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                               Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far        by Ken Hall
                                                                All prices include the buyer’s premium
            David Wynne sculpture,                      Howard Pyle painting,                        Brady Bunch teleplays,
            $60,500, Ahlers & Ogletree                  $95,000, Bruneau & Co.                       $7,800, Julien’s Auctions

                                A bronze gestural sculp-                   A plaster and wood frame                  A pair of signed  Brady
                                ture by David Wynne                        with gilt finish and the                  Bunch     original  pilot
                                (English, 1926-2014),                      painting by Howard Pyle                   teleplays, with autograph
                                titled   The  Dancers                      (American, 1853-1911),                    book and ephemera from
                                (1972), 83 inches tall,                    titled Death of Montcalm,                 1968, sold for $7,800 at a
                                sold for $60,500 at a                      sold for $95,000 at the                   sale of items from Eve
                                two-day auction held                       illustration art collection               Plumb, who played Jan
                                Oct. 13-14 by Ahlers &                     of Carl J. Pugliese (Am.,                 Brady on the hit TV show,
                                Ogletree in Atlanta.                       1916-1982) held October                   held October 2nd by
                                Also, a 1975 Yamaha                        17th by  Bruneau & Co.    Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. The first
            ebony conservatory (or semi-concert) grand                     Auctioneers in Cranston,   script is titled  The Brady Brood  (the show’s
            piano, model C7, with bench, achieved       RI. Also, an oil on canvas by J.C. Leyendecker   original title). The second script, dated Oct. 2,
            $14,520; and a cast glass sculpture by Latchezar   (American, 1874-1951), titled  Peeling Apples   1968, has the word “Brood” crossed out on its
            Boyadjiev (Bulgarian, b. 1959), titled Woman II   Study, hit $13,750; and Dean Cornwell’s   cover and replaced by “Bunch,” in red marker,
            (2011), 23 1/2 inches tall, went for $9,680.    (American, 1892-1960)  Explorers on a Ship   likely in Eve Plumb’s hand.
                                                        gaveled for $12,500.
            Pair of Chinese vases,                                                                   Ford’s Theater tickets,
            $384,000, J. Garrett                        Maud Lewis painting,                         $262,500, RR Auction
                                                        $38,270, Miller & Miller
                                    A pair of Chinese                                                                         A pair of tickets
                                    imperial    Qing                            A mixed media                                 from the play Our
                                    famille rose vases,                         on Masonite by                                American Cousin,
                                    each one 14 inches                          Canadian folk artist                          seats D41 and
                                    tall and carrying                           Maud Lewis (1903-                             D42, held April
                                    the Jiaqing (1796-                          1970), titled  The                            14,   1865,   at
                                    1820) marks and                             Lobsterman (1967)                             Ford’s Theater in
                                    of the period, sold                         sold for $38,270                              Washington,
                                    for $384,000 in a                           (U.S.) in an online-                          D.C.,     where
                                    pair of online-only                         only   Folk   Art                             President
                                    auctions held Sept.                         auction held on    Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John
            9-10 by J. Garrett Auctioneers in Dallas, TX.   October 14th by Miller & Miller Auctions,   Wilkes Booth, sold for $262,500 in an online
            Also, a dazzling 19-carat pink diamond and   Ltd., in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Also,   auction held September 23rd by RR Auction,
            19.02-carat white diamond necklace set in 18kt   an enamel on board by Joe Norris (Canadian,   based in Boston. The tickets cost 75 cents in
            white gold. weighing 49 grams, 19 1/2 inches   1924-1996), titled  Hauling the Herring Nets   1865. Also, a first edition book of the 1858
            long, accompanied by 100 GIA certificates,   brought $15,300; and a latex and marker on   debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas,
            slipped around a new neck for $128,000.     Masonite painting by Joe Sleep (Canadian,    signed by Lincoln for his former law apprentice,
                                                        1914-1978), titled Cat, earned $4,250.       brought $593,750.
            Group of Safavid tiles,

            $212,500, Andrew Jones                      Bruin petroliana sign,                       Ed Clark painting,
                                                        $92,250, Morphy Auctions                     $327,500, Rago Arts
                                       A group of six
                                       17th or 18th                                A Bruinoil and                            An untitled acrylic
                                       century Safavid                             Bruin Gasoline                            and    gesso  on
                                       cuerda seca tiles,                          (Pa.)  double-                            canvas by abstract
                                       the largest one                             sided tin flange                          painter Ed Clark
                                       9 1/2 inches                                petroliana sign                           (1926-2019) sold
                                       square, sold for                            (“The Bear of                             for $327,500 at
                                       $212,500 at a                               Them All”) sold                           a Postwar and
                                       Design for the                              for $92,250 at                            Contemporary
                                       Home      and                               the     Bobby                             Art   sale   held
                                       Garden auction                              Knudsen,    Jr.                           September 13th
            held September 27th by Andrew Jones Auctions   Automobilia & Petroliana auction held Sept.                       by Rago Arts &
            in Los Angeles. Also, an offset lithograph in    29-Oct. 1 by Morphy Auctions in Denver, PA.   Auction in Lambertville, NJ. Also, an untitled
            colors signed and dated 1967 by Andy Warhol,   Also, a 1930s Beacon Ethyl Gasoline (Los   oil and assemblage on canvas from Alfred
            titled Flowers (F & S II. 6), attained $15,000;   Angeles) single-sided porcelain service station   Leslie (1927-2023), from the artist’s first
            and a circa 1835 Tucker and Hemphill    sign with lighthouse graphic brought $72,000;    phase, changed hands for $124,450; and a
            porcelain pitcher, 9 inches tall, relief molded   and a Mohawk Gasoline single-sided porcelain   monumental and monochromatic sculpture by
            with a fox hunt, went to a determined bidder    neon sign with Native American graphic gaveled   Louis Nevelson (1899-1988), titled Atmosphere
            for $13,750.                                for $61,500.                                 and Environment II (1966) rose to $55,000.

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