Miles City, MT) matching holster Tiki Birds brought $145,200. English marine watercolor,
and belt went for $9,000.
Millet’s The Sower, $16,380, Sarasota Estate
Ancient Greek bronze helmet, $52,275, Michaan’s An English watercolor

$23,580, Apollo Art Auctions painting depicting the
A charcoal-on-paper drawing deck of a Royal Navy
A circa 500-300 BC Greek of The Sower by Jean Francois ship dated 1805, the
Chalcidian hammered Millet (1814-1875) sold for year of Admiral
bronze helmet with articu- $52,275 at an auction held Horatio Nelson’s vic-
lated crescent-shape cheek July 14th by Michaan’s in tory at the Battle of
guards sold for £18,750 (US Alameda, CA. The 9 1/4 inch Trafalgar, sold for
$23,580) at an Ancient Art, by 7 inch depiction of a peas- $16,380 at a Fine Art, Rare Books, Silver &
Antiquities & Coins sale ant sowing winter wheat was Pottery auction held August 5th by Sarasota
held July 23rd by Apollo Art Auctions in the first major painting Millet made in Estate Auction in Sarasota, FL. Also, a sculpture
London, England. Also, a massive (14.76 in Barbizon. At the time it was deemed shocking in made of aluminum and paint, depicting two
dia.) Egyptian stone bowl, Middle Kingdom, its heroic treatment of the rural poor. Millet’s oil yellow figures on red bicycles by Jorge Blanco
circa 2030-1650 BC, fetched £8,100 (US of potato pickers, The Angelus (1859), sold in (American, b. 1945), titled Easy Ride, went to a
$10,185); and a circa 200-300 AD Byzantine 1890 for $150,000, a record price at the time determined bidder for $12,600.
gold ring with amethyst intaglio engraved with for a modern painting.
images went for £7,500 (US $9,435). Aldo Mazza poster art,
Qing dynasty headdress, $16,900, Swann Auction
Majolica rustic basin, $23,040, Clarke Auction
$49,200, Strawser Auction A 1909 poster by Aldo
A Qing dynasty kingfisher Mazza (Italian, 1880-
An “Art of the Earth” feather headdress accompa- 1964), titled Magazzini
Palissy rustic basin by nied by a fitted display case Vittoria and created for a
French artist Charles- with a central stand and women’s clothier, sold for
Jean Avisseau, dated mirrored backing sold for $16,900 at a Vintage
1856, sold for $49,200 at $23,040 at a Summer Poster auction held August
the Part 1 sale of the Ed Sizzler auction held July 3rd by Swann Auction
and Marilyn Flower 16th by Clarke Auction Galleries in New York
majolica collection held August 23rd by Gallery in Larchmont, NY. City. Also, Mazza’s Scienza
Strawser Auction Group (based in Wolcottville, The crowns (or feng guan) were the apotheosis Per Tutti (Science for All),
IN) in Kulpsville, PA. Also, a rare George Jones of tian-tsui personal adornment. It was common also from 1909, touting the innovation of the
majolica “Drum” cabaret set from around 1875, in the 19th century Qing period for feng guan X-ray, brought $16,900; and a poster by
one of only two known complete sets, gaveled to be worn either by a wealthy bride on her Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Italian, 1868-1944),
for $31,625; and a Hugo Lonitz model of a wedding day or by a woman with honorable marking the launch of the battleship Roma in
hawk, circa 1875, realized $49,200. rank on formal occasions. 1907, changed hands for $15,600.

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