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HERITAGE AUCTIONS | WINTER 2018-2019 $7.9 9 LOU GEHRIG Iron Horse’s New York Alan Weinberg Auction Previews Personal Items Nothing Beats Top Collector’s Rockwell, Hermès, Make Auction Debut City’s Holiday Magic Numismatic Journey Obama, Disney HERITAGE AUCTIONS LUXURY ACCESSORIES TRUNK SHOWS The Luxury Trunk Show is Your Unrivaled Resource for Rare, Authentic Designer Handbags for Purchase, No Bidding Necessary Visit HA.com/TrunkShow to Shop Heritage Auctions Luxury Accessories is Always Accepting Quality Consignments Our World-Renowned Experts are Available for Private Consultations to Curate Your Collection INQUIRIES | 212.486.3500 HA.com/Luxury DALLAS | NEW YORK | BEVERLY HILLS | SAN FRANCISCO | CHICAGO | PALM BEACH | LONDON | PARIS | GENEVA | AMSTERDAM | HONG KONG Rolex, Ref: 6239, “Paul Newman” Cosmograph Daytona, Circa 1969 Sold for: $225,000 Always Seeking Quality Consignments Immediate Cash Advances Available Inquiries: 877-HERITAGE (4 37-4 824) DALLAS | NEW YORK | BEVERLY HILLS | SAN FRANCISCO | CHICAGO | PALM BEACH LONDON | PARIS | GENEVA | AMSTERDAM | HONG KONG K. Guzman #0762165; BP 12-25% see HA.com; Heritage Auctions #1364738 & SHDL #1364739. 26 contents HIGHLIGHTS AUCTION PREVIEWS Numismatics: Passionate How to Bid Luxury: Hong Kong Week 44 Connoisseur 24 37 Jewelry, timepieces, handbags anchor Decades of collecting have earned dazzling auctions for region’s high-end Alan Weinberg a spot among the collectors hobby’s top coin and medal collectors Story by David Stone Photography by Axel Koester Americana: Demuth ‘Punch’ 25 Figure Videogames: Collecting Mario Rare example has original paint, first to 38 Bros., Zelda appear on market with wood base Booming interest in rare, vintage examples creates new grading Travel Journal: New York’s By Kathleen Guzman company 52 Magical Holiday Season The auctions. The museums. The shopping. The city that never sleeps Sports: Newly Discovered just might be a collector’s best friend. Americana: John Sutter’s By The Intelligent Collector staff 26 Gehrig Hall of Famer’s personal effects, 39 Sword including never-before-seen baby Historic presentation piece dates to photo, held for decades by friends of California Gold Rush family Luxury Handbags: Keeping it By David Seideman 64 Real As the secondary market booms, there Sports: Obama’s Jersey are ways to protect yourself from 40 Future president played for Hawaiian the growing problem of “super-fake” American Art: Rockwell’s high school basketball team handbags 32 ‘Christmas’ Scene By Barbara Tunick Classic holiday image graced cover of 1923 Literary Digest cover Upcoming Auctions By Ariana Hartsock 42 Collectibles: Coveted Spirits 70 Finite supply of whiskey, and the resulting surging prices, grabbing the Animation Art: Celebrating attention of imbibers … and collectors COLUMNS By Debbie Carlson 34 Mickey Disney’s animated mouse took world by storm 90 years ago Luxury Real Estate: Winter’s 82 Hot Markets As vacation home prices top out, now Decorative Arts: Treasure- may be a good time to consider a ski 74 Makers Handbags: Exceptional Kelly chalet or seaside villa Most manufacturers of collectible 36 Special order piece produced with By Rochelle Mortensen decorative art are long gone. Here are Maison Lemarié of Paris being offered some exceptions. for first time By The Intelligent Collector Staff By Aviva Lehmann Kids & Collecting: Patch 84 Together Scout memorabilia collecting typically begins with a focus on those colorful, embroidered badges on the cover: By Pamela Wiggins Siegel Lou Gehrig (detail) from the Charles M. Conlon archive of baseball photography, which realized $1.79 million at an August 2016 Heritage auction. 4 Intelligent Collector 52 44 DEPARTMENTS By the Numbers: Rita Looking Back: 1953 88 Hayworth Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. 11 Collectibles from one of the top Kennedy, James Bond, Marilyn Monroe, motion-picture stars of all time Walt Disney Auction Update: Hong Kong 12 Week IN EVERY ISSUE Inaugural event include coins, currency, fine jewelry, luxury accessories, timepieces and fine wine 10 From the Editor Event: Backyard Concert 13 Charity auction benefits national non- Category Specialists profit launched by the Who’s Roger 86 Daltrey and Pete Townshend 74 Consignment Deadlines Event: Neil Armstrong 87 14 Reception for the auctions of personal items from American space hero Treasures: Prices Realized 15 Eddie Plank baseball card, Frank Frazetta painting, Cartier bracelet Persona: David Frangioni 18 Music entrepreneur is one of hobby’s top Clint Eastwood collectors 64 Amenities: Wine Cellar 20 Royalty Few cellars create the optimal climate for long-term wine storage like a EuroCave Winter 2018-2019 No Reserve Auction | January 2019 HA.com/HillCountry [email protected] 6 Intelligent Collector Riverfront Lodge | 3 acres | Salado, Texas Text or Call 941.777.2BID Fall 2018 7 HERITAGE AUCTIONS | WINTER 2018-2019 INTELLIGENT COLLECTOR EDITOR & PUBLISHER Hector Cantú EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Aydin Arjomand, Debbie Carlson, Margaret Croft, Al Diaz, Axel Koester, Rochelle Mortensen, David Seideman, Pamela Wiggins Siegel, David Stone, Barbara Tunick, Brandon Wade ART & DESIGN ART DIRECTOR Mark Masat DESIGN Chris Britton, Lisa Jones, Wendie Goers, Kaila Werner, Beth Dunford PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Donald Fuller PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING Faith Batchelor, Rebeka Boling, Sam Bortnick, Emily Clements, Nina Cornelison, Brian Fewell, Kevin Gaddis Jr., Laurisa Galvan, Patric Glenn, Rachel Guillory, Haley Hagen, James Harris, Rey Hernandez, Todd Hudgins, Randle Hudson, Michael Hughes, Brittany Kaluhikaua, Greg Kopriva, Darnell McCown, Christapher McElheney, Roy Richardson, Matt Roppolo, Joseph Schroeder, Mayra Vazquez, Brenna Wilson, Jason Young PRODUCTION PRINT PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Mary Hermann ADVERTISING Diane Homer | 646.529.7254 | [email protected] CIRCULATION Roger Kent, Matt Polakoff CORPORATE & FINANCE FOUNDERS Jim Halperin, Steve Ivy PRESIDENT Greg Rohan CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Paul Minshull EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Todd Imhof EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cristiano Bierrenbach VICE PRESIDENT – MARKETING Jeff Greer OFFICE 3500 Maple Ave., 17th Floor Dallas, TX 75219-3941 214.409.1359 1.800.872.6467 Fax: 214.409.2359 Email: [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS For customer service in the U.S. call toll-free 800.872.6467. 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Such factors as changing demand, popularity, new discoveries, strength of the overall market, and economic conditions are influences. 51155 Protecting Collectors’ Wines Since 1979 The Finest Wine Cellars in the World Wine Enthusiast is the Exclusive U.S. Distributor Under Counter Convenience of EuroCave Wine Cellars Wine Storage Solutions for Any Space Custom Wine Cellars Design Your Dream Wine Cellar With Our Seasoned Consultants For a Free Wine Storage Consultation, Call 800.356.8466 | wineenthusiast.com from the editor For Gehrig fans, the story begins with an email It’s not every day that you discover artifacts linked to one of the biggest names in sports history. That happened recently when Rob Rosen received an email from a man in Connecticut. As vice president of sports collectibles at Heritage Auctions, Rosen fields scores of emails and phone calls every week. But this note was special. “We are owners of a wide range of Lou Gehrig memorabilia, which was passed upon his death to [parents] Christina and Heinrich Gehrig,” the email read. “Upon their death, it was passed into our family.” The specialists at Heritage Auctions knew immediately there was a good chance this was something special. “We called and listened to their story, got more details, more specifics,” Rosen says. “It checked all the boxes … provenance, a Yankees great, the freshness of the items, the newness