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 […]
CU Art Museum shows 2 major Charles Partridge Adams Paintings
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Highlights of the Collection: Charles Partridge Adams Paintings The CU Art Museum presents two paintings by the noted Colorado landscape painter Charles Partridge Adams, including a never-before-shown, large-scale painting of Rocky Mountain scenery near Estes Park, titled Sunrise on the Mountains, circa 1920, recently conserved by the CU Art Museum, and gifted to the museum’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ace Powell (Asa L. Powell) ~ Famous Montana Artist
Monday, October 5th, 2009Ace Powell is a legend in the Montana western art scene. Ace was a prolific painter and sculptor who produced an incredible amount of material. The Kalispell dealers and collectors kept him busy painting as fast as he could put the work out. Ace was never as skilled as other early Montana painters like C.M. […]
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 […]
6/09 Cody Old West Show…Denver 2009 Version!
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Cody Old West Show…Denver 2009 Version! Brian Lebel’s annual show, historically done in Cody, Wyoming in June, moved to Denver in 2009, and was a rousing success! Last weekend, I attended the Cody Old West Show & Auction at the Denver Merchandise Mart. As is typical of Lebel produced shows, it was a classy affair […]