Circa-1898 poster touting Harry Houdini as the King of Cards, $21,600
CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions‘ early spring Harry Houdini sale, held on April 8, was a profound success. At the end of a long day of enthusiastic bidding, the 345-lot auction realized more than $652,000 and had a 98% sell through rate.
Circa-1855 Prudent Mallard rosewood tester plantation bed, est. $10,000-$12,000
ABERDEEN, Miss. – The contents of the Adams French Mansion – a magnificent antebellum home in Aberdeen that was built in 1856 – will be sold by Stevens Auction Company on Saturday, June 4, at the mansion itself, at 301 North Meridian Street. All furnishings in the 7,000-square-foot Greek Revival mansion will be offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Frederick William MacMonnies, ‘Pioneer Mother,’ $27,060
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Two bronze statues by American sculptor Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937) sold for a combined $39,360, a monumental landscape painting by George Hetzel (French and American, 1826-1899) rose to $22,140, and a massive baluster-form vase cast with the face of a woman by Paul Francois Berthoud (French, 1870-1939) brought $13,530 in Neue Auctions’ English & Chinese Export Art & Antiques auction held March 26.
