strongItem 35strong - 'Asterisk Underscored,' by Jamaal Gayles, award winning young artist from Chicago area who most recently studied at Columbia College. Original mixed media on corrugated paper. Opening bid $15,000. with increments of at least $1,000. 13 12'  x 11 12'. Portion of proceeds benefit Rald Institute.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 63strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Garfield Park Lagoon' by John Blanton, award winning retired Chicago photographer.  Year 1991. 16 x 20 inches.  Opening bid $2,000.  Increments at least $500. 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 world renowned calligrapher artist from Chicago. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Opening bid $55,000 with increments of at least $1000 (one thousand dollars). 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`. Not for Sale.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. spanNot for Sale.span style='font-size: 10pt;'   span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strong Item # 81 'CONCERT,' ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY EUGENE MITCHELL. APPROXIMATELY 2X3 FEET UNFRAMED.  STARTING BID $3,000 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $300. MITCHELL IS A POPULAR CHICAGO CARTOONIST AND TEACHER WHOSE WORKS ARE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.strongspan

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Bears' by James Gould. Original Acrylic on canvas. 35 x 23 inches framed. Opening bid $300.00 with increments at least $100. span

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 $45,000. Increments of at least $5.000. Beck isspan span style='font-size: 10pt;'a founding member of the 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 living artist-scholar and volunteer. A graduate of Dunbar High School and the Art Institute of Chicago, he worked as commercial artist and did major work for Ebony, Jr. magazine. Photograph by Anthony Cole.span 

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 $75,000. WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $10,000 FOR THIS STUNNING WORK OF ART IN GOOD CONDITION. PERCENTAGE TO BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE. PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANTHONY COLE.strongspanspanstrong 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. Not for Sale 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='text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 10pt;'“Blue-2” by Jesse Greene who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jesse has lived and worked in Paris  and in texas in recent years and has been a donor to Rald for many years. Purchased by Beverly Normand. 12 by 12 inches. acrylics on Canvas. Open bid with $10,000 and increments of at least $1,000.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

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Sankofa No. 1,' rare painting by Beverly Ross Normand. Original oil and acrylics on canvas, 18x24 inches year 2008. Beverly earned degrees from DePaul, Roosevelt, and Chicago State Universities and was jewelry designer from 1963 to 1974, exhibiting and always selling out in Chicago art fairs. Her work is in private collections in U.S. and elsewhere. An art curator, she was honored by the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago in 2018 and received numerous grants and awardsspanthroughout her adult life. span style='font-size: 12pt;'Open bid  with $25,000 with increments of  at least $2,000.  span

span 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 than 10). Approximate size 9 x 12 inches.  Opening bid $250. Increments at least $100.00. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Mother Teresa,' donated by gifted Chicago artist, Richard Hezekiah Mcghee. First and only print on canvas. Open bid with $3,000 with increments ofspanat least $200. 16 x 20 inches unframed. Photographed for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. 

strongstrongItem 86.  span style='font-size: 12pt;''Edgecutters,' donated by Professor Wadsworth Jarrell, is a 22X30' Serigraph. Open bid with $500.00 with increments of at least $100.00. Beautiful historical art celebrates the Kentucky Derby and Black  jockeys. Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs in 1993.span Wadsworth is a founding member of AfriCobra Arts Collective whose works are currently exibited at  Rald Institute gallery in Chicago, at Africobra in Venice, Italy, in Soul of a Nation Exhibition in Los Angeles, California and elsewhere. span style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 8pt;'span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'ITEM 88strongspan style='font-size: 10pt;' - 'TENDER SOULS', LITHOGRAPH BY WORLD FAMOUS AFRICOBRA  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. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT RALD INSTITUTE.span

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 $5,000. Part of proceeds benefit RALD Institute. From private Collection. Call (773) 752-8176.

strongItem 21strong -  'Terry Ross on Morris Jennings' drums,' photo by Beverly Normand, year 2012. 13 x 19 inches framed. Starting bid $400 with increments of at least $50. Portion of proceeds will establish the Terry Michael Ross Fund at Rald Institute.

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_200345' style='font-size: 8pt;' dir='ltr'span style='font-size: 10pt;'strongBOOK ON  WADSWORTH JARRELL FOR A DONATION OF $40.00 TO RALD INSTITUTEstrongspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strong.  LIMITED NUMBER OF WONDERFUL BOOKS DONATED BY ARTIST. WRITTEN BY DR. ROBERT DOUGLAS, FORMER 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

strongItem 34strong - 'Jonathan,' photo by Beverly Ross Normand year 2012.  8' X 10.' Open bid with one hundred thousand dollars with increments of at least one thousand dollars. Portion of proceeds will establishthe Jonathan Allen Children's Fund, a division ofRald Institute. 

'' Lift Every Voice Series #1' by Adedayo Laoye. Oil on canvas, 18 x 23 12 '' . Photographed by the late Gideon Manasseh. Opening bid $8,000 with increments of at least $500. 

strongspan 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: 12pt;'strong'Ten Commandments' limited edition (less than 100) quality print by Charles Lucius Whitman (1945-1992).  Whitman was a well-known Chicago artist who taught privately and whose beautiful portraits and figure drawings are in public and private collections in America, Europe, and elsewhere. Whitman was a close associate and teacher of muralist, Mitchell Caton. Open bid with $3,200.00 and increments of  at least $200. Excellent condition on fine quality paper. strongspanbr span style='font-size: 10pt;'span

span style='font-size: 10pt;'strong# 80 WONDERFUL 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 $40 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $10.00.strong span

font size='2'strong'strongstrongTEMPLE DE LA CONCORD,' LITHOGRAPH BY ENGELMANN, 19x13 INCHES. GIFT FROM ERMA JAUBERT BRUNER.  OPENING BID $2,000.00 WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $500.00.strong  strongPHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY ANTHONY COLE.strongfontfont size='2'fontspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;' span

strong'strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;'Black Pride' sculpture by Sura Dupart, a recent winner of Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Award. Dupart is also a gifted percussionist and leader of 'Side Pocket' group.span     span style='font-size: 12pt;'Serpentine stone 13x712 x 812 inches. Opening bid $15,000. Increments at least $500. span   

span style='font-size: 12pt;'Beautiful wearable African Mask obtained through trade by Chicago's renowned African American leather designer, Obry Collins. Mixture of  wood, beads, shells, burlap, dye.  Excellent condition.  Photo by Anthony Cole.  Approximately twelve inches in height.  Open with $7,000. Increments at least $1,000. span 

span style='font-size: 12pt;' 'Detail No. 2 Urbanbushman,' Photo of art by Lester Lashley. Photographed by Lester Lashley to benefit Rald Institute. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $20,000.  Increments at least $1000. Lester Lashley is a renowned African American artist-musician who was featured at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art and at Rald Institute in 2018. He is a founding member of the Association for the Advancement ofspan Creative Musicians, is associated with AfriCobra Founder, Wadsworth Jarrell, and the late Howard Mallory. His artwork is in private collections around the world and he was recently featured at The DuSable Museum of African span style='font-size: 12pt;' American Art in Chicago. He was featured in the Chicago Black History 2019 Rald Institute Exhibit at South Shore United Methodist Church in Chicago and is said to be one of the most gifted,  respected and charitable living African American  artists.span 

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 68strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Roland Kirk' by Omar Lama.  Reproduction 11x14 inches in mat. Very good condition. Year 1988. Open bid  with $250.00 in the 2019 auctionsale. Omar originals are currently on exhibit at Rald Institute in Chicago and at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Florida. He was an early member of the AfriCobra art collective, attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a young child and might be the most popular artist among young children in Chicago's schools over the past fifty years! 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. Omar is a Chicago artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute as a child and whose works have been in demand since the 1960s. His rare works are collectibles and he is associated with AfriCobra artists and leading artists, educators and musicians in Chicago. His works are in collections around the world and he's often in AfriCobra exibits. Open bid with $300.00 with increments of at least $100. span

strong style='font-size: 10pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;' spanstrongspan style='font-size: 10pt;'strongGORGEOUS ARTIST'S PROOFstrong strongOF 'REVOLUTIONARY,' BY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN PAINTER, PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL. span style='font-size: 18pt;'SOLDspanstrongspan

div id='yiv7294863895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507350170476_38502' dir='ltr'strongfont size='2'ITEM # 87  'PALM WINE MEN,' A FASCINATING SERIGRAPH BY PROFESSOR WADSWORTH JARRELL, DONATED BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST GIFTED MODERN AFRICOBRA  ARTISTS. OPEN THE BID FOR THISfontstrongstrongstrongfont size='2'font strong26 X 46 INCH ITEM FOR $400 span style='font-size: 10pt;'DOLLARS WITH INCREMENTS OF AT LEAST $200 DOLLARS.spanstrongstrongfont size='2'PHOTOGRAPHED FOR RALD INSTITUTE BY AZELL GREGORY MANCE.font strongspan 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 $5,000. with increments of $500 at least. From Private Collection to benefit Rald Institute. 

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

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 12pt;''Worldwide Concerto,' Quality print on canvas by Melvin King, well-known nationally and internationally. 22X32 inches framed.  Open bid with $5000.00 with increments of at least $1,000.spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongstrong style='font-size: 12pt;' strong

span 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

strong style='font-size: 12pt;'Item 56strongspan style='font-size: 12pt;' - 'Herbie Hancock,' rare photo by John Blanton, 1975. Approximate size 18 x 20 inches. Opening bid $4000.  Increments at least $500 to benefit Rald Institute. Blanton is a renowned, retired Chicago photographer who has volunteered and supported Rald Institute and other charities over many years.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 to benefit Rald Institute.

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 $5,000. and increments of at least $500. From private collection to benefit Rald Institute. 

span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16002' style='font-size: 12pt;' '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

strong'strongspan 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

span 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

span 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

span style='font-size: 10pt;'div id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16023' dir='ltr'span id='yiv0427899117yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507587587142_16119'span 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 $60.00 TO RALD INSTITUTE. LIMITED QUANTITY.strongspanspanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'spanspan style='font-size: 10pt;'span

span 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 $15,000.  Increments at least $500. span

strong'strongUnited,' photo by Beverly Normand.strong NFSstrong 

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 $3000. Increments at least $100. Photographed for Rald Institute by John Blanton. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute.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 was recently on exhibit at the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Percentage of proceeds to benefit Rald Institute. Open bid with one hundred thousand dollars with increments at least fifty thousand dollars.  

span 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 $100,000. Increments at least $1,000 . Percentage of proceeds will benefit Rald. 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 $4,000. Increments at least $500.spanstrong style='font-size: 12pt;'span style='font-size: 10pt;'br spanstrongspan style='font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;'spanstrong strong

'Mill Reflections,' photo by Barbara O'Connor, 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 $20,000 with increments of at least $1000.00.

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  $5,000. 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;'

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 $3,000. with increments of at least $100. Photographed  for Rald Institute by Anthony Cole. span

pspan style='font-size: 12pt;''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

span style='font-size: 10pt;' 'Summer' by Edward Grant Strong. Original mixed media to benefit Rald Institute.  20 x 28 inches. Opening bid $4,000. Increments at least $200.span

span 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 $8,000 and increments of at least $500. All proceeds benefit Rald Institute. span

span style='font-size: 12pt;''Abdullah Striding the Keys', by Professor Napoleon Jones Henderson, founding member of AfriCobra.strong SOLDstrongspan

span 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 $100. Photographed by Anthony Cole. span

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 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 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

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

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.

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: 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;''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.  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 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 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.

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 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 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

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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

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 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.

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 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 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

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

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