If you went to sleep on the eve of the Case Auctions Winter Fine Art & Antiques sale thinking the carved female figure by William Edmondson was going to trade anywhere near its $40,000 opening bid, you were in for a surprise the next morning. When lot 196 came under the gavel, bidding for the 15.5-inch sculpture quickly broke out of its estimated $80,000 to $90,000 range.