The two works "A Bold Bluff" and "Waterloo" were among 16 paintings that artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge was commissioned to create for a Minnesota-based advertising company in 1903. Of the 16, nine are of dogs playing poker.

The two works that sold Tuesday for $590,400 capture moments in a poker game played by five dogs, among them a St. Bernard that ends up collecting the pot on a bluff.

The winning bid set a new auction record for Coolidge, whose previous top sale was $74,000, said Alan Fausel, director of paintings at Doyle New York, which handled Tuesday's sale.

A rare film depicting a man getting hit in the groin by a toddler, in addition to a large Hamms Bear lamp and an early Sports Illustrated football phone, is expected to raise break the million dollar mark.

walkswithbears

United Kingdom

March 2003

FEB 16, 2005 04:21 PM

in that case, i'm printing this out and buying a ferrari.

dahmer

South Vienna, OH

OLD SKOOL

FEB 16, 2005 04:40 PM

walkswithbears said:
in that case, i'm printing this out and buying a ferrari.

I'll give you $600,000!!!

KellyLynn

I'm lost

September 2003

FEB 16, 2005 04:54 PM

hoosiers. all of us.

deucex

Plano, TX

September 2004

FEB 16, 2005 05:02 PM

Wow! i only have to wait 102 years for my stuff to be worth something! Now all i need to do is get a commission from an ad agency with absolutly no sense of tact.

actually that shouldn't be to hard.

Pom_felo

San Antonio, TX

February 2004

FEB 16, 2005 05:06 PM

walkswithbears said:
in that case, i'm printing this out and buying a ferrari.

Put it on black velvet, double the price.

RandomNerd

I'm lost

January 2005

FEB 16, 2005 10:34 PM

I'd like a print of "A dog of a Bachelor"... how much would that run me?

Admiral_Pants

Austin, TX

May 2004

FEB 16, 2005 11:26 PM

KellyLynn said:
hoosiers. all of us.

We're all from Indiana?

rogerebert

Pompano Beach, FL

November 2004

FEB 17, 2005 05:38 AM

If dogs did play poker, wouldn't the tail wagging make bluffing hard?

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Portland, OR

November 2002

FEB 15, 2005 10:34 PM

United Kingdom

March 2003

FEB 16, 2005 04:21 PM

South Vienna, OH

OLD SKOOL

FEB 16, 2005 04:40 PM

KellyLynn

I'm lost

September 2003

FEB 16, 2005 04:54 PM

Plano, TX

September 2004

FEB 16, 2005 05:02 PM

San Antonio, TX

February 2004

FEB 16, 2005 05:06 PM

I'm lost

January 2005

FEB 16, 2005 10:34 PM

Austin, TX

May 2004

FEB 16, 2005 11:26 PM

Pompano Beach, FL

November 2004

FEB 17, 2005 05:38 AM