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You’re A World-Record-Setter, Charlie Brown! Original “Peanuts” Artwork Sells For $288,000 FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2021 • VOL. 52, NO. 2
Antique Toy Auction By Pook & Pook And Noel Barrett Delivers Goods
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Dresden Patriotic American Flag Christmas Ornament Brings $6,710 Pook & Pook’s Downingtown, Pa., auction gallery teamed up with acclaimed antique toy expert Noel Barrett on Dec. 4 for a fun Christmas Antique Toy Auction. Helping Santa and his elves again this holiday season is always a treat for the staff at Pook & Pook. Many passionate toy collectors attended the preview during the week leading up to the sale. While there was no live audience in the gallery, that didn’t stop bidders from actively pursuing their picks for the holiday season on the phones, via absentee in-house bidding, or on the two bidding platforms,
This ca. 1910 mechanical model of a Knox fire truck sold for $7,930 (est. $6,000-$8,000). The Knox Automobile Company of Springfield, Mass., is believed to have been the earliest maker of modern style automotive fire engines, beginning in 1905.
of the sale were the holiday specific offerings, including a wide variety of Christmas décor that started off the sale. Numerous German composition Belsnickel candy containers, German Father Christmas toys, Christmas trees, and This Dresden patriotic American silk flag Christmas ornament, five inches long, realized $6,710 (est. $300-$400). ornaments were scattered throughout the first third of the auction. One stern faced German composition Belsnickel candy container almost doubled its high estimate, bringing $2,318. A large German painted composition Santa Claus candy container measuring 18.5 inches high, which was originally purchased from the toy giant FAO Schwarz over a century ago, ho ho ho’d its way to $2,440, four times its high estimate. Waving past all expectations was a special Dresden American Flag Christmas ornament bringing $6,710, a record for a Dresden ornament? It was one of numerous Dresden decorations offered, all of which did ornamentally well. A top Yuletide piece that crossed the block was a figural milk glass Santa Claus miniature oil lamp. This unusual find came in at $2,318. For buyers who didn’t want the trouble of decorating their
Bidsquare and Live Auctioneers. The sale came in above the high estimated total with a 97 percent sell-through rate. The anticipated high interest in the pre-holiday sale came to fruition. The easy access for cyberspace Continued on page 2 bidders paid off, with over 900 approved bidders chiming in from both platforms. A lastminute decision to eliminate in-house live bidding for safety reasons didn’t deter bidders one bit. The tradition of diverse offerings typical of a PookBarrett auction were continued with this The Baranger Studios electric animated lovebird carnival store sale. The highlights window display sold for $8,540 (est. $8,000-$10,000).
The original drawings Charles Schultz made for “The Peanuts Album” sold for $288,000. In 1953, Charles Schulz drew portraits of Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Schroeder, Patty, Violet, Shermy and Good Ol’ Charlie Brown for a promotional giveaway. These early iterations of the classic characters set a world record for the highest price paid at auction for original “Peanuts” artwork during the first session of
Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 11, 12, and 13 Animation Art event. The drawings Schultz made for “The Peanuts Album” sold for $288,000. That bests a previous highwater mark set only a month earlier when a Nov. 17, 1950, “Peanuts” daily strip realized $192,000 during a
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Vintage Photography At The Emporium
Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert on page 3
Unique Items On Sale In Special Showcase Display Lights! Camera! Action! Those words have echoed through many movie and TV sound stage sets for more than 100 years. Today, if you have a phone, iPad or computer, you have a camera. There are cameras everywhere due to the introduction of the personal computer and personal security systems. Many people even have a back-up camera in their cars. Approximately 200 years ago in the mid-1820s, Nicéphore Niepce first managed to fix an image that was captured with a camera, but it took at least eight hours, often even several days, for exposure, with the result being very crude images. Niépce’s associate, Louis Daguerre, went on to develop the daguerreotype process, the first publicly announced and commercially viable photographic process. The daguerreotype required only minutes of exposure in the camera and produced a clear and finely
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detailed image. This process was introduced to the world in 1839, a date generally accepted as the birth year of practical photography. Have you ever heard the expression, “A picture is worth a 1,000 words”? It was so true during the mid-1800s when Mathew Brady developed his photographs of the American Civil War and when people could travel all over the world using the stereopticon cards with a viewer. One iconic photograph was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on the V-J Day celebration in Times Square, New York City. It portrays a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger, a dental assistant, on Aug. 14, 1945, at the end of World War II. One more iconic photograph has to be the placing of the American flag on the moon. The Historic Burlington Antiques and Art Emporium will display Continued on page 6
Nye & Company Auctioneers To Hold Two-Day Online Estate Treasures Sale On Jan. 20 And 21 on page 6
In This Issue SHOPS, SHOWS & MARKETS . . . . . . . . . . starting on page 3 SHOPS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . on page 4 EVENT & AUCTION CALENDAR . on page 4 AUCTION SALE BILLS . . . starting on page 5
FEATURED AUCTION: Nye & Company Auctioneers Online Sale - January 20 And 21 - Page 6
AUCTIONEER DIRECTORY . . . . . on page 5 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . on page 7