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May 2015 Auction Ends Thursday, May 28th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 5/28/2015. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #29: Clinton White House-Used China -- Cup & Saucer Set by Lenox From the Year 2000 -- Part of the First Order -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #44: President Dwight Eisenhower Campaign Picnic Lighter -- From His Re-election Campaign in 1956

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $605

• Lot #89: John & Jackie Kennedy Owned & Used Mirror That Hung in Their Hyannis Port Home -- 20'' x 28''

  

  Min Bid: $2,750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #92: John F. Kennedy Presidential China -- Used in the Dining Room of the Presidential Yacht, the ''Honey Fitz''

  

  Min Bid: $1,250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #128: Ronald Reagan Presidential China Dessert Bowl -- 1983 Exhibit Piece by Robert C. Floyd

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #210: 11'' x 14'' Photograph of Che Guevara -- Signed by Photographer Alberto Korda

  

  Min Bid: $750

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #257: Lot of 4 ''Li'l Abner'' Comic Strips From 1976 -- Hand-Drawn & Signed by Capp Featuring Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner, A Shmoo & Honest Abe -- Sizes Vary, Approximately 19.5'' x 6.25'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #258: Large Al Capp Drawing -- One of Capp's ''SWINE'' Hippie Characters -- 11.75'' x 14.75'' -- Crease to Upper Left Corner, Else Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #259: Al Capp Drawing of ''Li'l Abner'' Favorite Mammy Yokum -- Large Art Measures 11.5'' x 14.5''

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #260: Al Capp Hand-Drawn Caricature Sketch of Himself Posing Nude on a Bear Rug

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #261: ''Li'l Abner'' Silkscreen With Abner & Honest Abe -- Numbered 151/250 & Signed ''Al Capp '74'' in Pencil -- Measures 26'' x 23'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #262: ''Li'l Abner'' Artist Proof -- With Fun, Women's Lib Content -- Numbered 14/30 & Signed ''Al Capp '74'' in Pencil -- Measures 29'' x 22'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #263: ''Li'l Abner'' Artist Proof Featuring Li'l Abner & Mammy -- Signed ''Al Capp '74'' in Pencil & Numbered ''20/30 AP'' -- Measures 36.5'' x 22.5'' -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #264: Giant & Colorful ''Li'l Abner'' Artist Proof -- Capp Pencils ''AP 10/30'' & Signs ''Al Capp '76'' -- Measures 44'' x 31.5'' -- Foxing & Tears to Border

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #265: Al Capp Early Sketch -- From the Capp Estate

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #266: Two Al Capp Letters Signed to an Aspiring Artist Fan -- ''...get a good anatomy book (art anatomy) and master the construction of the figure...''

  

  Min Bid: $125

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #267: Matt Groening Signed Sketch of Bart Simpson -- Sketched on a Page of ''Radioactive Man''

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #268: Keith Haring's Famous Illustration Promoting ''Safe Sex!'' Signed by the Artist -- Poster Measures 27.25'' x 29.5''

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: $454

• Lot #269: Walter Lantz Signed Sketch of Woody Woodpecker Juggling Pineapples

  

  Min Bid: $350

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #270: Walter Lantz Signed Sketch of Woody Woodpecker as a Hula Dancer

  

  Min Bid: $275

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #271: Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Comic Strip From 1954 Featuring Charlotte Braun & Charlie Brown -- Charlotte Appears in Only 10 Strips

  

  Min Bid: $15,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #272: Dr. Seuss Hand-Painted and Drawn Illustration -- Very Early Work From 1 June 1929 Issue of ''Judge'' Magazine -- With Shockingly Racist Content

  

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #273: ''Superman From the 30's to the 70's'' -- Signed by 9 of Superman's Contributors Including Illustration Team Curt Swan & Murphy Anderson & ''Death of Superman'' Artists Janke and Bogdanove

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #274: Original Pencil and Ink Illustration Drawn by Comic Book Artist Bill Ward -- Signed by Ward

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #308: Edith Head Costume Sketch -- Head Draws Mona Freeman for the 1951 Film ''Darling How Could You!''

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #309: Jim Henson Handwritten Notes of a ''Muppet'' Segment From a Very Early TV Special -- ''PUPPET COMEDY PIECE'' -- With Original Polaroid of Gonzo & Beautiful Day Monster

  

  Min Bid: $2,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #311: Rare 1940's ''Lassie'' Storyboard -- Painting Depicts the Most Famous Dog in Hollywood Running Through a Wintry Setting

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #320: Actress Sydna Scott Thor Personally Owned 18K Gold Swiss Pendant Watch -- Gifted to Her by a Swedish Royal

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #381: Opera Singer Enrico Caruso Hand-Drawn Caricature, Also Signed by Caruso

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #388: Artist Francis Bacon Signed Book Page With His Photo -- His ''Three Studies of Lucien Freud'' is The Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold at Auction

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #389: Rare 1880 Set of ''Life and Works of William Blake'' -- With Elaborate Gilt Decorations & Woodcuts

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: $1,436

• Lot #390: Mt. Rushmore Artist Gutzon Borglum Signed Photo -- 10.5'' x 13.75''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,000

• Lot #391: Mount Rushmore Designer, Gutzon Borglum Signed Mount Rushmore Booklet

  

  Min Bid: $350

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #392: Invitation to the Brooklyn Bridge Opening Ceremony -- Near Fine & Printed by Tiffany & Co.

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #393: Raymond Burr Personally Owned Limited Edition of ''Select Orchidaceous Plants'' -- Dedicated Personally to Burr in 1975

  

  Min Bid: $200

  Final Price: $275

• Lot #394: 'Christy Girl'' Artist Howard Chandler Christy Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...I do not know what your request is, but...I send this at random...''

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #395: Hans Erni Lot of 5 Signed Illustrations Dedicated to Raymond Burr

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: $188

• Lot #396: Jasper Johns Signed 38'' x 40'' Poster of His Famous ''Flag'' Painting -- With Additional Postcard Signed by Johns

  

  Min Bid: $4,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #397: Artist and Writer Rockwell Kent Autograph Note Signed

  

  Min Bid: $125

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #398: ''Painter of Light'' Thomas Kinkade's ''Gardens Beyond Spring Gate'' -- 1998 Artist Proof

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: $1,000

• Lot #399: Thomas Kinkade Artist Proof Limited Edition Signed -- ''Cinderella Wishes Upon a Dream''

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: $1,000

• Lot #400: Mastermind Behind The Statue of Liberty Edouard Laboulaye Autograph Letter Signed -- Rare

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #401: 1872 McKenney & Hall Color Print -- ''Shawnoe Indian Chief Quatawapea''

  

  Min Bid: $200

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #402: Leroy Neiman Signed ''Winners: My Thirty Years in Sports''

  

  Min Bid: $125

  Final Price: $156

• Lot #403: Diego Rivera Signed Copy of ''Portrait of Mexico''

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #404: Norman Rockwell Signed Print of His Iconic ''Main Street at Christmas''

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #405: Norman Rockwell Signed Print of His Famous ''Saturday Evening Post'' Cover From 1959 Titled, ''Family Tree''

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #406: Norman Rockwell Signed Lithograph of His ''Springtime on Stockbridge''

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #407: Norman Rockwell Signed Print of ''The Christmas Coach''

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #408: Norman Rockwell Typed Letter Signed -- ''...I do not have a sketch to send you...''

  

  Min Bid: $175

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #409: Norman Rockwell Signed Copy of ''Norman Rockwell Artist And Illustrator'' -- Large Coffee Table Book Measures 12.5'' x 18.5''

  

  Min Bid: $175

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #410: Norman Rockwell Signed First Edition of ''The Norman Rockwell Storybook'' -- 1969

  

  Min Bid: $175

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #411: Norman Rockwell Signed Copy of His Biography, ''Illustrator'' -- Inscribed to ''fellow Vermonters''

  

  Min Bid: $175

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #412: Andy Warhol Signed ''America''

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #413: Garth Williams' Initialed Preliminary Sketch for E.B White's ''Charlotte's Web'' -- Window Into the Process of the Artist's Character Development for 1952 Classic

  

  Min Bid: $300

  Final Price: $375

• Lot #414: Artist N.C. Wyeth Signed Limited Edition of ''The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' -- Wyeth Illustrated the Civil War Novel

  

  Min Bid: $400

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #415: Intricate Faberge Silver & Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh, Dating to 1899-1908

  

  Min Bid: $6,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #416: English Illustrator John Austen Signed Copy of ''Manon Lescaut'' -- With Twelve Beautiful Art-Deco Illustrations

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: $206

• Lot #418: Ludwig Bemelmans ''Welcome Home!'' Signed -- With Sketch of a Young Boy

  

  Min Bid: $800

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #465: Mario Puzo Typed Letter Signed -- ''...Here is the treatment for the Columbia Picture -- Paul Newman...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $185

• Lot #472: Original Drawing of Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

  

  Min Bid: $1,750

  Final Price: $1,750

• Lot #473: Dr. Seuss Autograph Letter Signed on ''Cat in the Hat'' Stationery

  

  Min Bid: $350

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #507: Union General Nathaniel Banks CDV -- Mathew Brady Backstamp

  

  Min Bid: $150

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #508: General Ambrose Burnside CDV -- Mathew Brady Backstamp

  

  Min Bid: $200

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #515: Civil War Photographer Alexander Gardner Signed Check

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #518: Union General Henry Halleck CDV Photograph -- Mathew Brady Backstamp

  

  Min Bid: $175

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #552: United States Pictorial History of WWI in Four Volumes -- ''U.S. Official Pictures of the World War Showing America's Participation''

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #554: American GI's Personal WWII Photo Album Featuring Pictorial Accounts of North Africa and Italy as Well as Basic Training -- Includes Several Pictures of War Tanks -- Nearly 300 Photos

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #562: Scarce Civil Rights Artwork Given to Attendees at the ''March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom'' -- Stunning Images

  

  Min Bid: $600

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #595: Lenox China Plate With Spanish Legation Tag

  

  Min Bid: $250

  Final Price: Pass