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April, 2020 The Antique Shoppe Page 15
with color copies years Titanic items have always been in high demand and
PhotograPhic Journey before. Two were returned still are. In 2019, Henry Aldridge & Son auction sold a
brandy flask from the doomed ship for £76,000 and an
to police and one was sold
This Month in Collecting History: through an auction house “S.S. Titanic” lifeboat plaque for £45,000.
(telegraph.co.uk, 9/16/15).
In past years, a two-
APRIL In 2009, ten screen prints handled, sterling silver
from Warhol’s Athlete loving cup that survivor
by Mike McLeod Series were stolen from the Molly Brown awarded
home of a Warhol friend who to Arthur Rostron,
April 2, 1908: The birthday of Buddy Ebsen. A commissioned eight sets of the paintings (Seattletimes. captain of the rescue
beloved actor on stage, in radio, on TV and in movies, com, 10/13/2009), which featured: Muhammad Ali, ship Carpathia sold
Ebsen is best remembered as “Jed Clampett” on the O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill, Pelé, Jack Nicklaus, for $197,982 at Henry
Beverly Hillbillies. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tom Seaver, Willie Shoemaker, Aldridge & Son in 2015
In 2008, Jed’s hat sold Chris Evert and Rod Gilbert. One set sold at Christie’s (paulfrasercollectibles.com). The only known first
for $2,629 at Heritage in 2011 for $5,682,500. class dinner menu from the last meal on the Titanic sold
Auctions. In 2007, Muhammad Ali from the series auctioned for $118,750 at Heritage Auctions in November 2015.
Ebsen was an for $9,225,000 at Christie’s. Andy Warhol passed away Five men at the same table signed it and added their
enthusiastic collector of on Feb. 22, 1987. addresses; four of them eventually survived. A photo of
coins, and in 1987, his the iceberg auctioned for more than $32,000+ in 2015
collection for $7.6 million (coinweek.com, 6/1/2018). April 8, 1974: With his at Henry Aldridge & Son (nypost.com, 10/24/15).
Remember Jed’s fancy mansion? The real-life 715th home run this day, The five top-selling items from the Titanic include:
Chartwell Estate in Bel-Air sold for $150 million in Hank Aaron beat Babe diamond bracelets, €1.7 million; band leader Wallace
2019 (foxnews.com). Ebsen passed away in 2003 at the Ruth’s home run record. Hartley’s violin, €1.5 million; the 9.2-meter-long ship’s
age of 95. Aaron hit 755 homers plan, €308,000; a full-length beaver fur coat given to
in his career. In 1999, first class stewardess Mabel Bennet who was only
April 3, 1882: While his back was turned, the outlaw
Jesse James was shot in the back of the head and killed his 755th home run ball wearing a nightdress when in line to board the lifeboat,
sold for $650,000 at
€210,000; and a pocket watch belonging to first class
by Bob Ford (age 20), a member of his own gang to get Guernsey’s (usatoday30. steward Edmund Stone, €130,000 (catawiki.com).
a $10,000 reward. Ford was shot and killed 10 years usatoday.com, 7/25/07).
later. A Jesse James wanted poster took $57,475 in April 15, 1452: Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. A
2012 at Lebel’s Old West Auction.
April 9, 1865: General Robert E. Lee surrendered to true Renaissance man and acknowledged scientific
April 4, 2012: A 900-year-old Chinese ceramic Song General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, genius, inventor (parachute, helicopter, tank), and
Dynasty “Ruyao Washer” bowl sold for $26,770,289 officially ending the Civil War. The Terms of Surrender master of the arts (Mona Lisa, The Last Supper), his
at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. It was made for a Chinese letters signed by Lee hit $537,750 at Heritage Auctions Salvator Mundi—which
emperor for washing calligraphy brushes. in December 2007. had been attributed to an
Present at those proceedings was 25-year-old Brevet artist in his studio and
April 4, 2017: Sotheby’s Hong Kong set a world Major General George Armstrong Custer and the troops previously auctioned for
record by auctioning the Pink Star Diamond for $71.2 he led in victorious battles. Custer’s personal cavalry about $10,000—sold for
million. Weighing 59.60 carats, the flawless and largest swallowtail battle flag sewn by his wife Elizabeth between $75 million and
known Vivid Pink diamond was mined in South Africa Custer sold for $896,250 at Heritage Auctions in 2007. $80 million in a private
in 1999, and it originally weighed 132.5 carats. During Custer received the flag during a battle at Dinwiddie sale in 2014 (nytimes.
the 20 months it took to cut the stone, 50 epoxy molds Court House near Petersburg, Va., on March 31, 1865. com, 3/9/2014). Then in
were made of it to experiment different ways to shape 2017, it broke the record
it. April 11, 2016: Han Solo’s leather jacket from Star for the highest price
Wars: The Force Awakens blasted off for $191,000 paid for a painting when
April 5, 2016: One of the copies from the eleventh at an IfOnly.com auction to benefit FACES (Finding it was auctioned for $450
broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures). Harrison Ford’s million at Christie’s (dw.
by Ezekiel Russell of Salem, Massachusetts-Bay, daughter suffers from epilepsy (time.com, 4/13/16). com).
that was sent “To the Revd Mr. Frisbie/Ipswich” hit Switching to another of Ford’s characters, the fedora
$514,000 at Heritage Auctions. worn by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark April 17, 1790: Benjamin Franklin passed away
topped $425,000 (including 23% buyer’s premium) in after a long life of invention, diplomatic and political
April 6, 1520: The great Renaissance artist and London at the Prop Store auction (digitaltrends.com, service, scientific discoveries, and so much more.
architect Raphael 9/12/2018). In 2016, his silver-hilted small sword from ca. 1760
(Raffaello Sanzio) passed realized $247,500 at Christie’s. In 2009, a copy of
away at the age of 37. A April 11, 1970: Apollo 13 launched. An oxygen Poor Richard’s Almanac,
prolific artist, three of his tank explosion nearly curtailed the mission, but James officially titled then,
masterpieces include: The Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise returned safely “Poor Richard, 1733. An
School of Athens, Sistine to Earth on the 17th. Lovell’s flight plan notebook Almanack for the Year
Madonna, and Saint with his calculations that saved their lives landed of Christ 1733,” along
George and the Dragon. a top bid of $388,375 at Heritage Auctions in 2011 with two other almanac
In 2012, his black (csmonitor.com, 12/1/11). However, NASA halted the volumes auctioned for
chalk sketch, Head of auction, questioning Lovell’s ownership of it. This had $566,500 at Sotheby’s.
a Young Apostle, sold happened with other astronauts so Congress passed The 1733 edition is one of
for $47,869,045 at a law allowing them to keep their gear. (space.com, three known to exist, and
Sotheby’s. 9/27/12). while in publication from
The flight plan did finally sell on July 20, 2017 at 1732 to 1758, his almanac
April 7, 2016: Seven paintings from Andy Warhol’s Sotheby’s for $275,000. It was estimated by some to sold well. It contained
Campbell Soup Series were stolen from the Springfield sell for $30,000 to $40,000. puzzles, weather
Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri (nbcnews.com, forecasts, household
4/12/16). In 2015, three prints from his Endangered April 14, 1912: The Titanic struck the iceberg. The tips and Franklin’s witty
Species Series and six from Ten Portraits of Jews of ship sank early the next morning, and more than 1,500 sayings like: “He’s a Fool that makes his Doctor his
the Twentieth Century were discovered stolen from a people lost their lives of the 2,224 passengers and crew Heir.”
California movie company—they had been replaced on board. Continued on Page 16