July Auction Block: Harry Winston, Babe Ruth & Cabaret
By • July 28, 2025 0 619
This month’s group of noteworthy auction lots includes a portrait daguerreotype, a 1915 Red Sox postcard on which Babe Ruth appears, a platinum-and-diamond bracelet from Harry Winston, an original rendering by Boris Aronson of his Tony-winning “Cabaret” set design and a Peter Max floral still life.
Bonhams
1915 Boston Red Sox Team Photo Postcard (Babe Ruth’s Rookie Season)
Courtesy Bonhams.
Sold for: $165,600
This photo postcard, produced before the Red Sox won the Fall Classic in October of 1915, was issued in small quantities around Fenway Park. A notation on the bottom reads: “The Boston Red Sox-American League Champions—Season 1915.” The postcards were made for fans to mail to family and friends, but this one was never used (the back is blank and unaddressed). Rookie Babe Ruth is seen standing in the back row, fifth from right.
The Potomack Company
Harry Winston Platinum and Diamond Horseshoe Shaped Bracelet
Courtesy The Potomack Company.
Estimate: $50,000–$70,000
Sold for: $50,000
Designed by François Tavernier, this bracelet, which comes with a Harry Winston box and a letter of authenticity, has a horseshoe-style pattern that includes alternating curved rows of 60 baguette diamonds totaling nine carats. There are also 48 round brilliant-cut diamonds, adding up to seven carats, and a dozen pear-cut diamonds, totaling five carats. All together, the diamond weight is approximately 21 carats.
Doyle
Vase of Flowers, Series X, 2000 by Peter Max
Estimate: $8,000–$12,000
Sold for: $28,800
This acrylic painting by Peter Max, an explosively rendered still life, is signed “Max” and inscribed, dated and stamped “61075/©PETER MAX 2000” on the back. It was acquired from the Peter Max Gallery in Las Vegas. A leading exponent of the psychedelic style of the 1960s, Max, born Peter Max Finkelstein in Berlin in 1937, is best known for his vivid Pop Art poster designs.
Christie’s
Robert Cornelius, ‘Portrait of a Woman’
Courtesy Christie’s.
Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Sold for: $60,480
This sixth-plate daguerreotype of an unknown woman, c. 1840-41, is mounted in a case with a broken hinge. Its maker, Philadelphia lamp manufacturer and metallurgist Robert Cornelius (1809-1893), born to Dutch immigrants, is one of the most important American figures in early photography. His 1839 self-portrait is considered one of the first examples of what are now known as selfies.
Freeman’s | Hindman
Boris Aronson, ‘Original Stage Rendering of Cabaret,’ 1968
Courtesy Freemans | Hindman.
Estimate: $300–$500
Sold for: $17,920
Offered as part of Freeman’s | Hindman’s “Master of Ceremonies: The Joel Grey Collection,” this rendering in mixed media and collage on cardboard is signed “Boris Aronson” in the lower right corner. Born in Kyiv, Aronson (1898-1980) was a scenic designer for Yiddish theater, the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway who won six Tony Awards, including one for “Cabaret.”
