Grogan & Co.’s annual Fall Fine Art Auction is set for Saturday, November 2, at 11 a.m. and will offer a selection of top fresh-to-market 19th- and 20th-century American art.

Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), Ogunquit, Maine (Houses on the Sound), 1909-11. Oil on canvas, 33 x 40 in. Courtesy Grogan & Co. Estimate: $100/150,000

Leading the upcoming sale are several important 20th-century paintings, including Paul Sample’s 1949 oil The Horse Show, South Woodstock, Vermont. Estimated at $50,000 to $70,000, the auction house notes that “this work is a perfect example of the artist’s mature New England regionalism style. In the large-scale Horse Show, Sample’s color sense and keen attention to human detail come together to bring this Woodstock, Vermont tradition to life.”

A museum-quality Walt Kuhn oil, titled Ogunquit, Maine (Houses on the Sound), is another piece to look out for in the November sale. Featuring complexly colored impasto brushstrokes, this seminal early work was painted in the years leading up to the Armory Show. It’s expected to sell for $100,000 to $150,000.

The Fall Fine Art Auction follows the success of Grogan & Co.’s Spring Fine Art

Auction, which saw the 200 lots on offer achieve a 90 percent sell-through rate and over $1.6 million in sales.

Thomaston, ME
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
November 8-10
Autumn Majestic

Held by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, the Autumn Majestic sale will be offering more than 1,300 works of Americana and contemporary art this November 8 to 10. 

Frederic Erwin Church (1826-1900), Kaaterskill Clove. Oil on academy board, 23 x 20 in., old tag on verso with artist’s name and location. Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Estimate: $10/15,000

Among the highlights is an oil by Hudson River School master Frederic Edwin Church titled Kaaterskill Clove, which captures the picturesque valley in New York’s eastern Catskill Mountains. The painting, originally displayed at the historic Lockwood-Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, Connecticut, is estimated to sell for $10,000 to $15,000. A standout in 20th-century sculpture, Paul Suttman’s life-size bronze of a seated woman in contemplation is expected to fetch $4,000 to $5,000. 

Bidding will be available online through ThomastonLive and other platforms, with options for phone and absentee bids. For those attending in-person, the gallery will host a preview beginning November 2 and continuing from November 4 to 7. 

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