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Emporium Including Sports Memorabilia | September 26, 2025

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Our September Emporium Auction has everything from objets de virtu to the very practical, with silver place settings, paintings, a Shenandoah Valley bookcase, and a visually impressive iridescent archer statue. Also, the collector will find a wide selection of sports cards and signed memorabilia, highlighted by North Carolina alumnus Michael Jordan.
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Lot 624

Penhryn Stanlaws

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

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

Scottish/American 1877-1957)

Patricia "Boots" Mallory (1913-1958), signed lower right "Penhryn Stanlaws", pastel on illustration board, original pickled wood frame, 40-3/8 x 28-1/4 x 1-1/2 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of David Male, Mars Hill, North Carolina

Note: Boots Mallory was a film actress and dancer. She joined the Ziegfeld Follies in 1931. After moving to Hollywood, she starred in mostly B-grade films after the devastating premiere of "Hello Sister!". In 1933 she married James Cagney's brother, William, and in 1937 married actor Herbert Marshall. A striking beauty, she was photographed by George Hurrell and painted by the pin-up artist Rolf Armstrong. She died in 1958 at the age of 45.

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Collection of the Sitter; Joan Mallory (sister of sitter); Tonya Beth Wilson (daughter)

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