Trailside Galleries of Jackson, WY and Scottsdale, AZ, in partnership with Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe, NM and New York, NY are pleased to present the ninth annual Jackson Hole Art Auction. The Session I sale will be held midday on Friday, September 18 at Trailside Galleries in downtown Jackson Hole. The Session II sale will be held on Saturday, September 19 at the award-winning Center for the Arts venue. Both sessions will be led by auctioneer Jason Brooks.

Auction highlights to date include Frederic Remington’s A Trooper ($30,000/$50,000) and two Charles M. Russell works on paper: Menu, Café Noir ($40,000-$60,000) and Flipping Flapjacks at a Campfire ($30,000-$50,000). Important wildlife offerings include Carl Rungius’ Grizzly Bear ($250,000/$450,000) and a fine selection of Bob Kuhn paintings: Winter Browse-Mule Deer ($40,000/$60,000), A Battle of Titans ($25,000-$35,000) and At the Top of the World ($15,000-$25,000).

Several Top Tier artists have completed their submissions, to be juried in September by a panel of esteemed private collection curators. These artists, chosen by invitation only, consist of a select group of contemporary artists holding auction records in excess of $50,000. Top Tier paintings completed at time of press include John Banovich’s Cat and Mouse ($30,000-$50,000), Ken Carlson’s Great Plains Pronghorn ($45,000-$55,000) and Z.S. Liang’s The Holy Rattle, Elkwater Lake Battle, 1864 ($80,000-$120,000). Additional highlights include works ;by Arnold Friberg, Martin Grelle, G. Harvey, Tom Lovell, Frank McCarthy, Richard Schmid and many more.

The Jackson Hole Art Auction is currently seeking high quality consignments for the 2015 sale. For further information call 866-549-9278, email

coordinator@jacksonholeartauction.com or visit
www.jacksonholeartauction.com.

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Since 2007, the Jackson Hole Art Auction has been recognized as one of the premier art events in the country, defined by the high standards of works offered in a variety of genres including western, wildlife, sporting, figurative, and landscape art by both renowned past masters and contemporary artists. With showrooms in Scottsdale, Arizona, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Santa Fe, New Mexico and New York, the auction partners bring over 100 years of experience and expertise to the event. The Jackson Hole Art Auction is a signature event of Jackson Hole’s annual Fall Arts Festival and attracts collectors from across the country as well as abroad.