This month’s auction block includes a black opal gemstone from Bonhams, a collection of first and early edition volumes from Mark Twain from Weschler’s, a diamond and gold evening clutch from Doyle, and more.
Bonhams
Black Opal
Sold for: $20,480
Part of the Gemstones and Exotic Gemstone Jewelry Auction, the stone featured is outshined by very few other opals for its vibrancy. There are large patches of electric blue, purple, green, and orange as well as a center windmill pattern of fiery red and orange.
Weschler’s
Collection Of Eleven First Or Early Edition Hardcover Volumes By Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (American 1835 – 1910)
Estimate: $500-$1,000
Sold for: $2,600
Books include: “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Innocents Abroad: The New Pilgrims’ Progress” by Twain, with authorship in his given name, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, as well. The opening page of the book “Following the Equator” has a dedication in pen.
Christie’s
“Tropic Cool” by Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994)
Estimate: $50,000-$70,000
Sold for: $252,000
Part of a post-war and contemporary art auction, artist Friedel Dzubas’s (1915-1994) acrylic on canvas “Tropic Cool” is signed, titled and dated ‘Dzubas 1979 TROPIC COOL.’
Doyle
Two-Color Gold and Diamond Evening Clutch 
Estimate: $10,000-$15,000
Sold for: $20,160
From the estate of Renee Myers is an 18-kt yellow and white gold clutch sporting single-cut diamonds. The diamonds are 1.20 carats, and the clutch includes an interior with a small mirror.
Hindman
Stephen Pace (American, 1918-2010) Untitled (#58-A3), 1958
Estimate: $6,000-$8,000
Sold for: $37,800
This colorful oil on canvas by artist Stephen Pace (1918-2010) is signed and dated in the lower right corner. It was sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
