Maine Antique Digest May 2015

Maine Antique Digest, May 2015 3-B

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Auction

Prices

Realized

ere are a few notable

prices of antiques sold

recently at auction, as

provided by press releases. All

prices include the buyer’s pre-

mium when charged. We’re

always looking for news of prices

realized at auctions, particularly

unusual or top lots. Send pictures,

complete descriptions, and infor-

mation to A.P.R., Maine Antique

Digest, PO Box 1429, Waldo-

boro, ME 04572 or e-mail them

to <mad@maineantiquedigest. com>.

Batman

No. 1, from spring 1940, graded

7.5, sold for $237,300, a record for its

grade. Philip Weiss Auctions, Lynbrook,

New York, February 15.

Batman

No. 2, from summer 1940, graded

a near-mint 9.2, fetched $39,550. Philip

Weiss Auctions, Lynbrook, New York,

February 15.

Action Comics

No. 23, with the first appearance

of Superman’s nemesis Lex Luthor, realized

$20,905. Philip Weiss Auctions, Lynbrook, New

York, February 15.

Adventure Comics

No. 40, with the first

appearance of Sandman, graded 6.5,

brought $25,990. PhilipWeiss Auctions,

Lynbrook, New York, February 15.

This pen-and-ink specialty drawing of Snoopy by Charles

Schulz, from the time of the Apollo 10 moon landing in 1969,

sold for $5650. Philip Weiss Auctions, Lynbrook, New York,

February 15.

Concept art from the movie

Peter Pan

, done by David Hall and

from the estate of early Disney animator Hal Sloane, sold for

$8192. Philip Weiss Auctions, Lynbrook, New York, February 15.

This rare circa 1900

Sioux trade cloth

dress with a remov-

able canvas yoke

fully covered in 12

rows of dentalium

brought

$7475.

Allard Auctions

Inc., Mesa, Ari-

zona, March 7

and 8.

This 1960s Shoshone wom-

an’s sinew-sewn flat- and

lazy-stitch beaded white

buckskin outfit, in a small

to medium size, sold for

$5463. Allard Auctions

Inc., Mesa, Arizona, March

7 and 8.

This mid-20th-century poly-

chrome Hopi pottery olla by

Fannie Nampeyo with a migration

pattern realized $2588. Allard Auc-

tions Inc., Mesa, Arizona, March 7 and 8.

Zuni bolo tie by Virgil and

Shirley Benn, made in the

1970s or 1980s, with sil-

ver channel inlay, $3738.

Allard Auctions Inc., Mesa,

Arizona, March 7 and 8.

This near-room-size Crystal Navajo

rug or weaving from the 1940s or 1950s

with a geometric design brought $4025.

Allard Auctions Inc., Mesa, Arizona,

March 7 and 8.

Prehistoric Anasazi

pottery jar, a black-

on-white water olla in

as-found condition,

11¾" tall, $2185.

Allard Auctions Inc.,

Mesa, Arizona,

March 7 and 8.