Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), Grouse Shooting. Watercolor, 18 x 22 in. Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions Estimate: $50/70,000
Plymouth, MA
Copley Fine Art Auctions
July 14-15
Sporting Sale 2022
On July 14 and 15, Copley Fine Art Auctions will hold its major Sporting Sale 2022, comprising 676 lots—one of the company’s largest to date. Included in the sale are paintings and bronzes from several important collections and estates, as well as bird carvings and powder tins.
Top fine art highlights include Edmund Henry Osthaus’ oil on canvas of setter puppies (est. $60/90,000), Bob Kuhn’s acrylic Wild Chorus, depicting lions (est. $60/80,000), and Aiden Lassell Ripley’s Grouse Shooting, which has a presale estimate of $50,000 to $80,000.
Several works by renowned sporting artist Ogden M. Pleissner will also hit the market.
A complete set of eight etchings by Pleissner is expected to fetch $30,000 to $40,000, while two oils capturing Atlantic salmon river scenes, Riverman and Angler and Guide: Kill Devil Run have presale estimates of $20,000 to $30,000 and $18,000 to $24,000 respectively.
The live-streamed auction will have phone, absentee and internet bidding on three different platforms, including CopleyLive, and will begin at 10 a.m. both days.
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Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924), On the Terrace ata Rolleboise. Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in., 45 x 38 ½ in. (framed), signed lower left: ‘Ridgeway Knight’. Courtesy Eldred’s. Authenticated by Rehs Gallery. Estimate: $150/250,000
East Dennis, MA
Eldred’s
July 26-27
The Summer Sale
Eldred’s Summer Sale takes place this July 26 to 27, with both sessions slated to start at 9:30 a.m. EST. The auction house is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and will include in the upcoming sale a diverse selection of American paintings and a particularly strong focus on 19th century American works. These include a group of fresh-to-market New Hampshire scenes, as well as early examples of Cape Cod/Provincetown School art.
The sales will be held at the auction house’s headquarters in East Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod and will have in-person, phone and absentee bidding, as well as online bidding via www.eldreds.com, www.invaluable.com and www.liveauctioneers.com.
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Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Shepherdess. Charcoal and chalk on paper in modern gilt molded frame, matted and glazed, 14 x 19 in., 23 x 18 in. (framed), signed lower left and dated ’77, titled on frame tag, Christie’s label verso. Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (July Auction). Estimate: $80/100,000
Thomaston, ME
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
July 8-10; August 26-28
American Art
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will host two sales of superb American art this summer in mid-July and late August. Each sale is set to feature works from the collection of esteemed art collector and Nashville dealer Gary R. Haynes (1945-2021) who operated Haynes Galleries. The Haynes collection includes works by such masters as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, and Andrew, Jamie and N.C. Wyeth, among many others.Additionally, many works by American artists sourced from New England estates and nationwide collections will be offered in both sales, including works by Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Jervis McEntee, Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein.
The auction will begin at 11:00 a.m. EST each day.
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Franz Von Stuck (1863-1928), Listening Fauns, 1896. Oil on panel, 36 x 34 in. Estimate $75/125,000
Lonejack, MO
Soulis Auctions
August 18
Summer Gallery Auction of Fine Art and Modern Design
On August 18, Soulis Auctions will offer a recently rediscovered work by Franz Von Stuck (1863-1928) during its Summer Gallery Auction of Fine Art and Modern Design. Co-founder of the Munich Secession Movement, Von Stuck’s Listening Fauns was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Copley Society in Boston and the Dallas Art Association’s First Annual Exhibition of Contemporary and International Art in 1919. The piece seemingly disappeared after that and had not been seen in public for more than 100 years, only to be discovered in its original Hans Irlbacher frame on the wall of a Kansas City, Missouri, home. —
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