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SUMMARY:June 2026 Premier Auction
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DESCRIPTION:Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals is pleased to present t
 he June 2026 Premier Auction! Highlights of this auction i
 nclude a group of important 19th-century Alaska Native masks
 \, led by a polychrome-decorated Yup'ik animal spirit mask da
 ting to circa 1875 and comparable to an example housed in th
 e Sheldon Jackson Museum\, alongside a Point Hope example wit
 h warm\, smiling features and labrets\; paintings by three mem
 bers of the celebrated "Alaska Four\," including a fine Sydne
 y Laurence nautical scene\, numerous Eustace Ziegler portrait
 s and an alpine mining camp landscape\, and multiple works by
  Jules Dahlager\; and a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air restomod showi
 ng approximately 7\,000 miles. Collectors will find a group o
 f significant graded comic books\, including X-Men #1 (CGC 3.
 5)\, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (CGC 5.5)\, Amazing Spider-Man #50 (C
 GC 8.0)\, Marvel Spotlight #5 (CGC 4.0)\, Daredevil #1 (CGC 3.
 0)\, Silver Surfer #4 (CGC 9.0)\, and others\; objects from the
  collection of Dr. Henry Bascom Collins\, Jr. (1899-1987)\, th
 e pioneering Smithsonian Institution anthropologist whose wo
 rk helped establish the chronology of Arctic prehistory and 
 Bering Strait cultures\; and a remarkable body of work from t
 he Bruce Beasley Foundation\, including a nearly seven-foot d
 ouble crooked beak mask by John Livingston\, a Dzawada'enuxw 
 crooked beak mask by Stan Hunt III\, a 19th-century Haida can
 oe model\, numerous portrait masks\, and other important North
 west Coast works. Further highlights include an original Bob
  Ross-painted gold pan\; a large narwhal tusk\; big game and f
 ish taxidermy including a juvenile polar bear\, brown bear\, b
 lack bear\, and bull moose\; fine jewelry featuring an Oscar F
 riedman sapphire pendant\, gold nugget examples\, and a sizabl
 e diamond ring\; and a large James Kivetoruk Moses painting d
 epicting an umiak sailing scene. A significant collection of
  Alaska Native basketry ranges from entry-level examples to 
 museum-quality works and includes Aleut rye grass\, baleen\, s
 pruce root\, walrus gut\, and willow root forms. Additional et
 hnographic material includes an important pre-contact North 
 American anthropomorphic stone effigy\; several Nome Gold Rus
 h-era scrimshaw cribbage boards attributed to Happy Jack\; an
 d an impressive collection of carvings by Brian Kulik\, Teddy
  Mayac\, Ron Apangalook\, John Pullock\, and many others. Also 
 offered is a monumental early 20th-century Billy "Billiken" 
 Komonaseak scrimshaw walrus tusk cribbage board\, surpassing 
 comparable examples held by the University of Alaska Museum 
 of the North and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in both scal
 e and execution. Original paintings by Scott McDaniel\, Ernes
 t Robertson\, James Belcher\, Byron Birdsall\, Harvey Goodale\, 
 Joan Kickbush\, Norman Lowell\, Alex Combs\, George Ahgupuk\, an
 d others complement a diverse offering of Alaska Native arti
 facts and 19th-century objects including carvings\, utilitari
 an tools\, a published hunter's belt pouch\, a fine umiak mode
 l\, several kayak models\, a bird dart\, ice fishing poles\, smo
 king pipes\, and more. Rounding out the sale are gold coins\, 
 natural history specimens including ancient megalodon teeth\,
  fossil walrus tusks\, a large section of mammoth tusk\, and a
  sizable grape agate specimen\, as well as a 140-piece Wallac
 e Grand Baroque sterling silver flatware service. Everything
  opens at only $5! We hope you can join us on June 28th for 
 an unforgettable auction experience. AUCTION CLOSING: This a
 uction opened for bidding on June 20th and will GO LIVE for
  online bidding in real-time on Sunday\, June 28th 10:00 am 
 AKDT (2:00pm EST)
URL:https://www.alaskapremierauctions.com/auctions/detail/bw1616
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