The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno … Yup, Reno
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 11:09PM Tweet By Donna L. Poulton
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Founded in 1984, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction held in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho became a highly anticipated annual event. The auction specialized in deceased artists of the West and it turned out to be a recipe for success. Over the next fifteen years, well-heeled collectors of Western Art from all over the world flocked to Coeur d'Alene to participate in an event that is conducted with the lightening quick pace of a cattle auction. Yipps, yapps and yeehaas are barked out as the spotters move the art at a staggering one-piece-per-minute pace.
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In 1999, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction moved to Reno Nevada, because, as the Wall Street Journal reported “... 42 private jets tried to fly in, and [the airport] had to divert some [planes] to Spokane because there wasn’t room.” It was time to move to bigger venue with more parking spaces.
I follow this auction like my husband follows the NBA finals and my favorites in the 2011 selection range from a Gustave Baumann at several thousand dollars to the … “money is no object” price tag on the Charlie Russell. You can see the entire 297 lots in the online catalogue at Coeur d’Alene Art Auction.
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Lot No. 294
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881-1971)
Superstition Mountains
woodcut
9 x 8.5 inches
Estimate: $3,000-5,000
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GUNNAR WIDFORSS (1879-1934)
Grand Canyon
watercolor on paper
12.5 x 10.25 inches
Estimate: $4,000-6,000
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CARL RUNGIUS (1869-1959)
Packhorses
oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
Estimate: $30,000-50,000
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CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864-1926)
M. D. Baldwin (1904)
watercolor and ink on paper
4 x 9.5 inches
Estimate: $50,000-75,000
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JOSEPH H. SHARP (1859-1953)
Ancient Songs (circa 1927)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Estimate: $100,000-200,000
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MAYNARD DIXON (1875-1946)
Sculptured Sandstone (1944)
oil on canvasboard
20 x 24 inches
Estimate: $150,000-250,000
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CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864-1926)
A Dangerous Sport (1924)
watercolor on paper
17.5 x 27.5 inches
Estimate: $1,000,000-2,000,000
CBS Morning America reported on the Auction, showing the crowd of over 900 at the cattle call art sale: