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  1. May 10

    : As expected J.C. Leyendecker’s “First Long Suit, painted for the Sept. 18, 1937, cover of The Saturday Evening Post, proved to be a smash hit. This masterpiece from the fashion-ad illustrator surpassed high estimate, selling for $615,000.

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  2. May 10

    One of the most historic works in our ongoing auction comes from , among America’s preeminent early still-life painters. “Still Life with Fruit and Flowers in a Landscape,” from 1850, just sold for $300,000.

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  3. May 10

    ’s 1913 oil-on-canvas “Family” just sparked a thrilling bidding war that drove the work from an opening bid of $15,000 to a final price of $137,500. That is a new auction record for the artist.

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  4. May 10

    : A surprise smash brings us close to the end of our American Art event: Joseph Francis Kernan’s DB&M's Royal Bohemian Beer ad, which sparked a bidding war that drove live bidding from $31,000 to $137,500. That deserves a toast!

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  5. May 10

    ’ circa-1979 “Pool Hall” is a highlight of our ongoing auction and among the most recognizable pieces by the pro-footballer-turned-painter. This lyrical work from the master of movement just realized $131,250.

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  6. May 10

    : N.C. Wyeth’s 1913 oil-on-canvas “Mr. Campbell, The Minister of Essendean” comes from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont Jr. But moments ago this significant, stunning work found a new owner, when it sold for $125,000.

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  7. May 7

    Collector and philanthropist Melvin “Pete” Mark owned one of the fewer than 250 surviving Enigma machines used by the Germans to encrypt top-secret messages during WWII. One of the centerpieces of this auction, it just realized $250,000.

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  8. May 10

    ’s iconic “porthole” portrait of , this one circa-1855, is among the most significant images in this country’s history. This extraordinary work sparked heated bidding that drove the final price to $591,000.

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  9. May 10

    ’ circa-1930 “Wanderers” just sold for $37,500 – a new auction record for the artist. And Heritage Auctions is proud to announce the historic work was acquired by the Delaware Art Museum.

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  10. May 10

    : A new auction record for the beloved Margaret Keane, whose 1962 painting “The Lookout” just sold in our ongoing American Art auction for $47,500.

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  11. May 7

    : “I boarded the Titanic today.” George Henry Hunt’s letter to his family, written after boarding the  in Southampton, opened live bidding at $15,500. Heated bidding drove its final price to $275,000. 


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  12. May 10

    : An earlier J.C. Leyendecker – “Playing Hooky,” which appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on June 13, 1914 – just sparked another heated tussle among bidders. It just realized $300,000.

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  13. May 10

    ’s “Lonely House” from 1938 was painted for the Illinois Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration. Heated bidding for this stunning (and pointed) self-portrait drove the final price to $175,000.

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  14. May 10

    : George Tooker’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” a tempera on gessoed board laid on board from 1982, was most recently displayed at the Columbus Museum of Art. One of the artist’s most reproduced works, it just realized $325,000.

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  15. May 10

    The prolific studied in Stockholm and Paris but found his muse in the Midwest and across . His panoramic paintings are now adored by collectors: “Twilight,” from 1941, just realized $106,250, three times estimate.

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  16. May 10

    : Maurice Sendak’s “Let the Wild Rumpus Start! (Happy Birthday Wild Things!)” was painted in 1988 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Where the Wild Things Are.” This joyful work just set an auction record for the artist: $212,500.

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  17. May 7

    From the historic Melvin “Pete” Mark collection, the Landscape Plan handwritten by , who prescribed cherry trees among the myriad plantings. This extraordinary document just realized $162,500.

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  18. May 7

    : President  had 12 rocking chairs made by craftsman Lawrence J. Arata. This one went from the White House to former New York governor Averell Harriman. A heated bidding war just drove the final price to a $591,000.

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  19. May 10

    : Stevan Dohanos’s “After Church,” which appeared on the cover of the April 16, 1949, edition of The Saturday Evening Post, sparked a bidding war that drove the final price to $225,000, more than twice its high estimate.

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  20. May 7

    : The life preserver from the USS West Virginia was retrieved from the water following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. From the Melvin “Pete” Mark collection. Opened live bidding at $22,000; just sold for $495,000.

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