LiveAuctioneers Top Lots 2007

Oil on canvas painting by American Joseph Sharp, Indian Encampment (In Winter's Embrace) 1905, signed and dated lower right: J H SHARP. 1905

Estimate: $200,000-$250,000

Sold for $207,000 in the Santa Fe Art Auction on November 10, 2007.

Joseph Sharp, 1959-1953

Oil on canvas by American, Eanger I. Couse, Pawhyumma, Umitilla Indian, 1892, signed and dated lower left: Eanger I. Couse / 1892

Estimate: $150,000-$200,000

Sold for $138,000 also at the Santa Fe Art Auction on November 10, 2007.

Eanger I. Couse 1866-1936

65 pieces were sold online at Fuller's inaugural sale with the top lot a 1981 Fernando Botero patinated bronze "Hand with Cigarette". The 33¾-inch tall sculpture was signed, numbered and stamped Botero 2/6 Fonderia/M/Italy, and offered with provenance from New York's Marlborough Gallery and Philadelphia's Benjamin Mangel Gallery.

Estimate: $80,000-$120,000

Sold for $132,000 at Fuller's Fine Art Auctions on December 1, 2007

Fernando Botero (Colombian, b. 1932)

McQueen's personal 1967 Triumph T120R Bonneville Motorcycle has been painstakingly restored to it's former glory, including Mr. McQueen’s personal extra touches including chrome brake levers, brake backing plate, wheel nuts, and chain adjusters.

The actor's personal motorcycle comes with Certificate of Authenticity from the McQueen Estate, framed photo with McQueen.

Estimate: $50,000-$70,000

Sold for $120,000 at the World Of Décor/Motorbilia Auctions October 7, 2007.

Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 76er #2, 1995. Signed and dated "Mel Ramos 1995" lower center. Provenance: Private Collection, Portugal. Exhibited: San Francisco, Modernism Inc., Mel Ramos; The Lost Paintings of 1965, January 18-March 2, 1996.

Estimate: $30,000-$40,000

Sold for $110,250 at Phillips de Pury & Co. on February 27, 2007.

Mel Ramos, b. 1935

An exceptional walnut Conoid dining table, free-edge top with five rosewood butterfly keys.

Estimate: $40,000-$60,000

Sold for $104,125 at the Sollo Rago Modern Auction on October 27, 2007.

Frederic Remington’s "The Bronco Buster" bronze, size 22.5".

Estimate: $100,000-$150,000

Sold for $99,450 at the Scottsdale Art Auction on March 31, 2007

Nickel-silver skull, brass mountings with remnants of gilding, gold and silver-plated rivet heads. The underside of the front peak is lacquered green and the rear peak covered with green velvet. The helmet spike in the form of a Mexican eagle clutching a serpent in its talons and beak, with partially polished gilding in outstanding condition. The silver-plated emblem is the star of the Order of the Mexican Eagle set in gold on the copper-gilded medallion.

Estimate: 20,000€ - 40,000€

Sold for 61,250 ($89,960) at Hermann Historica GmbH on October 17, 2007.

The Birds of America, New York and Philadelphia: 1840-44, first 8vo edition, in seven volumes, gilt tooled morocco.

Estimate: $30,000-$40,000

Sold for $79,625 by Skinner on November 18, 2007.

John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Italian Violin by Annibale Fagnola,, Turin, 1922.

Estimate: $60,000-$80,000

Sold for $73,500 by Skinner on May 6, 2007.