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June, 2018 The Antique Shoppe Page 9

PhotograPhic Journey

This Month in Collecting History:
JUNE

by Mike McLeod & Marla McLeod

June 1, 1938: Superman arrived on Earth in Action Comics
#1, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The cover
featured the Man of Steel hefting a green car of steel
on the cover. A9.0-graded copy flew off eBay for $3.2
million in 2014.

June 1, 1926: The birthday of Norma Jean Mortenson/ Dade City & San Antonio
Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe’s personal fawn-colored 98
overcoat sold for $175,000 at Julien’s Live in 2014. Her
personal makeup case sold at Christie’s in 1999 for
$266,500 (therichest.com, 02/19/14). Meridian Ave
June 4, 1977: Poppy Flowers by Vincent van Gogh was stolen this day DADE CITY
from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt—for the
first time. It was found and returned in the next decade but stolen again
in 2010 from the same museum. The masterpiece is valued at $50+ Clinton Ave
million. 52
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June 6, 1868: Royal Navy officer and explorer 579
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was born. In 1912, he 577
and his team made it to the South Pole but were
more than a month behind Roald Amundsen, the 579A Ft. King Hwy. 301 98
first to reach it. Unfortunately, Scott and his team
all died from exposure, exhaustion, and lack of 75
food on the return trip to their base camp. Even 39
so, “Scott of the Antarctic” became a national hero
in Great Britain. Captain Scott’s silk Union Jack
taken on his two Antarctic Expeditions, including Park your car in the treeshaded city lots and stroll
the last one, sold for $114,929 at Christie’s in 2010.
among our antique and collectible shops. Enjoy our

June 6, 1944: D-Day, the Normandy Invasion by the Greatest Generation. A small town charms. We’d love to have you!
48-star flag flown from the U.S. Navy Landing Craft Control (LCC) 60 sold
for $514,000 at Heritage Auctions on June 12, 2016. From the personal ZEPHYRHILLS
collection of Lieutenant Howard Vander Beek, the skipper of LCC 60 and Celebrating
the first vessel to deliver troops to Utah Beach—and also 18 more assault 20 Antiques 54 5th Ave.
waves afterwards. To Tampa YEARS! on the
June 7, 1848: Post-impressionist painter Paul MAin street 1 Gall Blvd.
Gauguinwas born in Paris. His 1892 When Will You
Marry? (Left) depicting two Tahitian women sold 41 39
in a private sale in 2015 for about $300 million, it is Specializing
believed. Gauguin counted Cezanne, Pissarro and van in 301
Gogh as friends or acquaintances. Primitives 2 To Plant City

June 8, 1916: Francis Crick was born near To Tampa 3
Northampton, England. A discoverer of the structure
of DNA with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, all
shared a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick’s Nobel Prize sold Peggy Capps, Proprietor
in April 2013 for $2,270,500 at Heritage Auctions. A (352) 523-0999
year later, Watson’s Nobel hit $4.75 million at Christie’s; his five-page
Nobel banquet speech sold for $365,000 at the same auction. 14122 7th STREET
DADE CITY, FL 33525 3 DADE CITY
June 11, 1770: Capt. James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef when
his ship Endeavor ran aground on it.
Cook voyaged far away
from his home in England AMERICAN EAGLE
to New Zealand, Australia ANTIQUES
and Hawaii where he perished. In 2003, a gold-mounted
hardwood walking cane made from the spear that killed Captain 14232 7th Street
Cook on Feb. 14, 1779 (kept by an officer on the Endeavor) was
sold for £150,750 at Lyon & Turnbull. It was engraved with: “From Dade City, FL 33523
Adml. C.B.H. Ross C.B. To Admiral Sir David Milne G.C.B. Made of the spear 352-521-3361
which killed Captn. Cook R.N.” Also, Cook’s pistol sold for $227,100 at Leski OpEN 7 DAyS 11-5:30
Auctions in Australia in 2013.
AMERICAN EAGLE Late Century Modern Furniture
June 15, 1937: Waylon Jennings was born and had hits like Mamas Don’t
Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys and Good- Hearted Woman (“In ANTIQUES, TOO Decorative Arts & Accessories
love with a good timin’ man”). In 2014, Guernsey’s sold Waylon Jennings’ Featuring Fine Antiques 11853 Curley St, San Antonio
1958 Ariel Cyclone motorcycle (that once belonged to his friend Buddy 6 mi. from Dade City / 11 mi. from Zephyrhills
Holly) for $457,500. In 1959, Waylon gave up his seat on a plane for “The 14119 7th Street
Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson. Also on the tour group’s plane was Richie Dade City, FL 33523 352-588-2001
Valens and Buddy Holly. It crashed, taking all three. 352-521-0390 www.sanantonioantiquesflorida.com
OpEN 10-5 MON-SAT Proprietor, John C. Herrmann 4
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