: A fine Chumash basket left the auction room spellbound when it
sold for $132,250 at CRN Auctions' May 7 sale.
Part of an impressive assortment of merchandise offered at Carl
Nordblom's Annual Spring Auction, the tightly coiled basket was
made of juncus, sumac and grass and measured 91/2 by 12 inches.
Action came from the telephones and several in the room with it
finally selling to the trade in the gallery.
Another top lot was a carved and painted eagle attributed to
Maine carver John Bellamy that sold for $34,500.
A complete report of the sale will appear in a future issue.
-FMM
