2021 coeur d’alene art auction - post sale press release
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Coeur d’AleneArt AuctionFine Western & American Art
For Immediate ReleaseFor photos or interviews – Mike Overby
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RENO, Nev. – The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction brought a strong total of over $ 17.5 million during this year’s sale. The highlight of the 2021 sale was Auction mainstay Charles M. Russell’s Roping a Wolf (1904), which sold for over $ 1.7 million – the highest total for the influential Western artist in over seven years, and the tenth-highest total all-time. The largest single-auction event in the classical Western and American Art field saw over 30 lots eclipse the $ 100,000 price point, realizing a sales rate of over 94% for the July 31 sale.
While the feverish bidding for Roping a Wolf brought the packed house to applause, several other Russell works elicited their own fireworks, including: Mexicans Leaving an Inn (1906), which realized $ 242,000; Cowboy on a Bronco (1898), Indian on a Pinto (1898), and Friend Con Letter (1910), each sold for $ 157,300; and Friend Ad Letter (1923), with a $ 133,100 sales price exceeding its presale estimate of $ 60,000 – 90,000. Overall, works by Charles M. Russell garnered more than $ 3.2 million in sales.
Philip R. Goodwin’s Hitting the Trail, one of his finest paintings created at the apex of his career between 1910 and 1920, set a world record with a price of $ 453,750, blowing past its presale estimate of $ 100,000 – 150,000.
With a round of spirited bidding that ignited the crowd, a world record was also set for Edmund H. Osthaus when Two Hunting Dogs (1891) sold for $ 242,000, against a presale estimate of $ 40,000 – 60,000. The bidding spanned the course of several minutes, as phone and internet bidders volleyed for greatness.
Peter Hurd’s The Eve of St. John smashed the artist’s previous auction record by almost 50%, selling for $ 157,300. This painting is the first version of Hurd’s The Eve of St. John, and it serves as the inspiration for the American painter’s most-famous work, housed in the San Diego Museum of Art’s collection. (Continued …)
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Best in the West – Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Totals Over $ 17.5 Million
Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926), Roping a Wolf (1904), oil on canvas, 15 × 20 inchesEstimate: $ 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 • Sold at the 2021 Auction: $ 1,770,000
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Herman W. Hansen’s Attack on the Stagecoach set a world record with a price of $ 157,300 versus a presale estimate of $ 80,000 – 120,000. Long considered to be his finest work, the high-action oil painting came from a prominent collection in Jackson, Wyoming.
In addition to multiple world records, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction set high marks with its online bidding partner Bidsquare for largest auction total with over $ 4.1 million in online sales. Also setting a record for an individual item sold at auction was Oscar Berninghaus’ The Domain of Their Ancestors (1925), earning $ 847,000 which more than doubled Bidsquare’s previous record of $ 381,000 for an item sold online.
Berninghaus’ The Domain of Their Ancestors final price of $ 847,000 is the second-highest price ever at auction for the Taos Society Artist member, trailing only his masterpiece The Pueblos Await the Dancers sold for $ 1,471,000 at the 2008 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction.
Walter Ufer’s Greasewood and Sage, a 25 × 25 inch oil painting from the esteemed collection of John and Toni Bloomberg, sold for $ 665,500 versus a $ 300,000 – 500,000 estimate. This sale represents the highest total at auction for the artist in over six years.
Legendary Taos Society Artist Eanger Irving Couse’s The New Rug (1917) achieved a result that hasn’t been seen on the auction circuit for the artist in over a decade, selling for $ 484,000, which is the sixth-highest price ever for the artist. The iconic oil painting, which included a small study, raced past its presale estimate of $ 250,000 – 350,000. Additionally, Moonlight Sonata sold for $ 217,800, falling in between the presale estimate of $ 200,000 – 300,000. Overall, the seminal Southwestern artist realized more than $ 1 million in total sales.
Works by Coeur d’Alene Art Auction mainstay Frederic Remington collectively sold for over $ 600,000, including auction highlights The Borderland of the Other Tribe ($ 393,250) and The Rattlesnake ($ 217,800), with the latter being one of Remington’s most-famous bronzes.
Additional major sales included John Clymer’s Thundering Hoofs, Albert Bierstadt’s Mount Baker, Washington (1891), and Frank Tenney Johnson’s The Horse Thief (1925), each selling for $ 363,000. Rounding out the group was Tom Lovell’s Horse Raid (1978) which brought a final price of $ 272,250.
Significant contemporary sales included Glenn Dean’s The Soul’s Refuge and Dustin Van Wechel’s Prairie Dog POV, each selling for $ 45,375 and establishing world records for both artists. G. Harvey’s Among the Silence of Canyon Echoes sold for an impressive $ 217,800 versus a presale estimate of $ 80,000 – 120,000. Other notable sales included Martin Grelle’s Days of the Coldmaker ($ 169,400), Richard Schmid’s Hewick Church, North Yorkshire, England ($ 121,000), Bob Kuhn’s Where the Deer and the Antelope Play ($ 96,800), and Tim Cox’s God’s Gift to Man ($ 96,800).
The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction has specialized in the finest classical Western and American Art since 1985. The auction principals have over 100 years of collective experience in the field, and have netted their clients over $ 325 million in the last fifteen years alone.
For full results or further information, visit www.cdaartauction.com, or call 208-772-9009. The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction has offices in Hayden, Idaho; Reno, Nevada; and Tucson, Arizona.
Coeur d’AleneArt AuctionFine Western & American Art
For Immediate ReleaseFor photos or interviews – Mike Overby
208-772-9009 • [email protected]
Best in the West – Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Totals Over $ 17.5 Million