Important American art commanded over the top prices at Clars November 19th auction of Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art. This sale reported strong prices across all categories with a number of surprises fueled by highly competitive national and international bidding. La Migra, 1995, the major installation work by Barry McGee (American, b. 1966) in collaboration with Sandow Birk (American, b. 1962), came to the sale with the conservative estimate of $40,000 - $60,000. The bidding opened at $20,000 and this lot jumped rapidly by large increments finally closing and selling for $193,000. Performing with the same vigorous bidding was the spectacular work in charcoal by Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) titled Samson, a study of Victor Mature in the role from the 1949 movie, Samson and Delilah. Offered with an estimate of $50,000-70,000, this work climbed to a final selling price of $139,150. Numerou
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