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C.M. Russell Works Hit Multimillion-Dollar Mark in Western Art Auction

  • July 28, 2014 18:15
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The Coeur d’ Alene Art Auction sold Charles M. Russell’s 1924 painting entitled "Trail of the Iron Horse" for $1.9 million on July 27, 2014.

A total of 30 Charles M. Russell works fetched millions of dollars at auction in Reno, with one painting symbolizing the railroad's effect on American Indians drawing $1.9 million and another depicting a Native American chief selling for $1.1 million.

Other top prices at the annual Coeur d'Alene Art Auction on Saturday included $1.7 million for a Frederic Remington painting featuring a group of Indians and $1.5 million for a Thomas Moran painting depicting an Arizona gulch.


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