On January 25th, Sotheby's New York held the sale: Visual Grace: Important American Folk Art from the Collection of Ralph O. Esmerian. The 228 lot auction yielded sale results of 12,955,943 USD. Among the lots sold were three works by artist Bill Traylor.
The lot numbers 708-710 were each executed c.1940s and were produced in pencil, ink, crayon, and paperboard. The sale results for each are shown below.