Auction Previews

Las Vegas, Plymouth

Harry Jackson (1924-2011), Pony Express-Painted, bronze. Brian Lebel’s Old West Events. Estimate: $15/20,000

Las Vegas, NV
Brian Lebel’s Old West Events
January 26
Old West Auction

This year, Brian Lebel’s Old West Events has teamed up with Morphy Auctions to move the 34th annual January event to run alongside the Las Vegas Antiques Arms Show at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Nevada. The Old West Auction will be held on January 26 and features an array of historic American artwork within the realm of Western art, as well as Native American artifacts. Historic names whose work will be included in the upcoming auction include Harry Jackson, Edward Borein and Edgar Paxson.

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Eagles Over Seas. Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 in. Copley Fine Art Auctions. Estimate: $100/200,000

Plymouth, MA
Copley Fine Art Auctions
February 23-24
Winter Sale

Copley Fine Art Auctions holds its annual Winter Sale this February, offering more than 450 lots in sporting art, antique decoys, bird carvings, fishing collectables and folk art from important curated collections and estates. Shaping up to be one of the top lots in the realm of painting is Frank W. Benson’s 1942 oil Eagles Over Seas, which has a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000. Another work by the artist, who was one of the leading influences in the Boston School of American Impressionism, is an atmospheric watercolor titled Souvenir of Florida (est. $30/50,000). Both pieces come from the Collection of Katherine Shaw Kripke and Samuel Benson Shaw, the great-great-grandchildren of Frank Benson.

The live-streamed Winter Sale, which offers phone, absentee and internet bidding, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, February 23 to 24.