Your Summer Guide to Buying Native American Art and Artifacts, Fine Western Art and Western Americana
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THE OLD WEST Your Summer Guide To Buying Native American Art and Artifacts, Fine Western Art and Western Americana A SUPPLEMENT TO ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY | 5 CHURCH HILL RD | NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06470 | JULY 20, 2018 2 - THE OLD WEST Antiques and The Arts Weekly — July 20, 2018 THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST R. Scudder Smith, Publisher Laura Beach, Editor Cindie Niemiera, Advertising Manager Barb Ruscoe, Account Executive email: [email protected] Tel: 203-426-8036 or 426-3141 or Fax: 203-426-1394 Website: www.antiquesandthearts.com Published by The Bee Publishing Company, THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST • THE OLD WEST Box 5503, Newtown Connecticut 06470 Moran’s Expands Its Curated, Biannual Art Of The American West Auctions A Navajo-style gold and turquoise squash blossom suite, signed for maker George Cofield ($10/15,000). porary Western sculpture and paintings at its previous auctions — for example, see Bill Worrell’s (b 1936, Texas) “The Healer,” a large-scale abstract bronze and stone A Navajo classic period child’s wearing blanket, mid- sculpture that tied up every available telephone bid line at Nineteenth Century, 5 feet 6 inches long by 3 feet 9 Moran’s November auction and realized $10,200 — these inches wide ($15/25,000). Hernando G. Villa (Los Angeles, 1881–1952), Indian catalogs have come to include all types of Western- and Na- Chieftain holding a feathered staff, 1947, oil on can- MONROVIA, CALIF. — John Moran Auctioneers tive American-genre works of art and objects in a range of vas ($10/15,000). hosted its third curated Art of the American West auction aesthetics, ages and eras, appealing to the most established, in June, and is busily collecting for another planned for discerning collectors of period art and objects, as well as to cochineal-dyed red elements and indigo-dyed, handspun December. From a relatively small catalog of paintings, those with more eclectic or modern-leaning tastes. blue accents, the wearing blanket has been assigned a sculpture, jewelry, tack, Native American objects and art These contemporary selections have been carefully $15/25,000 estimate. Hailing from a local Southern Cali- consigned to the inaugural genre-specific Art of the Ameri- selected to be shown alongside more traditional period fornia collection, a striking pictorial weaving dating to the can West catalog in early 2017, Moran’s has steadily grown gatherings such as Navajo weavings; early Twentieth Cen- early Twentieth Century features an unusual motif; a Hopi its Art of the American West catalogs to comprise a diverse tury basketry; and paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture Mudhead figure stands at the center of the weaving, while selection of art and objects from private collectors based by well-known artists. Selections from the June 19 auction snakes, whirling logs and other geometric motifs frame the all over the West and beyond; Moran’s June 19 catalog, for included works by Edward Borein, Hernando Villa, Harold figure against the red ground ($2/4,000) example, featured 402 lots. von Schmidt and Andy Anderson, among others. John Moran Auctioneers is presently amassing Western- Moran’s has steadily been consigning for its diverse roster Moran’s is well-known for its track record with classic genre works of art and Native American objects for its of category-specific, collector-focused sales over the last two period Navajo weavings, however, buyers at any level will December 12 Art of the American West auction, which years, and has been experimenting with expanding these find a large selection of textiles from which to choose in will be conducted at its 145 East Walnut Avenue galleries. genresPROOF in order To:to appeal [email protected] to buyers collecting from the turn the Art of the CC: American Barb West catalog. Highlights include a For more information or to inquire about consignment ofP:\a&a the century SPECIAL through to the sections\Oldcontemporary. West 07-20-18classic period COLOR\Turmonchild’s wearing blanket dating Auction to the second or upcoming lots, visit www.johnmoran.com, email info@ Building off of the successful prices seen for contem- quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Featuring raveled johnmoran.com or call 626-793-1833. Great Western Auction In Redmond, OR May 10th & 11th, 2019 • 38th Annual Auction Selling 600 Items; Vendor Spaces Available Friday 9 to 4pm Auction starts Friday at 4:30, Sat at 9am LIVE AND INTERNET BIDDING; Mark your calendar and be there! Winchester 1886 Online Catalog, call or email for info, no buyer’s fee Cheyenne RT Frazier Antiques, Bits, Spurs, Saddles, Indian Items, Firearms, Artwork IXL Turmon Auction Service Inc Romona Hulik, Auctioneer 541-815-6115 541-815-2527 Colt GS Garcia Olsen Stelzer www.auctioneer-4u.net Stetson B. Pini Antiques and The Arts Weekly — July 20, 2018 THE OLD WEST — 3 Reputation matters. SEEKING CONSIGNMENTS FOR OUR ANNUAL AUCTIONS COWBOY AND INDIAN ARTIFACTS FINE WESTERN ART Edward Borein, Watercolor Billy the Kid Tintype Blackfoot Man’s Shirt Sold $138,000 Sold $2,300,000 Sold $109,250 Dixie Thompson’s Loomis Saddle Custer Battlefi eld Sharps Rifl e Demuth Cigar Store Indian Sold $195,500 Sold $258,750 Sold $28,320 Annie Oakley Lithograph Alfred Jacob Miller, Watercolor Goldberg/Staunton/Estrada Spurs Sold $57,500 Sold $141,600 Sold $40,250 Specializing in authentic fi ne art and artifacts of the American West. Old West Events is home to the January and June Old West Shows, featuring the fi nest national dealers in Western art, antiques and design. We also o er appraisal and consulting services, as well as private treaty sales and acquisitions. Single items or collections welcome. Next Auction: January 26, 2019, Mesa, AZ Submit items for review: OldWestEvents.com/Sell Or call 480-779-9378 BRIAN LEBEL’S OLD WEST EVENTS | PH: 480-779-WEST (9378) | OLDWESTEVENTS.COM OWE-AAW-General.indd 1 6/4/2018 4:18:52 PM 4 - THE OLD WEST Antiques and The Arts Weekly — July 20, 2018 Photo of Santanta, a Kiowa Chief. Showman Wild Bill Hickok posed for a photo in A rare photo of Calamity Jane. New York City. Historic McCubbin Western Photography Collection At Lebel’s Old West Auction MESA, ARIZ. — In a special two- collecting Old West photography and night event, Brian Lebel’s Old West ephemera in the early 1970s, approxi- Auction will sell the Robert G. Mc- mately 20 years after he began collect- Cubbin collection of photographs, ing books on the same subject. Among ephemera and artifacts on January 25 the nearly 1,000 original photographs and 26 — it is one of the most exten- are those of famous and infamous sive and important collections of his- figures such as Jesse James, Wild Bill toric Western American photography Hickok, the Dalton Gang, Butch Cas- ever offered at public auction. sidy and the Sundance Kid, Belle Starr, Brian Lebel’s Old West Events will Calamity Jane, Geronimo, Custer, Bat offer the McCubbin Western Pho- Masterson, John Wesley Hardin, the tography Collection during its 29th Younger Brothers, Pat Garrett, Tom annual Mesa Old West Auction, at the Horn and many others. Many of the Phoenix Marriott Mesa. Consisting photos (consisting of original tintypes, of more than 1,500 pieces of original CDVs, cabinet cards and other varia- photography, ephemera and artifacts, tions), are exceptionally rare, including the McCubbin collection is one of the one of only two known and authenti- largest and most significant private cated photos of Doc Holliday. Mc- collections of “Old West” photographs Cubbin’s ephemera includes hundreds in existence, and the only one to be of court documents, warrants, checks, John Wesley Hardin’s personal photo album. offered in its entirety for public sale. letters, calling cards and other memo- Items will be sold individually and in rabilia, and the volumes dedicated The collection also includes approxi- spent years researching books and that grouped lots, with a total estimate of to Lincoln County, N.M., and the mately a dozen artifacts, the highlight they wouldn’t think about photos until approximately $4/6 million. Lincoln County War are considered of which is the knife that was found in they were ready to publish. They all re- Robert “Bob” McCubbin began unrivaled in content and size. Billy the Kid’s hand after he was shot lied on the same photos. My objective dead by Pat Garrett. The knife, like was to upgrade the quality of images much of McCubbin’s collection, is ac- used in books and magazines and to companied by paperwork and prov- correct the misidentification of outlaws enance. Whenever possible, McCubbin in the pictures.” In his desire to add sought out and purchased photographs to and advance the historic record, from the descendants of the people in McCubbin allowed authors, publishers the photos, or from organizations such and historians nearly unfettered access as the Pinkerton Detective Agency. It to his collection. His contribution to was important to Bob that he know his the academic study of the American sources. West is impossible to quantify. Despite Auction owner Brian Lebel admires his generosity with his images, many McCubbin’s dedication to historic ac- of the photos in the collection remain curacy. “I’ve known Bob for 30 years,” unpublished. said Lebel, “and have always considered The auction of the McCubbin collec- him one of the leading authorities and tion will be conducted Friday and Sat- historians of Western photography urday evening, January 25–26, as part specifically, but also Western outlaws of Lebel’s annual Mesa Old West Show and lawmen in general as well.” Lebel & Auction.