Jackson, Wyoming – The tenth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction was held on September 16th and 17th in Jackson, WY. Hosted by Trailside Galleries and the Gerald Peters Gallery, 83% percent of the 388 lots were sold over two days, realizing $8.3 million in sales. Twenty new artist world records were established, including Portrait by Dean Cornwell, which realized a world record price of $245,700. Both sessions featured very enthusiastic bidding across a variety of genres, excellent floor attendance, and robust remote bidding.

The cover lot, Charles Russell’s Buffalo Hunting brought $450,000. Additional top sales included N.C. Wyeth’s He Rode Away Following a Dim Trail Among the Sage ($585,000) and Maynard Dixon’s Cattle Drive ($409,500). Walter Ufer’s October fetched an impressive $374,400.

John Clymer’s works soared above the high estimates, with Moving Camp bringing $380,250, and September commanding $187,200. The Jackson Hole Art Auction continues to hold the square inch world record for John Clymer.

Martin Grelle’s dramatic Last Trail to Medicine Wheel, created specifically for the Jackson Hole Art Auction, realized $198,900. The Jackson Hole Art Auction is the only auction to receive new work by Grelle each year.

Wildlife offerings, the signature of the Jackson Hole Art Auction, also yielded healthy results:

Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert’s Brüllende Löwen sold for $280,800, Robert Bateman’s Above the Rapids - Gulls and Grizzly brought $81,900, and Top Tier entry Family Ties by Bonnie Marris, realized a world record price of $140,400.

Other noteworthy western highlights included E.S Paxson’s Ever Westward ($128,700), Philip R. Goodwin’s Moose Hunters ($128,700), and William Herbert Dunton’s Winter Camp of the Sioux ($105,300).

Full auction results are available at www.jacksonholeartauction.com

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