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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium
Smith’s Pharmacy bottle, 1685 map of the Carolinas, Michael Jordan sneakers,
$6,250, Holabird Western $29,325, Old World Auctions $8 million, Sotheby’s

A teal blue John E. Smith’s A rare early first state map A set of six individual
Pharmacy (Victor, CO) of the Carolinas from Air Jordan sneakers
32-ounce drug store bottle, 1685 by Thornton, worn by Michael
10 1/2 inches tall, sold for Morden & Lea, titled A Jordan in the clinching
$6,250 at a Marvels of the New Map of Carolina, games of his six career
West auction held Jan. 25-28 sold for $29,325 in online NBA Finals champi-
by Holabird Western Auction #196, held Jan. onships sold for $8
Americana Collections, LLC 24-Feb. 7 by Old World million at a sale of
in Reno, NV. Also, an early Auctions in Richmond, the Dynasty Collection
1900s 14k Klondike, Alaska VA. Also, a 1740 map of held February 2nd by
gold-headed fancy walking the Americas and surrounding oceans by Sotheby’s in New York. It was a new global
stick with leather case also Andries & Hendrik de Leth went for $20,125; a auction record for game-worn sneakers and the
fetched $6,250; two mint first plate map of the New World from 1573 by second-highest price achieved for Michael
state $25 Gold Eagle coins Abraham Ortelius made $10,925; and an 1880 Jordan memorabilia, second only to Jordan’s
(1994 and 2008), each one-half ounce of fine French armillary sphere depicted on the 1998 NBA Finals Game 1 jersey that sold for
gold, hit $4,700; and a vintage Navajo squash Ptolemaic model earned $3,900. $10 million at Sotheby’s in 2022.
blossom set earned $2,625.
Edward H. Bohlin gun belt, Painting by the Beatles,
18th century Quebec armoire, $307,500, Morphy’s/Lebel’s $1.744 million, Christie’s
CA$27,140, Miller & Miller
A painting made
An 18th century and signed by all
Quebec, Canada four Beatles in
armoire with doors 1966 while they
and sides having were on tour
panels in a transi- in Japan, titled
tional Louis XIV/ Images of a
XV style sold for Edward H. Bohlin’s personal silver-mounted Woman, sold for
$27,140 in two days gun belt exhibited at the 1967 World’s Fair in $1,744,000 at
of auctions held Montreal, Canada sold for $307,500 at an The Exceptional Sale held February 1st by
Feb. 10-11 by auction held January 26th by Morphy Auctions, Christie’s in New York. Also, A Meissen
Miller & Miller in association with Brian Lebel’s Old West porcelain five-vase garniture, circa 1738,
Auctions, Ltd. in New Hamburg, Ontario, Events in Las Vegas, NV. Also, Roy Rogers’ finished at $504,000; the gold medal that
Canada. Also, a pair of original oil paintings by McCabe silver and gold-repousse parade chaps American long-jumper Bob Beamon won for his
the renowned Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis originally commissioned in 1931 by wealthy record-setting leap at the 1968 Olympics earned
(1901-1970), titled Black and White Cat and horsewoman H.L. Musick earned $184,500; $441,000; and a large ormolu-mounted
Gulls at Harbour, gaveled for $50,150 and and Edward H. Bohlin’s child’s pony-size kingwood four-sided vitrine made $378,000.
$36,580, respectively. silvered parade saddle gaveled for $79,950.
1910 Tiffany “Peony” lamp,
Washington-Jefferson letter, Carved whaler scrimshaw, $131,250, Fontaine’s Auction

$21,780, Ahlers & Ogletree $9,060, Bruneau & Co.
A circa 1910 Tiffany
A sea letter A 19th century Studios “Peony” table
signed by George scrimshaw (whale’s lamp, 33 1/2 inches tall
Washington (as tooth) carved on board with a 22-inch shade,
President) and the whaling ship John sold for $131,250 at an
Thomas Jefferson & Winthrop, which auction held Jan. 27-28
(as Secretary of was captained by by Fontaine’s Auction
State), dated July an African American Gallery in Pittsfield,
9, 1793, sold for named William MA. Also, a rare Tiffany
$21,780 in three Shorey (1859-1919), “Tulip” table lamp,
days of sales held sold for $9,060 at produced around 1905,
Feb. 7-9 by Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta, GA. a Winter Fine & earned $87,500; an oil
Also, a first edition, first state copy of Adventures Decorative auction held January 22nd by on board painting by
of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, published in Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, RI. Birger Sandzén (American/Swedish, 1871-
1876, gaveled for $22,990; and a first edition, Also, a Chinese Export oil on canvas depicting a 1954), titled Mountain Lake (Rocky Mountain
first state three-volume set of Charles Dickens’s view of the 13 Hongs of Canton realized National Park) brought $68,750; and a circa
classic novel Great Expectations, published in $23,000; and an unsigned 18th century Old 1959 men’s Rolex chronograph watch (Ref.
1861, finished at $16,940. Master capriccio in red chalk achieved $32,500. #6234) hit $22,500.

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