ST. MICHAELS, MD.— With Jim Julia at the podium, a superb cigar store Indian “Princess’ attributed to Samuel Robb or Thomas Brooks sold for $570,000 on November 10, day one of a two-day live auction conducted by Guyette & Deeter.

She had stood in front of the John R. Rose & Son “lottery” store in Louisville, Ky., until the 1974 closing of the store when she was sold to a local attorney, reportedly for $5,000. Prior to that, it had been purchased by John Richard Rose from a store in Chicago when he opened his Louisville store in 1874. Guyette & Deeter had done its homework, promoting the “Princess” nationally.  The 83-inch figure wears a well carved feather head-dress of multiple colors, holds a bundle of cigars in her left hand and a gathering of tobacco leaves in her right hand.

A full report on the auction will follow.