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Thu, Jul 14, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 180

Jim Sams

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Kentucky, 20th/21st century)

Three painted statues on wooden stands: warbler on Tatar maple branch, base signed "Jim Sams/2012/Black Throated Blue Warbler", 11 x 7-3/4 in.; hepatica with fallen leaves, base signed "Jim Sams/London, KY/2002/Round Lobed Hepatica", 4-7/8 x 6 in.; solomon's seal vine, base signed "Jim Sams/London, KY/2001/Solomon's Seal", 9-1/4 x 11 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Condition

slight wear to stands and bases, solomon's seal example with loss of one pod but the pod is present

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