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About Auction
LiveJun 18, 2025
Featuring Fine and Decorative Art, Jewelry, Watches, Couture, Silver, and Asian Art as well as WWI posters and memorabilia from the collection of the Honorable Joel M. Flaum, United States Court of Appeals Judge from Chicago, IL, an extensive collection of photographic equipment and cameras and a selection of works by Fred Vidar, a WWII illustrator and WPA artist. May 29th through June 18th. The public is welcome to attend the preview reception June 10th, 5-7pm at Everard Auctions gallery, with additional previewing available June 11th, 12th and 13th, from 10-5pm. Everard Auctions and Appraisals amanda@everard.com
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Property from the Estate of Judge Joel M. Flaum, Chicago, IL
Description:
Three Presidential Portrait Plaques, including a folk art wood oval portrait plaque of President Abraham Lincoln, a Theodore Roosevelt framed ceramic tile and a Bronze Theodore Roosevelt oval plaque with quote.
The vocation of the late United States Court of Appeals Judge Joel M. Flaum was the law. His avocation was collecting. A self-described “picker,” he collected the works of early and mid-twentieth century Chicago and Illinois artists, World War I posters, presidential memorabilia, and mementos of his extraordinary judicial and military careers.
Originally from Hudson, New York, Flaum worked as a stock boy in his family’s small grocery store before graduating from Union College and moving to Chicago where he received his J.D. and Masters of Law from Northwestern University. He worked as a county, state, and federal prosecutor before serving for nearly fifty years as a federal judge on the trial court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. For over twenty years, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the JAG Corps.
Flaum’s exceptional legal career was capped in 2024, when he received at the United States Supreme Court the Edward J. Devitt Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a federal judge. .
A lifelong lover of art and student of history and politics, Flaum was fascinated by World War I posters, in part because they were created by well-known contemporary artists and because they were the first posters designed for political purposes—to engage all sectors of society in the war effort. His eclectic collection, built over the span of his remarkable life, includes antique maps and prints of his native Hudson Valley, New York to President Abraham Lincoln collectables from his adopted home state of Illinois, and more.Measurements: Height: of bronze plaque 16 1/2 in. x Width: 10 3/4 in.
Condition:
Overall good condition, all with general light wear and scratches, some rubbing and pitting to metal of bronze plaque, tile with craquelure in glaze, horizontal hairline crack with some associated chips.
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