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Imagine the consignorÂ's shock when a 2Â -inch Chinese glass snuff bottle withhand-painted landscape scenes, which was estimated at $100-$150, became the objectof a bidding war and sold via LiveAuctioneers for a whopping $17,250. The tinybottle seemed destined for success after attracting 427 catalog hits online duringthe May 26-27 CordierÂ's Two-Day Spring Antique & Fine Art Auction.
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47-inch Mobile
The name "Julio Le Parc" (Argentinean, b. 1928) had potential bidders busilyscouring auction lots to turn up artworks like the 47-inch-long aluminum and paintedplywood mobile in Millea BrothersÂ' May 6 Modern sale. The artist-signed mobile hadbeen inscribed on verso: Pour Mr. Arnold Newman - Le Parc NY 1967, and came directlyfrom the Newman estate. Estimated at $3,000-$5,000, the mobile sold online for$10,200.
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J ohn "Doc" Holliday Memorabillia
On May 17, LiveAuctioneers bidders traveled back in time to our countryÂ's pioneerdays as Engel Auction Co. of Ennis, Mont., offered the extraordinary Lang Spragginslifetime collection of Old West memorabilia. The Spraggins collection was a virtualtime capsule of relics once belonging to cowboys, outlaws and lawmen who carvedtheir identities into American lore. A superb gold pocket watch inscribed To mypartner and friend John Joshua Webb, July 4, 1879, Las Vegas N.M. John H. Hollidayhad a wide estimate range of $5,000 to $50,000. The unique timepiece that was a giftfrom the legendary  Doc Holliday reached the upper end of expectations, selling toa LiveAuctioneers bidder for $41,650. HollidayÂ's actual dental bag containing toolsof his trade, with his full name spelled out on the bag flap, was chased to twiceits high estimate and then some, realizing $20,230 online. Another incredible itemin the Spraggins collection was an original hand-tinted tintype of Billy the Kidtaken at age 17 or 18, when he worked as a ranch hand prior to his brief life ofcrime. The image sold through LiveAuctioneers for $38,675.
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Cont emporary Art
333 AuctionsÂ' Postwar Contemporary Art sale held May 19 generated a huge amount ofinterest. A signed and dated (2005) Kehinde Wiley (American, b. 1977) mixed media onpaper study of an African-American man titled Joseph of Egypt flew past its$4,000-$6,000 estimate to garner $24,500 through LiveAuctioneers.
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Tiffany Studios Lamps and Vase, Coca-Cola Dispenser
Morphy AuctionsÂ' first-ever four-day sale chalked up $2.4 million, May 9-12. TwoTiffany Studios lamps and a Tiffany vase on bronze plinth were among the big onlinesellers, as was a 1928 Coca-Cola dispenser, which sold for $15,860.
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Georgian Provincial Teapot
Styles may change, but the classics never go out of fashion, as evidenced by severalof the top lots sold through LiveAuctioneers in GarthÂ's May 4-5 auction. A Georgianprovincial teapot of double-bellied form with gooseneck spout, repoussà floraldecoration and ivory finial completely ignored its $1,000-$2,000 estimate to earn$10,200.
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