strongItem 21strong -  `Terry Ross` photo by Beverly Normand, year 2012, 13 x 19 inches framed. Starting bid $400 with increments of at least $50.

strongItem 92 strongMagnificient original oil landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy, popular African American artist whose work was compared to that of the renowned Henry O. Tanner. Excellent Condition! Open the bid with $75,000. with increments of at least $10,000. Shown for the first time to benefit RALD Institute - from the private collection of African American theological scholars, Drs. Dennis and Howard Wesley Wiley.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 58strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Detail No. 2 Urbanbushman,' Photo of art by Lester Lashley. Photographed by Lester Lashley to benefit Rald Institute. Year 2014. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $400.  Increments at least $100. Lester Lashley is a renowned artist-musician whose work will be featured at the University of Chicago Smart Museum in late Sept., 2018. He is a founding member of thespanAssociation for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Open the bid for this collector's item.span style='font-size: 12pt;' span

Item 89. Beautiful original oil landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy, a leading African American landscape artist. 29 X 23 inches in good condition. Open the bid with $3,000. with increments of $500 at least. From Private Collection.

pstrong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 2strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' -Out of print 'Bullfight Series,' by Pablo Picasso. Print attached to heavy stock paper backing and framed 36' X 13 12'. Good condition, year 1960. Open bid with $5,000 with increments of at least $500. From Private Collection.spanp span style='font-size: 10pt;'spanp p  br p p strong style='font-size: 12pt;'strong span style='font-size: 12pt;'span

Item 90.   Gorgeous landscape by the late Arsie Lee Kennedy. Original oil in good condition. Approximately 22 X 24 inches framed. Open the bid with $4,000 and increments of at least $500.00. From Private Collection.

Item 91  Beautiful original oil landscape by the late African American landscape artist, Arsie L. Kennedy, compared to Henry O. Tanner by some. Good condition.  29 X 29 inches framed. Open bid with $4,000. and increments of at least $500. From private collection.

strongItem 15strong -strong Beautiful image of Malcolm X by the renowned founding member of AfriCobra.strongstrong'THE BLACK PRINCE, 'DONATED BY WADSWORTH JARRELLstrong. strong17x26 INCH POSTER TO BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE. OPEN BID WITH $50.00 AND INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $25.00.strong

strongItem 29 strong- ''Still Life'' by Omar Lama. Original oil on canvas,  10 x 12 inches, framed. Rare painting by the popular AfriCobra artist  whose works were exhibited throughout the U.S.A. and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. Omar studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a child, at the South Side Community Art Center, and at Chicago State University. Opening bid $10,000 with increments of at least $1,000.   

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 52 - strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;''Sankofa No. 1,' rare painting by Beverly Ross Normand. Original oil and acrylics on canvas. 18x24 inches. Ross-Normand, multidisciplinary jeweler, poet, songwriter, curator, art educator and special education administrator,  earned degrees from Roosevelt University, DePaul Univerity and Grant College and was jewelry maker from 1963 to 1974, exhibiting and almost always selling out in Chicago art fairs.Her work is in private collections in U.S. and elsewhere. Opening bid $8,000. Increments at least $1000.  span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 68strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Roland Kirk' by Omar Lama.  Reproduction 11x14 inches in mat. Good condition. Year 1988. Opening bid $150.00. Increments at least $50.00 span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 69strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Malcolm X' by Omar Lama. Reproduction 11x14 inches in mat, unframed. Good condition. Year 1987. Opening bid $100.00 with increments of at least $50.00 in  July, 2018 Art Auction.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 74strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Mother Teresa' by Richard Hezekiah Mcghee. First print is on canvas approximately 16 x 20 inches unframed. Proceeds benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $400. Increments at least $100. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

strongItem 31strong - 'Superman' by Dale Normand. Oil on canvas framed, 4ft  x 3ft. 3 inches.. Year 1979. Rare original by the great Chicago artist who graduated from Parker High School and The School of the Art Institute in Chicago. His early works were exhibited in Wiebolt's Stores during the early 1960s when he was a teen. His works are in private collections and were generally purchased by collectors before they were completed.  Artist is retired and painting will be on exhibit at the Smart Museum, University of Chicago, beginning in September, 2018.Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $1,000,000 . Increments at least fifty thousand dollars.  

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 40 - strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Untitled original oil on canvas by Roberto of Haiti. 19X15 inches beautifully framed. Gift from the late Jack Simmerling to benefit Rald Institute. Open bid with $500 and increments of at least $100.00.  Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole.spanbr div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1416442580395_21391' style='color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;'

strongItem 26strong - 'Mill Reflections,' photo by Barbara O''Conner, 14' X 11' matted. Purchased by Beverly Ross Normand to benefit Rald Institute, 2007. Photographed for Rald Institute website gallery by Lester Lashley. Opening bid $800 with increments of at least $100.00.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;' Item 10strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Good Ship Jesus' sculpture by renowned Preston Jackson. Caste bronze and steel, 3 feet x 2 feet 1 inch. Starting bid is $17,000 with increments of at least $1,000. Preston Jackson is renowned in America and abroad and has done many public sculptures. He was Director of Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago for many years.span 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 7strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Je Mange donc je suis' by Robert Borja, oil on canvas 24'' X 30''. Borja is a wold renowned calligrapher artist from Chicago. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $25,000 with increments of at least $1000 (one thousand dollars). span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 63strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Garfield Park Lagoon' by John Blanton, award winning photographer.  Year 1991. 16 x 20 inches.  Opening bid $400.  Increments at least $50.00. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 5strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Tibetan Ceremonial Artifact donated by Rald Institute benefactor. Brass with semi-precious stones and beautiful symbolic carvings. approx. 15' in length. Open bid with $500. Increments at least $50. Photographed for Rald Institute by John Blanton. All proceeds benefit Rald.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 4 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- `Northwestern University AfriCobra Exhibition` by Robert Abbott Sengstacke, photo 8` X 10`, Opening bid $800. With at least $50.00 increments. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. span

span style='font-size: 14pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 62 - 'Abstract Head' by Alicia I. Griffin of Los Angeles, an award winning artist who has exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. Acrylic Sculpture 21 12 x 6 x12 inches. Year 1998. Opening bid $18,700. Increments at least $2,500. Actual value at least $30,000. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. spanspan

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 49 - strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;''Pattern' by Sherman Beck. Original  oil on canvas 23 x 29 inches framed.  Approx. year 2000. Opening bid $4,900. Increments of at least $300. Beck isspan span style='font-size: 10pt;'a founding member of AfriCobra Arts Collective, a retired Chicago Public Schools art teacher, a retired owner ofspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' Art Directions store in Hyde Park, spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'Chicago, and a major volunteer for Rald Institute. Rald Institute will receive a percentage of the proceeds from this original oil.br span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 13 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  Not for sale photograph by Lauren Deutsch.span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 43strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'- Original oil by Roy LeBaron. 24 inches by 36 inches. Year unknown. Good condition. Donated by L. McDonald Family of Chicago. Open bid with $4,999 and increments of at least $500. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 41strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'EL Zabar,' donated by Adedayo Laoye, original watercolors. 16' X 20' in mat. Gift to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $50. Photographed  for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 48 -  strongspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;'“Soul Farm” limited reproduction by Barry Bruner to benefit Rald Institute.spanspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;' Approximatelly 16 x 11 inches. Opening bid $100.00 with increments atspan span style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;'least $25.00.spanstrong strong

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 39spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'Malachi Favors,' photo by Robert Sengstacke; 10' X 12' signed & framed. Year 2000. Opening bid $1,000 with increments of at least $100.00. Percentage of proceeds benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 67strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'O Woman, A tapestry of Loving You', poetry by spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Yusuf Ali EL, a magna cum laude graduate, University of New Hampshire. He has written over 15 books, including his own poetry and published anthologies with the works of other poets, dating from the early 1970's. This book is signed and numbered. Yusuf for 25 years has been a major promoter of the works of the late Annie Lee and has supported Rald Institute since its inception. Opening bid $35. Increments at least $10.00. span

strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanstrongstrongspan style='font-size:10.0pt;107%; text-transform:uppercase'Item 44 spanspan style='text-transform:uppercase'-spanstrongspan style='font-size:10.0pt;107%;text-transform:uppercase'“Blue-2” by Jesse Greene who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jesse has lived and worked in Paris in recent years and has been a donor to Rald for many years. Purchased by Beverly Normand. 12 by 12 inches. Oil on Canvas. Open bid with $3000 and increments of at least $300.spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanstrong span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif''spanspan style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif''span

strongItem 14 strong- 'Lillies 'donated by Gerald Sanders. Original watercolors to benefit Rald Institute. Year 2014. Approximately 18 x 24 inches. Opening bid $900. Increments at least $50. Photographed by Anthony Cole.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 73strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Willie Pickens with Wilber Campbell and Larry Gray at the Jazz Showcase' donated by Barry Bruner, Retired Art Director of Whitney Young High School, Chicago. Limited edition reproduction (fewer than10).Approximate size 9 x 12 inches.  Opening bid $150. Increments at least $25.00. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 76strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - strongTEMPLE DE LA CONCORD,' LITHOGRAPH BY ENGELMANN, 19x13 INCHES. GIFT FROM ERMA REESE  JAUBERT BRUNER.  OPENING BID $1,000.00 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $100.00.strong  strongPHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY ANTHONY COLE.strongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spandiv style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'ITEM 77strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' -spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'strong'Ten Commandments' limited edition print by Charles Whitman (1945-1992) .  Open bid with $500.00 and increments of  at least $100. Excellent condition. strongspanbr span style='font-size: 10pt;'span

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_200345' style='font-size: 8pt;' dir='ltr'span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 83spanstrong - strongBOOKS  WADSWORTH JARRELL FREE WITH A DONATION OF $40.00 OR MORE TO RALD INSTITUTE DURING MONstrongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongTH OF MAY, 2018.  LIMITED NUMBER OF WONDERFUL BOOKS DONATED BY ARTIST. WRITTEN BY DR. ROBERT DOUGLAS, ASSOCIATE strongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongPROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HAS OVER 50 BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF ART WORK BY WADSWORTH JARRELL.strongspanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'br spanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 80strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - strongWONDERFUL JAZZ CD FOR MUSIC LOVERS.  RAY BAILEY, RENOWNED SAX AND FLUTE BAND LEADER, GATHERED TALENTED MUSICIANS TO PERFORM CLASSIC TUNES BY BUD POWELL, ANTONIO JOBIM, BOBBY HUTCHERSON AND OTHERS. PERSONNEL INCLUDES THE LATE JIMMY WILLIS, BASS; JOE RENDON, PERCUSSION; TERRY ROSS, DRUMS;  LEANDRO VERADY, PIANO, AND THE LATE HAROLD BROOKS, TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN. RAY BAILEY IS ON SOPRANO, TENOR SAX AND FLUTE.strong  strongOPEN BID WITH $20 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $10.00.strong span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 71strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Illumination' by Omar Lama. Original oil spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;'  Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. SOLD.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 61strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Abdullah Striding the Keys', by Professor Napoleon Jones Henderson.strong SOLDstrongspan

span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16002' style='font-size: 12pt;'strongITEM 84strong - 'strongPrecious Treasures; Cultivate Them' a 22X30 inch lithograph by Wadsworth Jarrell, can be opened with bid of $2,000 with increments of $1,000.00strong. strongPhotographed for Rald Institute by Azell Gregory Mance.strongspanspan id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16002' style='font-size: 10pt;'br span

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_38502' dir='ltr'strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 87spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'PALM WINE MEN, A FASCINATING SERIGRAPH BY PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL, ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST GIFTED MODERN ARTISTS. OPEN THE BID FOR THIS SERIGRAPH 26x46 ' FOR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $100.00.  PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY AZELL GREGORY MANCE, AUTUMN, 2017.span spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 1strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - strong'CONCERT,' ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY EUGENE MITCHELL. APPROXIMATELY 2X3 FEET IN MAT.  STARTING BID $5,000 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $500. MITCHELL IS A POPULAR CHICAGO CARTOONIST AND TEACHER WHOSE WORKS ARE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.strongspan

strongItem 17strong - Abstract Fabric Design donated by Seitu Nurullah (a.k.a. Rah-bird). Rare silk, 43 X 42 inches has starting bid of  $4,000 with increments of at least $250. Photograph by Anthony Cole.

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 88strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'TENDER SOULS', LITHOGRAPH BY WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST, PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL. OPEN THE BID FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL 22 X 30 INCH LITHOGRAPH WITH THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,000) WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY AZELL GREGORY MANCE. span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongItem 47strong - 'Skating' by Eugene Mitchell.  Original mixed media on canvas. 45 x 35 inches framed. Year 2013. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $2,000. Increments at least $200.spanstrong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;'spanstrong strong

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;' spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongITEM 82strong spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'-strongGORGEOUS ARTIST'S PROOFstrong strongOF 'REVOLUTIONARY,' BY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PAINTER, PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL. SOLD.strongspan

strongstrong    span style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 86. 'Edgecutters,' by Professor Wadsworth Jarrell. 22X30' Serigraph. Open bid with $400.00 with increments of at least $100.00. Excellent historical item celebrates the Kentucky Derby, Black  jockeys, horses and spirit. Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs in 1993.span span style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'span

strongItem 32strong - '' Lift Every Voice Series #1' by Dayo Laoye, oil on canvas, 18 x 23 12 '' . Photographed by Gideon Manasseh. Opening bid $6,000 with increments of at least $250. Rald receives percentage of proceeds.

strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 66spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' -  (OMO ORISA' SACRED ORISA) BY ADEDAYO LAOYE, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND RESPECTED ARTIST AND DONOR TO RALD INSTITUTE. WATERCOLOR 18X 19 INCH ORIGINAL IN BLACK FRAME. OPEN BID WITH $2,500 AND INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $500.00. spanstrong

span style='font-size: 10pt;'div dir='ltr' id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16023'span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16119'strong style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 85strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - spanstrong style='font-size: 10pt;''GENERATIONS,' A SIGNED, NUMBERED HIGH QUALITY PRINT DONATED BY CHICAGO ARTIST, GERALD SANDERS.  CAN BE YOURS FOR A DONATION OF $100.00 TO RALD INSTITUTE. LIMITED QUANTITY.strongspanspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span

strongItem 34strong - 'Jonathan,' photo by Beverly Ross Normand, year 2012, 8' X 10.' Percentage of proceeds to benefit minor survivors under 18 years and Rald Institute art and college students all ages.Opening bid $10,000 and increments of at least $1,000.

spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongItem 46strong span- spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' spanspan style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;''strongELLINGTON,' BY WILLIAM HUNT. ORIGINAL OIL 36 X 24 INCHES DONE IN 1990s.  OPEN BID WITH $25,000. WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $1,000. GOOD CONDITION. PERCENTAGE TO BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE.strongspanspan style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;'spanspanspanspanstrong strong

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 54spanspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Worldwide Concerto,' Quality print on canvas by Melvin King, well-known nationally and internationally. 22X32 inches framed.  Open bid with $700.00 with increments of at least $100.00.spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongstrong style='font-size: 12pt;' strong

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 9 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Marlene Rosenberg` photo by Stan Lee.  8` x 10`. Opening bid $400 with at least $25 increments. Rald receives percentage of proceeds from sale.spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 51 - spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;''University of Illinois Chicago Series #2' by Sharon Williams Adams (a.k.a. Sharue)  (1947-2011) . Rare original oil on canvas approximately 4' x 3'. Year 1980s. Sharue was a leading African American jeweler during the 1960s who credits Dr. Murry Depillars and Margaret Burroughs, her art teachers, as her greatest inspirers. A member of the Board of Directors of Rald Institute, she gave up art to devote her life to teaching children with special needs in Chicago and Atlanta, Georgia. Opening bid $60,000. Increments at least $5,000. Percentage for Rald Institute.  span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 42strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'The White Prince' . Limited edition print of a watercolor donated by Gerald Sanders.20 x 16 inches in mat. Opening bid $300. Increments at least $30. span

strongItem 27strong -''Biggie Smalls'' original colored pen and ink drawing by Dalushaka Mgwana. Excellent condition. 22' wide x 28' long. 100% of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $15,000. Increments at least $100.

strongItem 16strong - Ancient African Sculpture mixed Media wood, brass, beads, height 33 inches. Starting bid $10,000 with increments at least $250.Rald receives percentage of proceeds.

strongItem 35strong - 'Asterisk Underscored,' by Jamaal Gayles. Original mixed media on corrugated paper. Opening bid $900 with increments of at least $25. 13 12'  x 11 12'. Proceeds benefit Rald.div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1416442580395_18671' style='color:#000000;font-size:14px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;'

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 79strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Hallelujah' by Dr. Yaoundé Olu, nationally known artist, doctor of natural medicine, metaphysics, educator, jazz radio host and Rald Institute donor.  Digital painting 14 x 18 inches in mat. Opening bid $75. Increments at least $10. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'ITEM 78strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - ' Transformation' by Dr. Yaoundé Olu, nationally known artist, doctor of natural medicine, metaphysics, educator, jazz radio host and Rald Institute donor. Digital painting 14 x 18 inches in mat. Proceeds will be shared with Rald Institute. Opening bid $75. Increments at least $10. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'ITEM 75strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Beautiful African Mask to benefit Rald Institute. Mixed medium, wood, beads, shells, burlap, dye.  Good condition. Portion of proceeds will benefit Rald Institute. Photo by Anthony Cole.  Approximately, 12 12 inches in height.  Opening bid $1,000. Increments at least $50. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 72strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Summer' by Jack Simmerling (1935-2013). Print 17 x 12 inches donated and framed by Mr. Simmerling to benefit Rald Institute. Year 2004. Opening bid $150. Increments at least $25. Photographed by Anthony Cole. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 70strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Black Pride' sculpture by Sura Dupart, a recent winner of Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Award. Black Serpentine stone 13x712 x 812 inches. Opening bid $2,500. Increments at least $200.  Percentage to benefit Rald. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 60 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- 'Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams - Coffee2' a series by Pamela Norman. Colored glass collage, 12x14 inches.  Pamela is a member of the Creative Arts Association, Chicago Park District artists and a volunteer with Rald Institute. Opening bid $500. Increments at least $50.Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 59strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'The Bob Love Story' book by Bob Love, Bulls player from1968 to1977. Current Director of Community Affairs.  Opening bid $10.00. Increments at least $5.00 to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 64strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Iya Lorisa' (Yoruba Priestess) by Adedayo Laoye, internationally known, award winning artist and Rald Institute benefactor.  Acrylics on watercolor Paper. 32 x 39 inches with silver frame.  Year 2013. Actual value at least $5,000. Opening bid $2,500.  Increments $200. Percentage to benefit Rald. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 65strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Ancient One' by Sura Dupart, winner of 2013 Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Award and many other awards.  Casted bronze 15 x 19 x 10 inches.  7 inch diameter.  Opening bid $8,750.  Increments at least $500. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 57 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- 'Mountain Falls' by Pamela Norman.  Oil on canvas. Year 2009. 16 x 24 inches. Opening bid $500. Increments at least $50. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 56strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Herbie Hancock', photo by John Blanton, 1975. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $300.  Increments at least $25 to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 55spanspanstrongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' spanspan style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";''Accepting Christ,' original by Melvin King. Acrylics on canvas 30 x 36 inches, Year 2014. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $27,000. Increments at least $2,000.spanspan style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";'br spanstrongspan style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";Times New Roman";color:black;'br spanstrong

strongItem 36strong - Stoneware by Eselean Goree Henderson (1917 - 2004). Gift from Rosalind Henderson Mustafa to benefit Rald Institute. 12' circumference. Opening bid $400 with increments of at least $25

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 37strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - ' Abstract Sculpture #2, Acrylics, 12 x 7 12 x ll'  by Alicia Griffin.  Original was a trophy award for the years 1994-1996 for Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce. Opening bid $27,000. Increments at least $1,000 . Percentage of proceeds will benefit Rald. span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'Item 33strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'Chance,' orig. pastel by the late Charles Lucius Whitman. Year approx.1991. 9' X 12' approx. Illustration for Portraits and Poetry in collaboration with Beverly Normand. Opening bid $3,000 with increments at least $500. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.   span

span style='font-size: 12pt;'strongItem 38 strong- 'Tiger Lillies' limited edition print donated by Gerald Sanders,  No. 10 of 200,13' x 19'. year 2002. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25. Photo by Anthony Cole. span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongItem 45strong - 'Summer' by Edward Grant Strong. Original mixed media to benefit Rald Institute.  20 x 28 inches. Opening bid $3,000. Increments at least $200.span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 50 - strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;''Bears' by James Gould. Original Acrylic on canvas. 35 x 23 inches framed. Opening bid $300.  Increments at least $50. span

strongItem 30strong - 'Corey Wilkes' by John Blanton, photograph approximately 14' x 12'. Percentage to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25.

strongItem 24strong - ''Stop the Killing,'' print by Sura Dupart, approximately 22 x 25 inches. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $25. 50% of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 28strong- 'United,' photo by Beverly Normand. Approximately 20 X 14 inches. Proceeds to benefit Rald Institute''s educationalarts programs and a special fund for survivors 21 and under of parents who died in accidents or violent deaths.Opening bid $200 and increments of at least $50.

strongItem 25strong - 'Garfield Park' limited edition photo by John Blanton, 20' x 14'. Opening bid $400 with increments of at least $25. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 18strong - `The Shame of Us` by Jamaal Gayles. Limited Reproduction ( Number 9 of 30). Approximately 14'x 11'. Opening bid $500 with increments of at least $50.Percentage of proceeds benefit Rald Institute.

strongItem 20strong - `He Could Have Been` by Everett C. Williams, winner of Black Creativity Award, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 2014. Print on canvas, 15` X 31.5`, Opening bid $1,100 with increments of at least $100. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 12 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'- Very old 12 ' long African mask given by Carole Gray Pilot to benefit Rald Institute. Photographed by John Blanton. Opening bid is $1,000 with increments of at least $10.span

strongItem 19strong - `Dee Alexander` by Lauren Deutsch.strong NFSstrong

strongItem 23strong -  `On the Wing` original print donated by Catherine Cajandig,  Approximately 9' X 7'. Starting bid $300 with increments of at least $25.

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 11 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Afro Improv` by Barry Bruner, limited reproduction (under 10)16' X 11'. Opening bid $100 with at least $25 increments. Donated by artist to benefit Rald Institute. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 8 strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'-  `Barn` donated by Barry Bruner, limited reproduction (under 10) size approximately 10' X 8'. Opening bid is $100 with increments of at least $25. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;' Item 6strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - `Self Portrait` by Jamaal Gayles, mixed media original year 2013. 20`L X 14`W framed, $3,000 starting bid with increments of at least $250. span

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 3strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - Silver Tibetan artifact from the late art educator Carole Gray Pilot. Given to benefit Rald Institute. Approximately 5 inches in height. Beautifully carved. Opening bid $300 with increments of at least $50.00.span

strongItem 22strong - `Chess Game` by Sherman Beck, oil on canvas, 30' x 40', Opening bid $3,000.00 with increments of at least $250. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute.