March Premier Auction 2024-03-10 Auction - 291 Price Results - Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals in AK - Page 3
Fred Machetanz "In for the Night" Original Oil PaintingAhousaht Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) Wolf Dance MaskFossil Mammoth & Walrus Tusk Full-Rigged Ship
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Anchorage, AK, United States
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March Premier Auction

Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals is pleased to present the?March 2024 Premier Auction! This LIVE-ONLINE simulcast sale differs from our typical online auctions. Our live online sales offer pre-bidding up until the time the auction is scheduled to begin closing like usual. At this time, however, instead of bidding with a countdown timer as three lots close per minute, we will go LIVE via a video and audio broadcast and begin clerking the sale in real-time, taking competing bids from both our auction platform and third-party national auction platform partners from other bidders around the world. If you are unable to bid in real-time during the online broadcasted sale, PLEASE make sure to leave your max bids ahead of time to not avoid missing out on this fantastic array of items. Highlights of this nearly 300 lot auction includes a large collection of original Rie Mu?oz paintings and important early prints, original paintings by Sydney Laurence, Fred Machetanz, Scott McDaniel, Ernest Robertson and other noted Alaskan artists, museum quality baleen baskets, fine walrus tusk carvings and scrimshaw,?gold nuggets and coins, nautical antiques, antique pocket watches, fine Persian rugs, an important early 20th century Nootka mask, a Rolex Submariner, a 300+ lb amethyst geode, a world class sized Megalodon tooth, exceptionally large diamond rings, fine silver, Western artwork by C.M Russell and Herman Wendelborg Hansen, early Alaskan books and photographs, exquisite jewelry, a large collection of Navajo textiles and SW pottery, an entire folio of Edward Curtis photogravures, and much more!??Don't miss this opportunity to acquire these exceptional treasures, everything opens at $5. We hope you can join us for an unforgettable auction experience on March 10th.? AUCTION CLOSING: This auction opened for bidding on March 2nd and will GO LIVE for online bidding in real-time on Sunday, March 10th?at 10am AKST (11am PST).
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Rie Muñoz "Puffin" Hand-Colored Serigraph: A signed and numbered 1/140 print entitled "Puffin" by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz (1921-2015). The piece, in black, orange, and blue, depicts a horned puffin grasping a fish within its beak.
0049: Rie Muñoz "Puffin" Hand-Colored SerigraphEst. $800-$1,000
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Handwoven Tlingit Spruce Root Burden Basket: A Tlingit handwoven spruce root burden basket with an open weave pattern with various shades of brown creating a light striped effect around the middle. The top edge is braided, and the small loop
0050: Handwoven Tlingit Spruce Root Burden BasketEst. $300-$500
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Iñupiaq Polar Bear Hunt Diorama w/Whale Eardrum: A delightful diorama of a walrus tusk hunter and her pup, the woman's left hand shading her eyes as she looks into the distance, right mittened hand gripping her harpoon and ice tester. She is
0051: Iñupiaq Polar Bear Hunt Diorama w/Whale EardrumEst. $300-$500
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Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Arctic Owl Figurines: A pair of adorable Arctic owls, each carved from walrus tusk and featuring delicate scrimshaw feathers upon their heads and wings. Each one has minor surface imperfections as shown, and the largest
0052: Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Arctic Owl FigurinesEst. $150-$250
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Rie Muñoz "Loon" Stencil Serigraph: A signed and numbered 72/85 stencil serigraph entitled "Loon" by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz (1921-2015). The piece, in bright yellow and black, depicts a stenciled Canada goose, or loon, swimming upon
0053: Rie Muñoz "Loon" Stencil SerigraphEst. $800-$1,200
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Baleen Basket w/Polar Bear & Seal Finial - Omnik: A mid-20th century Iñupiaq baleen basket with straight sides and broad shoulders leading to a small woven lid, topped with a polar bear and seal finial crafted from fossilized walrus tusk. The base
0054: Baleen Basket w/Polar Bear & Seal Finial - OmnikEst. $800-$1,200
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Rie Muñoz "Husky" Watercolor Painting: A small but mighty original watercolor by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz (1921-2015). The image depicts a lone resting Husky, another draft image of the same animal is present en verso. Signed at lower
0056: Rie Muñoz "Husky" Watercolor PaintingEst. $300-$500
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Scrimshaw Alaskan Walrus Mount: A pair of walrus tusks, each featuring highly detailed scrimshaw of a pair each of adult Canada geese and goslings on one tusk; whale and salmon imagery adorns the other. Both tusks are affixed
0059: Scrimshaw Alaskan Walrus MountEst. $2,000-$3,000
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6.50" Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil: When it comes to Megalodon (Otodus megalodon) teeth, size is everything, with each fraction of an inch above 6" representing an infinitely more difficult size to obtain. This beast measures right
0060: 6.50" Megalodon Shark Tooth FossilEst. $1,400-$1,800
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Alaska Placer Gold Nugget & 14k Gold Link Bracelet: A beautiful bracelet with seventeen 14 karat yellow gold hinged links, each framing applied Alaska placer gold nuggets and terminating in a nugget encrusted fold-over clasp; links are marked for
0061: Alaska Placer Gold Nugget & 14k Gold Link BraceletEst. $1,500-$2,000
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Fred Machetanz "In for the Night" Original Oil Painting: An original landscape painting entitled "In for the Night" by Alaska artist Fred Machetanz (1908-2002). The work depicts a wilderness cabin and elevated cache, the former illuminated from
0063: Fred Machetanz "In for the Night" Original Oil PaintingEst. $15,000-$25,000
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Large Baleen Basket w/ Polar Bear Finial - Adam Tooyak: An absolutely stunning museum-quality Iñupiaq baleen basket with a rarely-seen square fossilized bone charger, with angled bottom edge leading to tightly woven square basket walls with vertical
0064: Large Baleen Basket w/ Polar Bear Finial - Adam TooyakEst. $4,000-$6,000
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Rie Muñoz "Northern Lights Legend" Artist Proof: A signed and numbered 56/59 artist proof c.2002 by Alaska Artist Rie Muñoz (1921-2015) entitled "Northern Lights Legend". The work depicts a group of four children among the aurora borealis
0067: Rie Muñoz "Northern Lights Legend" Artist ProofEst. $400-$600
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Nunivak Musk Ox Spirit Wheel - Howard Amos: A spirit wheel featuring a central musk ox carved from walrus tusk and mounted upon a rectangular tusk slab. Four tusk rods suspend a baleen circle and six carved and scrimshawed walrus tusk
0069: Nunivak Musk Ox Spirit Wheel - Howard AmosEst. $800-$1,200
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Rie Munoz "Exuberance" Watercolor Painting: An original watercolor painting by Alaska artist Rie Muñoz (1921-2015). The colorful image depicts a playful dog rolling amongst a field of grass infront of a colorful pastel colored oceanfront
0070: Rie Munoz "Exuberance" Watercolor PaintingEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Baleen Basket w/ Bowhead Whale Finial - Carl E. Hank: An oversized museum-worthy Iñupiaq baleen basket with angled sides, broad shoulders, and domed lid with white baleen border and finial depicting a walrus tusk bowhead whale with fluke aloft. Base
0072: Baleen Basket w/ Bowhead Whale Finial - Carl E. HankEst. $4,000-$6,000