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New Haven Arms carbine, Star Wars X-wing model, F. P. Journe watch,
$22,325, Rock Island Auction $3.135 million, Heritage $415,800, Hindman

A New A model of an X-wing An F. P. Journe platinum
Haven fighter, used to film the “Tourbillon Souverain Black
Arms Co. climactic battle scene in Label” watch, made between
“Volcanic” the 1977 film Star Wars, 2006 and 2015, with distinctive
lever action sold for $3.135 million gold dials, sold for $415,800 at a
carbine with rare 25-inch barrel sold for at the sale of items from sale of Watches from the
$22,325 at a Sporting & Collectors Auction the late Hollywood visual effects artist Greg Jein Collection of Glen de Vries held
held October 10th by Rock Island Auction held October 15th by Heritage Auctions in New October 18th by Hindman in
Company in Rock Island, IL. Also, an Amtech York City. Also, a spacesuit from the 1968 New York City. Also, an F. P.
International M79 shoulder-fired “Thumper” Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey Journe 18K Rose Gold Octa
grenade launcher hit the mark for $11,163; a went for $447,000; and a utility belt from Chronograph went for $176,000; a Richard
U.S. Civil War 1863 production New Haven the 1960s Batman television series, starring Mille RM-6101 Yohan Blake achieved
Arms Co. Henry lever action rifle made actor Adam West, went to a determined bidder $163,800; and an A. Lange & Sohne Datograph
$22,325; and an engraved Colt 1862 police for $36,250. up/down platinum Lumen realized $163,800.
percussion revolver brought $9,988.
Fernando Botero work, Tiffany “Daffodil” table lamp,
Dave the Potter jug, $478,800, Doyle $52,500, Clarke
$140,800, Brunk Auctions A painting by the Auction Gallery

A stoneware jug by the Colombian artist A 24-inch-tall Tiffany Studios
19th century African Fernando Botero “Daffodil” table lamp sold for
American potter known (1932-2023), $52,500 at an estate auction
as “Dave the Potter” titled Rape of held October 15th by Clarke
(Edgefield, S.C.) sold for Europa (1991), Auction Gallery in Larchmont,
$140,800 at a Premier one of his signa- NY. Also, a gouache on board
Auction held Sept. 15-16 ture depictions of by Henry Koerner, a study for
by Brunk Auctions in figures in a large, Showboat, circa 1948, paddled off for $50,000;
Asheville, NC. Also, a exaggerated manner, sold for $478,800 at a
second jug by Dave the Potter also attained Latin American Art auction held October 11th a three-quarter-length portrait of a gentleman
dressed in black, from the circle of George
$140,800; a painting by Winfred Rembert by Doyle in New York City. Also, another work Gower, rose to $40,000; and a Cartier rock
(1945-2021), titled The Good Ole Boys (2009) by Botero titled A Family (2012), in which char- crystal and diamond desk clock with rose-cut
changed hands for $128,000; and an undated coal was employed to illustrate a charming day diamond accents and yellow gold made $47,500.
and autobiographical painting by Winfred in the park, with the family’s porcine dog posted
Rembert, titled Winfred and Patsy’s First Dance, attentively in the corner, realized $289,800.
earned $96,000. Steinbeck journal,
Chinese green jade jar, $70,000, Bonhams
English tall case clock, $19,350, DuMouchelles Author John

$93,750, Fontaine’s Steinbeck’s personal
A Chinese green jade jar in a
A lavishly carved English tall case celadon and lavender stone, 17 journal from 1949
(left), in which he
clock in oak, 11 feet 10 inches inches tall on a carved giltwood details his despair at
tall, sold for $93,750 at a Fine & mount, sold for $19,350 at an the loss of his best
Decorative Arts auction held auction held Sept. 14-15 by friend and the end of his second marriage, sold
Sept. 24-25 by Fontaine’s DuMouchelles in Detroit. Also, for $70,000, and a circa 1941 gelatin print
Auction Gallery in Pittsfield, a 6-inch silver-mounted jar and photograph of Steinbeck (right) sold alongside
MA. Also, a circa 1910 Tiffany cover carved in relief with a two other photos for $4,500 at a sale of material
Studios “Curtain Border” floor running stag and crane rose to dedicated to Steinbeck held October 25th by
lamp lit up the room for $12,900; an oil on canvas by American impres- Bonhams in New York. Also, a fragment of the
$81,250; an oil on canvas paint- sionist Theodore Earl Butler (1861-1936) titled
ing by Birger Sandzen titled Between Showers hit The Train (1904) settled at $35,475; and original draft of Of Mice and Men, destroyed by
Steinbeck’s dog Toby, gaveled for $13,000.
$56,250; and a circa 1912 Gustav Stickley and Laurence Campbell’s Snow Storm, Ben Franklin
Harvey Ellis curly maple and inlaid vanity Bridge, garnered $32,250.
changed hands for $15,000. Wooten cabinet secretary,
Tiffany “Lily” table lamp, $18,449, John Moran Auc.
“The Columbus Letter”, $14,950, Capsule Auctions A late 19th/early 20th century
$3.9 million, Christie’s Wooten Desk Company
A Tiffany Studios 10- (Indianapolis, Ind.) walnut
A 15th century pamphlet light “Lily” table lamp and burl maple cabinet secre-
announcing Christopher sold for $14,950 at an tary sold for $18,449 at a
Columbus’s first voyage Art & Design auction Traditional Collector sale
across the Atlantic Ocean, held September 27th held September 26th by
dubbed by scholars “The by Capsule Auctions in John Moran Auctioneers in
Columbus Letter,” sold for New York City. Also, Monrovia, CA. Also, a 1956
$3.9 million at an auction an Ivan Da Silva oil on canvas painting by
held October 19th by (French-Brazilian, Ludwig Blum (1891-1975) titled City of
Christie’s in New York. The document, in Latin 1881-1980) rug from the estate of Sire Records Jerusalem tallied $18,480; a pair of Chinese
translated from Spanish, was eight pages. It was founder Seymour Stein, 3 feet by 5 feet, found a enameled porcelain jars made $8,450; and
printed in Rome about 40 years after the new home for $31,200; two chinoiserie folding Georg Kolbe’s (1877-1947) model for the
commercialization of the printing press and was screens with garden scenes from Gracie Studio, Beethoven Monument, installed in 1951,
a kind of press release, spreading the news about the American maker of wallpaper and fine furni- earned $29,700.
Columbus’s voyage across Europe. ture, blew past estimate to finish at $4,940.

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