On Saturday,  September 17, 2011, Trailside Galleries of Jackson, WY, and Scottsdale, AZ, in partnership with the Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe, NM, is pleased to present the 5th annual Jackson Hole Art Auction at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson.  

This annual live auction has quickly become one of the premier western art events in the country, defined by the high standard of works offered by both contemporary western artists and deceased masters.  Works by such notable living artists  as William Acheff, Clyde Aspevig, Ken Carlson, Martin Grelle, Bill Owen, G. Harvey, Kenneth Riley, Mian Situ, Howard Terpning, Morgan Weistling, and Z.S. Liang are just a few of the names that are prominently featured in the upcoming sale and whose paintings have sold for well over the estimated values. Also among the 200 plus lots available are important works by the Taos Society of Artists, the Santa Fe Art Colony, as well as historically recognized artists of the American West.  

Several lots in the 2011 auction are sure to generate very active bidding from collectors.  Among these lots are:  John Clymer,  Marie Dorian-Winter Refuge, 40 x 30 oil, with an estimate of $200,000-$300,000; Bob Kuhn, Leopard in a Sausage Tree, Acrylic, 24 x 36, with an estimate of $150,000-$250,000; Maynard Dixon,  Cowpuncher, Oil, 30 x 25 with an estimate of $400,000-$600,00 and Frederic Remington, Bronco Buster, bronze, estimated between  $400,000-$600,000.

As in past years, the auction is held during the busy Fall Arts Festival weekend in Jackson.  Collectors from around the country as well as from outside the United States have already committed to attending the auction which once again promises to provide a lively afternoon of exciting and active bidding for some of the finest works of art offered  anywhere in the country.

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