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This Month in Collecting . . .
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2, 1755: Birthday cake today for Marie Antoinette who
By: Mike McLeod
married at the age of 14 to the future King Louis XVI of France.
Both were guillotined for treason in 1793. A Royal Louis XVI
giltwood enclosed armchair belonging to Marie Antoinette was
auctioned at Christie’s in 2015 for $2,714,250. “Let them eat
cake” has never been confirmed to have crossed her lips.
Marie Antoinette, 1775
Nov. 4, 2008: Author Michael Crichton passed away from lymphoma. In addition to
writing more than 30 novels and nonfiction books (Jurassic Park, The Lost World and The
Andromeda Strain), being a screenwriter (Westworld, Coma, Jurassic Park), and creator/
writer/producer on TV’s ER, he also earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
Crichton was an outstanding collector of art. In 2010, Christie’s sold 31 pieces from
his collection for $93,323,500 including: Jasper Johns’ Flag,
$28,642,500; Pablo Picasso’s Femme et fillettes, $6,578,500;
Roy Lichtenstein’s Figures in Landscape, $4,338,500; and Jeff
Koons’ Vase of Flowers, $2,322,500.
Nov. 5, 1913: English actress Vivien Leigh was born in
Darjeeling, India. She won Best Actress Academy Awards for
Gone With The Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire (imdb.
com). The straw hat she wore in several scenes in GWTW sold
for $52,500 at Heritage Auctions in 2015.
Scarlett’s straw hat (Photo by Heritage Auctions, HA.com)
Nov. 5, 2015: Andy Warhol’s four colorful silkscreen prints of Muhammad Ali sold for
$112,500 at Rago Arts & Auction, and a silkscreen print of Grace Kelly made $106,250 at
the same sale. In 2007, a single silkscreen of Muhammad Ali on canvas with the drawing
overlaid in red and stamped with Warhol’s signature hit $9,225,000 at Christie’s.
Nov. 7, 2015: John Lennon’s original 1962 J-160E Gibson Acoustic guitar, called the most
important Beatles guitar to be auctioned, skyrocketed to $2,410,000 at Julien’s. With
Lennon playing it, the Beatles recorded, “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand,”
“Please, Please, Me,” “All My Loving,” and many other hits. It was purchased in 1962
and lost in 1963 when left behind at a concert by a roadie. It turned up in a San Diego
guitar shop and changed hands twice before the auction (guitarworld.com, 11/10/15).
Nov. 8, 1960: John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States, the 35 . His
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leather bomber jacket with a sewn patch of the Great Seal of the President sold for
$655,500 at John McInnis Auction. The sale also included a signed thank-you letter from
Ronald Reagan for the loan of the jacket and photographs of J.F.K. wearing the jacket.
Nov. 8, 1978: A part of America died this day with the passing
of Norman Rockwell. His painting, The Gossips, which sold for
$8,453,000 at Sotheby’s in 2013, portrayed 15 sets of figures (his
actual neighbors) passing gossip that circled back to its source. The
Gossips was the cover photo for the March 6, 1948 issue of the
Saturday Evening Post. Norman Rockwell
Nov. 10, 1958: The Hope Diamond was donated by Harry
Winston to the Smithsonian—by sending it through the U.S.
Postal Service. The 45.52-carat blue diamond was shipped by
registered first class mail for $2.44—with $1 million in insurance
at a cost of $142.85 (USPS.gov/who-we-are).
The Hope Diamond (Photo by of David Bjorgen)
Nov. 12, 2013: Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Orange), 1994-2000, sold at Christie’s for
$58,405,000—the highest price paid for a work by a living artist (NYT.com, 11/12/13).
Made of mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating and measuring
121 x 143 x 45 inches, the artwork was signed and dated “Jeff Koons 1994-2000.”
Balloon Dog was also produced in blue, magenta, red, and yellow versions.
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Credits: Timelines.ws. All photos are public domain PD-US, unless otherwise credited.
All prices include buyer’s premium.