Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Anteater, model NB-1, c. 1958
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 17, 2022$3,750 ≈ £3,179 ≈ €3,634Sign up free to see price
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Polar Bear
Gordon Newell (American, 1905–1998) · c. 1950
$5,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,794≈ €4,435
Hammer $4,200 · with buyer’s premium $5,250
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glazed stoneware”
- Category
- Ceramics & studio pottery
- Dimensions
- 7¾ h x 26½ w x 6 d in (20 x 67 x 15 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- American Design (auctions/2021/09/american-design)
- Date
- September 9, 2021
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 396
- Estimate
- $2,000 – — (≈ £1,445) (≈ €1,689)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Anteater, model NBI, c. 1960
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Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Anteater, c. 1958
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Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Sea Lion, c. 1958
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