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Mao-signed menu, Dusty Hill bass guitar, Dairy cow weathervane,
$275,000, RR Auction $393,700, Julien’s Auctions $22,300, Soulis Auctions

An official menu ZZ Top guitarist Dusty A dairy cow weathervane
from a state Hill’s 1953 Fender Precision attributed to A. J. Harris
banquet held in bass guitar sold for (Boston, active 1868-1882)
Beijing in 1956, $393,700 at an auction of sold for $22,300 at a Mid-
commemorating The Collection of Dusty Americana Gallery Auction
a state visit of the Hill held in Dallas, TX on held December 10th by
Prime Minister Dec. 7-9 by Julien’s Soulis Auctions in Lone
of Pakistan to Auctions, based in Beverly Jack, MO. Also, an early 20th century C.W.
China, signed by six Chinese statesmen, includ- Hills, CA. It was the second- Parker iron shooting gallery target in the form
ing Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou highest-selling bass in the of a whippet achieved $19,200; a mid-19th-
Enlai, sold for $275,000 in an online auction world after Paul McCartney’s century carved and painted pine whirligig
held Nov. 17-Dec. 6 by RR Auction, based in Yamaha BB-1200 bass sold formed as a gentleman in top hat and tails
Boston. Also, a fully operational World War II- in 2021. Also, Hill’s Music Video Fur 1983 earned $18,000; and a Cushing & White
era Enigma cipher machine brought $206,253; Dean Explorer style bass guitar went for copper weathervane rose to $10,800.
and a check made out to Radio Shack signed by $317,500; and his 1980s Gibson Explorer Fur
Steve Jobs rang up $46,063. bass guitar earned $58,500. Colt 1847 “Walker” revolver,
$81,900, Milestone Auctions
Roman marble head, Magician’s archive,
$504,000, Hindman $68,750, Potter & Potter A Colt 1847
Martial “Walker”
A Roman marble head of a A collection of corre- D Co., .44 caliber
youth wearing a laurel spondence between percussion
wreath, probably inspired the famed illusionist revolver, Serial
by the work of the famed Karl Germain (1878- No. 218, one of 1,100 made, sold for $81,900
5th century B.C. works of 1959) and his assis- at a Fall Premier Firearms auction held Nov. 18-
Polykleitos, sold for tant and friend Paul 19 by Milestone Auctions in Willoughby, Ohio.
$504,000 at the sale of the Fleming, from 1908-1959, sold for $68,750 at a Also, an 1897 Winchester “double W” cartridge
collection of Ernest and sale of magician Ricky Jay’s collection held board with A B Frost vignettes realized $69,000;
Ella Brummer held December 5th by Hindman October 28th by Potter & Potter Auctions in a 1995 B Searcy (Boron, Calif.) 500 Nitro
in Chicago. Also, a second century A.D. head of Chicago. Also, a so-called “spirit photograph” of Express double rifle hammered for $31,590; and
a triton climbed to $226,800; an Egyptian 19- Ricky Jay with the “ghost” of Abraham Lincoln, a Russian contract Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistol
inch wood sculpture depicting the head of created by photographer Stephen Berkman, made and shipped in 1916 achieved $23,400.
Osiris fetched $315,000; and a 4th-2nd century realized $8,125; and a group of scrapbooks for
B.C. unfinished Greek marble head of a woman Bartholomew Fair achieved $27,500. Carlo Scarpa glass vase,
earned $176,400.
Lionel Messi shirts, $107,100, Wright Auction
1879 map of Texas, $7.8 million, Sotheby’s An iridescent glass vase

$705,000, Heritage designed by the Italian architect
Argentine soccer superstar Carlo Scarpa, part of Scarpa’s
Charles William Lionel Messi’s set of six “Pennellate” series from the
Pressler and A. B. match-worn shirts from 1940s, sold for $107,100 at an
Langermann’s Map the 2022 FIFA World Cup auction held December 13th by
of the State of Texas in Qatar sold for $7.8 Wright Auction House in New
(Austin: General million at an auction held York City. The vase was
Land Office, 1879), one of only three known December 14th by Sotheby’s purchased by a woman in June
copies, sold for $705,000 at the Ted Lusher in New York City. It was for $3.99 at a Goodwill store
Texas History Collection Signature Auction the most valuable item of outside Richmond, Virgina.
held December 9th by Heritage Auctions in sports memorabilia sold at auction during all of Not knowing its value or anything about it,
Dallas. Also, an 1840 Map and Description of 2023. A portion of the proceeds from the sale she joined Facebook groups to learn more. One
Texas by Francis Moore, Houston’s second will be donated to the UNICAS Project, with of the members told her it looked like the
mayor, rang up $519,000; and Austin’s 1846 the support of the Leo Messi Foundation, work of Scarpa.
Map of Texas, issued after Texas’s statehood, to meet the needs of children suffering from
realized $118,750. rare diseases. Charles Winter oil painting,
$115,000, Cottone Auctions
1902 Calif. $10 note Paul Signac painting,
$51,425, Doyle $8.6 million, Bonhams An oil on canvas painting
of a woman in a blue
The only known A 1902 painting by Paul gown holding a golden
1902 U.S. bank Signac (1863-1935), box by Charles Allan
note from The titled Sisteron, sold for Winter (1869-1942),
West Hollywood $8.6 million at a sale of titled Pandora, sold for
National Bank of the Alan and Simone $115,000 at an Art &
Crescent Heights, California sold for $51,425 at Hartman Collection held Antiques auction held
a Coins, Bank Notes, Stamps & Collectibles December 14th by Nov. 29-30 by Cottone
auction held December 5th by Doyle in New Bonhams in New York City. Also, an 1888 Auctions in Geneseo,
York City. Also, a collection of Iranian currency painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926), titled NY. Also, a circa 1910 Duffner & Kimberly
from 1937-1965 rose to $3,630; a U.S. 1891- La Seine pres de Giverny, rose to $6.4 million; Poppy floor lamp, 72 inches tall, lit up the room
CC (Carson City) $5 Liberty coin fetched Alfred Sisley’s (1839-1899) La Seine a Suresnes for $78,650; and an oil on canvas marine
$1,936; a U.S. 1900 $10 Liberty coin brought (1879) brought $1.3 million; a Ming gilt bronze painting by John Stobart (British, 1929-2023),
$1,573; and a group of 1953 Bowman baseball figure of Weituo earned $433,000; and an 18th titled Straight Wharf, Nantucket, changed hands
cards, Color Series, hit $5,445. century white jade vase gaveled for $242,000. for $63,525.

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