6th Annual Montana Big Chief Auction

Auction Details

Day 1:

Highlights Include:

Whaler Made Scrimshaw Pie Crimpers, Husky Mid Continent Motor Oil Can, Richard Edward Miller Painting, Alaska Gold Prospectors Watch Fob, Mermod Freres Ideal Soprano Music Box, Art Nouveau Nude Jeweled Lamp, Clayton Bailey Folk Art Pottery Collection, IW Cortez 14k Gold Turquoise Ring, 1940s Buck Junior Salesman Sample Jeans, Williams Big Guns Pinball Machine, A River Runs Through it First Edition Books, Arizona Rainbow Forest Petrified Wood, H. Earl Clack Montana Heccolene 5 Gallon Oil Can, Navajo Jewelry, The Iron Fireman Coal Furnace Sign, Joseph Locke New England Glass Agata Mug, Harley Davidson Model J Parts, Big Sky Carving Jeff Fleming Wood Bear Collection, Antique Stetson Cowboy Hats, Historical Collectibles, Toys, Art, Fly Fishing Reels, and much more

Day 2:

Highlights Include: Montana Studio Pottery Collection including Rudy Autio, David Shaner, Peter Voulkos, and Jay Rummell. Alan Shepard Apollo 14 Lunar Flown American Flag, Daguerreotype Photos of Dogs, 1883 New Orleans Louisiana Carriage License Plate, Edward Curtis Photogravure Collection, Historic Photography, Virginia City Montana History including signs and ephemera, Hamilton Montana Chevrolet Dealership Sign, John Deer Implements Terry Montana Sign, Monte Dolack Originals including Paintings and Pottery, Walter Hook painting collection, NASA Apollo Mission Signed Photos, Historic Montana Signs, Montana Documents, Yellowstone National Park Items, Felt Pennant Collection, 1946 Wyoming Brand Book, Frontier and Western History.

Day 3:

Featured Artists: Richard Diebenkorn, Gerrit Dou Zechariah, Maynard Dixon, Olaf Wieghorst, David Hockney, Alfred Julio Jensen, Carl Oscar Borg, Randy Van Beek, Thomas Sully, William Standing, Chad Poppleton, Frank McCarthy, Martin Kremer, Jacques & Mary Regat, JPEter Hurd, Bonnie Marris, Ace Powell, Reynolds Beal, Charles M Russell, Tim Shinabarger, Thomas de Decker, Nicola Simbari, Larry Pirnie, John Bye, Bob Scriver, Daniel Keys, Scott Rogers, Jamie Means, Penni Anne Cross, Lone Wolf, Chris Owen, Norman Lowell, David Mayer, Earle Erik Heikka, Johnny Gruelle, and Leo Jansen, just to name a few.

Highlights Include: Ming Dynasty Chinese Bixi Auspicious Jade Seal, Sioux Indian Cavalry Scout Beaded Jacket, Sious Quilled Pictorial Pipe Bag, Baranger Studios Stagecoach Motion Display, Reverse Painted Buffalo Brewing Sign, Montana Salish Indian Cradleboard, Montana Blackfoot Indian Tacked Knife Sheath, Cree Indian Beaded Saddle Pad, Wooly Mammoth Tusk, Milwaukee Saddlery Store Display, Cheyenne Indian Beaded Rifle Scabbard, Montana Deer Lodge Prison Hitched Horsehair Bridle, Pace and Mills Slot Machines in Rare Denominations, Sioux Siyotanka Catlinite Courting Flute, 1857 Pikes Peak Indian Peace Pipe, Anishinaabe Ball Head War Club, Collection of Hawaiian Photos and Paintings Exhibited at the Columbian Exhibition, I&H Sorby Dag Knife, Navajo Rugs, Pre Columbian Chorotega Costa Rican Jade Maul Heads, Native American Indian Art Artifacts and, Western History, Artwork, Historical Photography and much more.
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Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting999 - Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting
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Title is Careful Examination. 7" by 7". Watercolor on Board. Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell (1912 - 1978) was active/lived in Montana, New Mexico. ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting1000 - Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting
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Title is Scalp Lock. 7" by 7". Watercolor on Board. Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell (1912 - 1978) was active/lived in Montana, New Mexico. Ace Powel...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting1001 - Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting
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Title is The Peace Pipe. 7" by 7". Watercolor on Board. Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell (1912 - 1978) was active/lived in Montana, New Mexico. Ace P...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting1002 - Ace Powell Little Indian Watercolor Painting
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Title is All Burnt Out. 7" by 7". Watercolor on Board. Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell (1912 - 1978) was active/lived in Montana, New Mexico. Ace Po...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Elbridge Ayer Burbank Call of the Wild Painting1003 - Elbridge Ayer Burbank Call of the Wild Painting
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Title is The Call of the Western Wild. 3 3/4" by 5 7/8". Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858 - 1949) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illi...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
 
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Tim O'Brein Cover Art for Blood on the Range1004 - Tim O'Brein Cover Art for Blood on the Range
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Original cover illustration art for Paul Evan Lehman Blood on the Range. Signed O'Brien, possibly the work of Tim O'Brien. 10" by 14&qu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
 
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Dave Powell Montana Home on the Range Painting1005 - Dave Powell Montana Home on the Range Painting
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Title is Home on the Range. 8" by 10" unframed. 12 3/4" by 14 3/4" framed. Oil on Board. David (Dave) Powell (Born 1954) is acti...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Jack Faragasso Indian Illustration Art Painting1006 - Jack Faragasso Indian Illustration Art Painting
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Title is Tribal Ways. 12" by 16" unframed. Oil on Board. Jack Faragasso (Born 1929) is active/lives in New York. Jack Faragasso is known f...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Peter Moran Burro Train New Mexico Etching1007 - Peter Moran Burro Train New Mexico Etching
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17 1/4" by 19 1/2" framed.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 65.00
 
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David Marty December Day Oil Painting1008 - David Marty December Day Oil Painting
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Title is December Day. 9" by 12" unframed. 14 1/2" by 17 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. David Marty (Born 1951) is active/lives in W...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Clarence Keiser Hinkle California Painting1009 - Clarence Keiser Hinkle California Painting
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Title is California Bay. 12" by 16" unframed. 19" by 23" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: Haakman Gallery California. Condition...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Enrico Sacchetti 1913 Illustration Painting1010 - Enrico Sacchetti 1913 Illustration Painting
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Title is Robes et Femmes Ladies of High French Fashion No. 3. Featured in the 1913 catalog. 10 1/2" by 14 1/2" unframed.16 3/4" by 20...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 75.00
 
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Louis Orr Phoenix Insurance Etching1011 - Louis Orr Phoenix Insurance Etching
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18 1/2" by 22" framed.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
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Aaron Schuerr The Beaver Ponds Pastel Drawing1012 - Aaron Schuerr The Beaver Ponds Pastel Drawing
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Title is The Beaver Ponds. 14" by 19" unframed. 24" by 29" framed. Pastel on Paper. Aaron Schuerr (Born 1973) is active/lives in...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Cyrus Afsary Head Study Oil Painting1013 - Cyrus Afsary Head Study Oil Painting
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Title is Head Study. 8" by 10" unframed. 14" by 16" framed. Oil on Board. Cyrus Afsary (Born 1940 or 1941) is active/lives in Ar...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 475.00
 
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Boots Reynolds Are We Having Fun Yet Painting1014 - Boots Reynolds Are We Having Fun Yet Painting
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Title is Are We Having Fun Yet. 14" by 15" unframed. 17 3/4" by 18 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. From the Private Collection of Jam...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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American School Cowboy Bucking Bronc Painting1015 - American School Cowboy Bucking Bronc Painting
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21 3/4" by 29 3/4" framed. Oil on board. Signature is illegible and faded. Has various areas of inpainting. Ex Martin Lane Historical Coll...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,000.00
 
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Ace Powell Indian Madonna Oil Painting1016 - Ace Powell Indian Madonna Oil Painting
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Title is Prairie Madonna. 14" by 18" unframed. 22" by 26" framed. Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell (1912 - 1978) was active/lived in Montan...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 250.00
 
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John Nieto Signed Letter1017 - John Nieto Signed Letter
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John W. Nieto (1936 - 2018) was active/lived in Texas, New Mexico. John Nieto is known for Native American theme painting, etching, graphics, sculptur
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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Edgar Paxson Indian Watercolor Painting1018 - Edgar Paxson Indian Watercolor Painting
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Title is Indian Chief. 8" by 10" in matte. 3 3/4" by 5 5/8" watercolor on paper. Unsigned. Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852 - 1919) was...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
 
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Les Peters Mountain Goat Miniature Painting1019 - Les Peters Mountain Goat Miniature Painting
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Title is Mountain Goat. 1 3/8" by 1 3/4" framed. Leslie Hamilton (Les) Peters (1916 - 2010) was active/lived in Montana, New York. Leslie ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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Ray Lee Darby The Last Ride Kiowa Painting1020 - Ray Lee Darby The Last Ride Kiowa Painting
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Title is The Last Ride. 24" by 32". Gouache on Board. Ray Lee (Raymond) Darby (1938 - 2016) was active/lived in Oklahoma, Tennessee. Ray D...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Nell Walker Warner Eucalyptus Grove Painting1021 - Nell Walker Warner Eucalyptus Grove Painting
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Title is Eucalyptus Grove. 8" by 10" unframed. 11" by 13" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: Mr. & Ms. Harry Smith Sacramento...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Richard Thomas Pueblo Maiden Painting1022 - Richard Thomas Pueblo Maiden Painting
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Title is Pueblo Maiden. 12" by 24 1/2" unframed. 22 1/2" by 34 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. Richard D. Thomas (1939 - 2019) was a...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Olson Sierra Nevada Mountains Painting1023 - George Olson Sierra Nevada Mountains Painting
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Title is Sierra Nevada Mountains. 17" by 21" unframed. 18 1/2" by 22 1/2" framed. George Wallace Olson (1876 - 1938) was active/...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
 
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Randy Van Beek Cannon Beach Oregon Painting1024 - Randy Van Beek Cannon Beach Oregon Painting
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Title is Cannon Beach. 9" by 14" unframed. 15 1/2" by 21 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. Randy Van Beek (Born 1958) is active/lives ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
 
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Gerrit Dou Zechariah in the Temple Painting1025 - Gerrit Dou Zechariah in the Temple Painting
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Title is Zechariah in the Temple. Jan Piotr Norblin de la Gourdaine made an etching of this painting, and incorrectly attributed it to Jan Lievens. Th
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150,000.00 - 200,000.00
Sold to floor for 7,500.00
 
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Bud Cree Medicine Indian Oil Painting1026 - Bud Cree Medicine Indian Oil Painting
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10" by 14".
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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Bud Cree Medicine Indian Oil Painting1027 - Bud Cree Medicine Indian Oil Painting
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14" by 18".
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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James Reid Cowboy with Saddle Painting1028 - James Reid Cowboy with Saddle Painting
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Title is Cowboy with Saddle. 16" by 20" unframed. 25" by 29" framed. Oil on Canvas. James Reid (20/21st Century) is active/lives...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
 
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James Reid Cowboy and Horse Painting1029 - James Reid Cowboy and Horse Painting
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Title is Cowboy and Horse. 18" by 24" unframed. 25" by 31 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. James Reid (20/21st Century) is active/liv...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to A********y (40029) for 268.80
 
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Johnson Heading for Trouble Cowboy Painting1030 - Johnson Heading for Trouble Cowboy Painting
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Title is Heading for Trouble. 18" by 24" unframed. 23 1/2" by 29 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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Daniel Keys Afternoon Tea Painting1031 - Daniel Keys Afternoon Tea Painting
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Title is Afternoon Tea. 12" by 16" unframed. 19 1/2" by 23 1/2" framed. Daniel J Keys (Born 1985) is active/lives in California,...
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Carl Sammons Mattole River California Painting1032 - Carl Sammons Mattole River California Painting
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Title is Mattole River Humboldt County California 1946. 6" by 8" unframed. 13" by 15" framed. Oil on Board. Carl Sammons (1883 -...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
 
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Thomas Sully Flora Hill Portrait Painting1033 - Thomas Sully Flora Hill Portrait Painting
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Title is Flora Hill Painted from Memory. Photographed in The Smith Spilman Lineage by Malcolm Melville. A Copy of the book is included. 16" by ...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,100.00
 
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Ramon Contreras Glenn Ranch California Paintings1034 - Ramon Contreras Glenn Ranch California Paintings
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12 1/2" by 30" framed. From the Russell Henderson Family Collection. Russell Henderson, born in 1904, worked at the Tally Ranch in Beverly...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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Barbara Peets Horses Charcoal Gouache Drawing1035 - Barbara Peets Horses Charcoal Gouache Drawing
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Title is Ranch Horse. 15" by 23" unframed. 21 1/4" by 29 1/4" framed. Barbara Peets (Born 1943) is active/lives in Idaho. Barbar...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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Fred Grayson Sayre Covered Wagon Serigraph1036 - Fred Grayson Sayre Covered Wagon Serigraph
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19 3/4" by 23 3/4" framed.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
 
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Austin Deuel Indian on Horseback Gouache Painting1037 - Austin Deuel Indian on Horseback Gouache Painting
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5 1/2" by 7" unframed. 15 3/4" by 17 1/4" framed. Austin Deuel (1939 - 2021) was active/lived in Arizona. Austin Deuel is known ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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Dustin Lyon Indian Camp Gouache Painting1038 - Dustin Lyon Indian Camp Gouache Painting
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Title is Indian Camp. 18 1/2" by 23 1/2" framed. 8" by 13" unframed. by Gouache on Board. Dustin L. Lyon (Born 1951) is active/l...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 210.00
 
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Thomas de Decker Oil on Board Indian Camp Painting1039 - Thomas de Decker Oil on Board Indian Camp Painting
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Title is Early Dawn Haze. 8" by 12" unframed. 14" by 17 3/4" framed. Oil on Board. Thomas A. de Decker (Born 1951) is active/liv...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
 
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Don Crook Got Room for Two More Painting1040 - Don Crook Got Room for Two More Painting
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Title is Got Room for Two More. 23 1/2" by 35 1/2" framed. 12" by 24" unframed. Oil on Board. Don Crook (Born 1934) is active/li...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for 425.00
 
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Delbert Gish Girls Oil Painting1041 - Delbert Gish Girls Oil Painting
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Title is Girls. 20" by 22" unframed. 27" by 29" framed. Oil on Board. Delbert Gish (Born 1936) is active/lives in Washington, Ok...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 85.00
 
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Ouray Ute Native American Indian Chief Painting1042 - Ouray Ute Native American Indian Chief Painting
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20" by 24" unframed. 26" by 30 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. Has been patched and cleaned. Ouray (1833 – August 20, 1880) wa...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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Barbara Tally Navajo Indian Family Painting1043 - Barbara Tally Navajo Indian Family Painting
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Title is Happiness is a Spring Morning. 18" by 24" unframed. Oil on Canvas.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
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Ramon Contreras Hunting Dog Painting1044 - Ramon Contreras Hunting Dog Painting
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Title is Hunting Dog. 19" by 25" unframed. 20 1/2" by 26 1/2" framed. Watercolor on Board. From the Russell Henderson Family Col...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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Laura Woolschlager Prairie Monarch Painting1045 - Laura Woolschlager Prairie Monarch Painting
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Title is Prairie Monarch. 4" by 6" unframed. 5 3/4" by 7 3/4" framed. Oil on Foil. Laura Woolschlager (20th century) was active/...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
 
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Laura Woolschlager Buffalo Contest Painting1046 - Laura Woolschlager Buffalo Contest Painting
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Title is Contest. 4" by 6" unframed. 5 3/4" by 7 3/4" framed. Oil on Foil. Laura Woolschlager (20th century) was active/lived in...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
 
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Laura Woolschlager Gourd Rattle Painting1047 - Laura Woolschlager Gourd Rattle Painting
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Title is Gourd Rattles. 11 3/4" by 13 3/4" framed. Oil on Canvas. Laura Woolschlager (20th century) was active/lived in United States. Lau...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
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Laura Woolschlager The Bride Painting1048 - Laura Woolschlager The Bride Painting
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Title is The Bride. 11 5/8" by 13 5/8" framed. Oil on Foil. Laura Woolschlager (20th century) was active/lived in United States. Laura Woo...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
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