Stevan Dohanos (1907-1994), Great Stories, The Saturday Evening Post, paperback cover, 1947. Oil on canvas, 27 x 14¼ in. Courtesy Heritage Auctions. Estimate $3/5,000
SOLD $62,500Dallas, TX
Heritage Auctions
October 16
Illustration Art
$2.16 million
A new artist world auction record for Patrick Nagel was set during Heritage Auctions’ October 16 Illustration Art Auction. The painting Jeana—depicting model Jeana Keough who appeared in rock videos in the early 1980s and was a cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County—soared above its presale estimate of $60,000 to $80,000, selling for $350,000.
Stevan Dohanos’ Great Stories from The Saturday Evening Post paperback cover, 1947, was a surprise hit. It sold well over its high estimate of $5,000 when it achieved $62,500. Other standouts included Alberto Vargas’ 1935 painting Martini Time, which sold for $47,500; Charles Robinson’s 1911 interior book illustration An Eve in this Eden for the publication The Sensitive Plant at $35,000; and Gil Elvgren’s Bow Spirit, ca. 1960, which sold for $57,500.
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Romare Bearden (1911-1988), In the Garden, 1978. Acrylic, cloth and paper collage, 10 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. Courtesy Grogan & Company. Estimate: $40/60,000 SOLD $93,750
Boston MA
Grogan & Company
November 15
The Fall Auction
$2.79 million
Fine art prevailed during Grogan & Company’s November 15 Fall Auction, which totaled $2,788,063 with a 93 percent sell-through rate. Of that, the fine art portion of the sale was a record for the auction house at more than $1.76 million.
Highlights included Romare Bearden’s 1978 mixed media work In the Garden, which sold for $93,750 against an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. Gilbert Stuart’s George Gibbs, which had remained in the family of the sitter since it was painted, achieved $46,875 to top an estimate of $3,000 to $5,000. There were also auction records for Varnette Honeywood’s Loves Me at $37,500 and Benny Andrews’ work The Wedding, which achieved $31,250.
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Granville Redmond (1871-1935), Landscape with poppies and lupine. Oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in., signed lower left: ‘Granville Redmond’. Courtesy John Moran Auctioneers. Estimate: $80/120,000 SOLD $100,000Monrovia, CA
John Moran Auctioneers
November 17
California & American Fine Art
John Moran Auctioneers’ California & American Fine Art sale on November 17 saw strong results for landscapes of all types. There was interest in California scenes that are a specialty at the Monrovia, California-based auction house, as well as Grand Canyon images and other vistas from around the nation. The top lot was Granville Redmond’s Landscape with poppies and lupine, a quintessential piece by the artist featuring eucalyptus and rolling hills. The work sold to a phone bidder within estimate at $100,000.
Edgar Alwin Payne’s San Juan Capistrano, from around 1922, was a springtime view that captivated buyers. The painting, estimated at $20,000 to $30,000, sailed to $46,875. Mountain Landscape, by Birger Sandzén, was also noteworthy, achieving $62,500, while Aldro T. Hibbard’s snowy mountain landscape sold for $4,062.
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Hermann Herzog (1831-1932), Gainesville Marsh, Florida. Oil on canvas, 20 x 17 in., signed lower left: ‘Herzog’. Courtesy Brunk Auctions. Estimate: $20/30,000 SOLD $107,100
Asheville, NC
November 20-21
Two Important Single Owner Collections
$1.85 million
Brunk Auctions offered more than 450 lots from two esteemed collections: the Doll Estate on November 20 and the Wingard Collection on November 21. Combined, the collections brought in more than $1.85 million with a 95 percent sell-through rate. The John T. and Gaile E. Wingard collection of Jacksonville, Florida, was filled with Southern pottery and American paintings, including Hermann Herzog’s Gainesville Marsh, Florida, which sold for $107,100 against an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. The work, which was in a South Carolina collection before the collectors acquired the work, depicts a beautiful marsh area with a bird wading. —
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