A Frederic Remington scene of U.S. Cavalry soldiers and horses accelerated to $5.6 million at the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction on Saturday. About 300 lots generated a total of $28.5 million, up from $18 million last year for the annual Western art auction held in Reno.

A patriotic Norman Rockwell painting depicting a Boy Scout flanked by American Presidents Washington and Lincoln fetched $4.2 million.

Both Remington’s “Cutting Out Pony Herds (A Stampede)” and Rockwell’s “A Scout is Loyal” went to private collectors, reported the auction house.

Remington’s 1908 painting shows a soldier on horseback followed by the Cavalry and a herd of horses sweeping down the plains. It appeared on the front cover of Collier's February 1, 1913 issue, after the artist's death in 1909.

“It has everything you want in Remington — lots of action,” Coeur d'Alene's Mike Overby told The Associated Press. “It was the first major work of his to come to auction in 10 years.”

Other top performers included Howard Terpning’s 1989 painting “Telling of Legends,” an American Indian scene that soared above its estimate of $600,000-$900,000 to bring $1.7 million. Charles M. Russell’s “Buffalo Hunt #27,” from 1900, garnered $1 million and Thomas Moran’s 1895 painting “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” went for $555,750.

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