The AP report "Pair of Paintings of Dogs Playing Poker Fetches $________ in Auction" informs us that this and a similar painting were recently sold at auction:

Now, guess how much they fetched. Answer in the extended entry.

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"Pair of Paintings of Dogs Playing Poker Fetches $590,000 in Auction"

NEW YORK (AP) - A pair of paintings from the famed series depicting dogs playing poker fetched nearly $600,000 at auction Tuesday.

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...