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Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far by Ken Hall
All prices include the buyer’s premium

Copy of Tales of Suspense, Aladdin clear opaline lamp, “Seminole Wars” playing cards,
$9,688, Bruneau & Co. $14,040, Jeffrey S. Evans $8,400, Potter & Potter Auctions

A copy of Tales of Suspense A clear opaline Aladdin A group of James Y.
#39 (1963, Marvel), graded short Lincoln drape stand Humphreys “Seminole
CGC 4.5, featuring the lamp sold for $14,040 at a Wars” playing cards sold
origin and first appearance of 19th & 20th Century for $8,400 at a Gambling
Iron Man, sold for $9,688 at Lighting Auction held Memorabilia & Playing
a Comic & Toy Auction held March 28 by Jeffrey S. Cards Auction held March
April 4 by Bruneau & Co. Evans & Associates in Mt. 28 by Potter & Potter
Auctioneers in Cranston, RI. Crawford, VA. Also, an Auctions in Chicago. Also,
Also, a copy of Tales to Aladdin prototype Rooster a copy of the book The
Astonish #27 (Jan. 1962), electric table lamp illumi- Expert at the Card Table by
graded CGC 3.5, featuring the first appearance nated the gallery for $4,972; S.W. Erdnase hit $10,200;
of scientist Hank Pym (later Ant-Man) realized a Plume & Atwood Harvard double-armed a set of 250 ivory poker
$3,875; and original watercolor artwork by Dan student lamp garnered $4,388; a Consolidated chips in a wooden presen-
Green for Dr. Strange: Into Shamballa (pages Elephant parlor lamp finished at $4,095; and a tation case finished at $7,200; a set of “Cartes
56-58) made $2,750. Craighead & Kintz Cockatoo and Turtle bronze Fantastiques” transformation playing cards
lamp went for $2,925. made $5,040; and a Black Americana carnival
Circus sideshow collection, toss figure rose to $5,040.
$37,500, Holabird Navajo chief’s blanket, Seaman Schepps ear clips,
Western Americana $40,625, John Moran $4,807, Hindman
A Navajo Second Phase
A collection of circus woman’s chief’s blanket A pair of
sideshow photographs
and ephemera, around sold for $40,625 at an Seaman
50,000 pieces in all, Art of the American Schepps shell
West Auction held
ear clips sold
from 1850-1960, sold
for $37,500 in an March 15 by John for $4,807 at
an Essential
Moran Auctioneers in
online-only Big Tent
Auction held April Monrovia, CA. Also, a Jewelry
16-19 by Holabird Western Americana Navajo Classic Period Manta realized $28,125; Auction held
Collections, LLC, based in Reno, NV. Also, a Navajo First Phase silver concho belt went for March 31 by Hindman in Chicago. Also, a
$13,750; an early Navajo squash blossom diamond, jade, and ruby butterfly brooch found
a 1901 wanted poster for the capture of Harvey
Logan, alias Kid Curry (reward: $50,000) hit necklace finished at $10,000; a patinated bronze a new owner for $3,289; a pair of Lalaounis
yellow gold octopus ear clips went to a deter-
by Ed Mell, (AZ, b. 1942), titled Sidestepper
$8,437; and a pastel on paper painting of a rep-
tilian alien swallowing a phoenix by Rufino (2014) brought $10,000; and a David Lemon mined bidder for $2,530; and a Tiffany &
bronze reached $3,437.
Company yellow gold and diamond cat brooch
Tamayo (Mexican, 1889-1991) rose to $4,250.
commanded $2,404. Overall, more than 90
Ouija board in case, percent of the 444 jewelry lots sold in an auction
Beatles Shea Stadium poster, that grossed over $423,000.
$137,500, Heritage Auctions $8,125, Millea Bros.
An ornately carved Tiffany table lamp,
A rare 1966 concert Ouija board in a
poster from The $206,250, Freeman’s
Beatles’ performance Victorian case, A Tiffany Studios
having a carved
at Shea Stadium in devil on the cover,
New York sold for “Nasturtium” table lamp,
$137,500 at an sold for $8,125 at circa 1905, lit up the room
Fringe! and ABC
for $206,250 in an online-
Entertainment
Auction held April 4 Estate Finds auctions only Design Auction held
April 3 by Freeman’s in
held March 26-27
by Heritage Auctions
in Dallas, TX. It by Millea Bros. in Philadelphia. Also, an
important “Holtz” table
Boonton, NJ. Also,
was the most ever
paid for a concert a 20th century Outsider School painting by a psy- crafted in 1986 by George
poster sold at public auction. Also, a Buddy chiatric patient from a Los Angeles hospital Nakashima (1905-1990) sold for $137,500; a
Holly & The Crickets concert poster, promoting hammered for $7,500; a James Rizzi mixed framed radiator grill for the Brooklyn Edison
Company, circa 1930, by Samuel Yellin (1884-
media etching with color, titled Oncoming
a Winter Dance Party concert in Mankato, MN,
featuring the Big Bopper, Dion and the Traffic, realized $6,875; and a Native American 1940) rose to $37,500; and a music stand made
in 1962 by Wharton Esherick (1887-1970)
Cree man’s beaded cloth hood made $6,875.
Belmonts, and Richie Valens, just days before
the fatal plane crash, brought $125,000. changed hands for $37,500.

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