Bill Gollings
Billy the Kid ~ Worth More Dead or Alive ~ Photo brings $2.3M
Sunday, June 26th, 2011A tiny little dark peice of tin the size of a business card, and if you looked real close at a slight angle, you could make out an old vintage charachter holding a rifle believed to be the only real photograph of Billy the Kid. I attended the auction last evening and witnessed the spectacle of this little […]
Wanted To Buy: Western Art and Indian Beadwork
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Raunig Art Enterprises seeks to discreetly purchase western art and Indian beadwork of the late 19th and early 20th century as well as contemporary western art by noted living artists. Especially interested in artists from Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Cowboy, Indian/Native American, western landscapes, wildlife or historic frontier paintings are […]
William “Bill” Gollings Statue Unveiled in Cheyenne
Friday, January 21st, 2011Wyoming sculptor Jerry Palen unveiled a 7-foot-tall statue of cowboy artist William “Bill” Gollings. By Becky Orr CHEYENNE — Brothers Chase and John Farrell climbed onto the statue’s sandstone base after the unveiling ceremony. “I like the spurs,” said John, 7, as he pointed to the back of one of the cowboy’s boots. The Savannah, […]
New World Record On 2 William “Bill” Gollings Oils!
Monday, August 30th, 2010Raunig Art Enterprise has set a new world record on two large format oils by William “Bill” Gollings which came out of a western US estate collection. While the art market in general has been somewhat challenging, the sale of these two major works for record prices proves once again that the best works by the […]
The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Still Does $8.9 Million!!
Thursday, July 29th, 2010In spite of the economic conditions facing our country, folks who collect American and western art still seek fine paintings to surround themselves with. While institutions and major collectors are not as eager to place high end works on the market as they were a few years ago, the partners at the Coeur d’Alene Art […]
William Bill Gollings ~ 1878-1932
Monday, October 5th, 2009William “Bill” Gollings started painting professionally in Sheridan, Wyoming in the early 20th century and funded his art school tuition through selling rights to publication of several oil paintings to a mid-western publishing firm who used the western images to create calenders, lithographs, post cards, etc. Gollings was a working cowboy and lived the western lifestyle first […]
7/09 The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction ~ The big auction in Reno pulls back on the reins!
Monday, July 27th, 20097/27/09 ~ I just returned from my annual trek to the famous Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nevada. As is typical of this auction, it offered some phenomenal works, many fresh to the market from old private and institutional collections. While it was obvious the number of high end works offered was significantly down […]
