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 […]
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 […]
J.K. Ralston ~ Artist ~ Yet Another Montana Gem!
Thursday, March 11th, 2010James Kenneth Ralston was born in 1896 in Choteau, Montana where his father was a cattle rancher and foreman on ranches in Choteau, Helena and near the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in eastern Montana. In his early 20’s, Ralston attended the Chicago Art Institute and received formal art training on two occasions. After marrying and moving […]
William Standing ~ Montana Legend in Art
Monday, November 9th, 2009William Standing (1904-1951) has become yet another highly sought after artist hailing from the great state of Montana. Standing was a versatile artist who worked in many genres including cartoon drawings for post cards and calenders, roughly composed oil sketches, portrait work, highly refined and well executed oils of western scenes. His work has been […]