John McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), The Palaces, etching on antique Dutch laid paper, from the First Venice Set. Sold by Creighton-Davis Gallery. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Creighton-Davis Gallery.

University of Michigan art museum plans Whistler prints exhibition

John McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), The Palaces, etching on antique Dutch laid paper, from the First Venice Set. Sold by Creighton-Davis Gallery. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Creighton-Davis Gallery.

John McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), The Palaces, etching on antique Dutch laid paper, from the First Venice Set. Sold by Creighton-Davis Gallery. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Creighton-Davis Gallery.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – The University of Michigan Museum of Art is planning an exhibition of more than 100 works from its extensive collection of the 19th century American artist James McNeill Whistler.

The museum announced this week that “On Beauty and the Everyday: The Prints of James McNeill Whistler” will run Aug. 21 until Nov. 28.

The exhibition will explore Whistler’s life and career; his artistic themes and concerns; the tools and techniques that Whistler employed as a printmaker; and the interests and legacy of collector Margaret Watson Parker.

Most of Whistler’s works at the museum were from Parker’s collection.

While the exhibition is focused Whistler’s prints, the artist is widely known for the iconic painting of his mother.

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Online: University of Michigan Museum of Art: http://www.umma.umich.edu

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Atlanta’s High Museum extends automobile design exhibit

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2006 photo taken by an Atlanta citizen and published on Wikipedia. Image appears courtesy of the author and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2006 photo taken by an Atlanta citizen and published on Wikipedia. Image appears courtesy of the author and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

ATLANTA (AP) – Atlanta’s High Museum of Art is extending a popular exhibition that explores the golden age of automobile design.

“The Allure of the Automobile” was set to close June 20 but will now run an extra week, through June 27.

The exhibit features 20 rare cars dating from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. They include cars made by Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley, Porsche, Cadillac, Corvette, Jaguar, and Aston Martin.

In addition to adding a week to the exhibition’s schedule, the High is also adding special programming and extended hours.

It is the first time the High has extended an exhibition beyond its originally scheduled close date.

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After license revocation, Kruse owner hopes classic car auctions continue

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The owner of a long-running classic car auction in northern Indiana hopes to keep it going, possibly by selling the business to someone else, after his license was revoked, his attorney said Wednesday.

The Indiana Auctioneer Commission permanently revoked Kruse International’s auction license Tuesday after hearing complaints about business practices that left dozens of people awaiting payment for cars and other items sold at Kruse auctions.

The panel also suspended Dean Kruse’s auctioneer’s license for two years, fined him and his company a combined $70,000, and ordered him to pay former clients the $300,000 he owes them.

Katie Blackburn, the commission’s assistant board director, said the civil fine is among the harshest ever doled out by the panel. And, she said, the fine could have been twice as big but the commission thought it was better for Kruse to pay his clients.

“That was the state and the commissioners’ primary concern – that he pay those people back,” she said. “They didn’t want the civil penalty to impede his ability to do that.”

Blackburn said Kruse must submit quarterly reports to the panel documenting his progress in paying back the $300,000 over the next 31/2 years.

For Kruse, the panel’s actions marked the end of the classic car auctions he first hosted in 1971 in Auburn, about 20 miles north of Fort Wayne, at the company his father founded.

Those auctions have drawn tens of thousands of visitors to Auburn each Labor Day weekend. Bidders competed to buy rare and classic autos, including cars once owned by Clark Cable, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. Other buildings 110-acre site auctioned off collectibles, firearms and other items.

Kruse’s attorney, John Price, said his 69-year-old client would like to find some way to keep the annual auction alive, possibly by finding another auction company to run this year’s event. He said Kruse also is considering selling his company and the property.

Price said the annual auction is Indiana’s third-highest attended outdoor tourism event.

Kruse’s business problems started with the recession that began in 2008, Price said. People who bought cars at the September 2008 and 2009 auctions ended up owing Kruse millions of dollars. Kruse, in turn, owed the cars’ former owners money he didn’t have.

Although the 70 counts filed by the state attorney general’s office said Kruse owed clients about $1.5 million, by Tuesday’s meeting he had paid all but $300,000.

Price said Kruse took out a $4.5 million loan on his Auburn home and sold some of his possessions to help pay his debts. At one point, he owed about $7 million, he said.

Kruse has no plans to file for bankruptcy protection, Price said, noting that if his client was going to do that he would have done so before he borrowed against his home.

“The easiest thing in the world would have been for him to declare bankruptcy, washed everybody out and went on with his life, but he’s not that kind of guy,” Price said.

Auburn Mayor Norm Yoder said the Kruse auctions, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival and a gathering of hundreds of owners of classic Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs filled up hotels and restaurants in his city with car-lovers each Labor Day weekend.

He hopes Kruse can find some other company to stage the auctions so that the city still has three big events to lure in visitors.

“Obviously, when you have a three-legged stool and one leg gets hurt, it’s not going to be as good. These three events all support the other,” Yoder said.

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Digital project records Nebraska’s train history

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Not everyone would recognize the treasure Garry Wells discovered tucked in a box of stuff he bought at an auction.

But Wells, an amateur history buff from Scotia, immediately knew the significance of the 1881 checkerboard map of Greeley, Howard, Sherman and Valley counties _ otherwise known as the Loup River Valley.

Recently, Wells found others who appreciated the role this 129-year-old map depicting land for sale by the B. & M. Railroad Co. played in Nebraska’s settlement.

Wells was among the approximately 30 people who brought long-saved railroad memorabilia to the first-ever “NET History Harvest for Railroad History.”

A joint project of NET Television and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln History Department, the goal is to digitize Nebraska’s railroad history through the memorabilia and heirlooms of “everyday” people, said Will Thomas, UNL history professor.

People shared their families’ railroad histories, and their railroad artifacts were analyzed, photographed, videotaped and documented.

The History Harvest is part of a digital research project: “Railroads and the Making of Modern America.”

In addition, NET will use the stories and artifacts to produce possible radio and television programs and enhance the digital history curriculum used by Nebraska schools.

“So often our history is the history of the leaders,” Thomas said.

History Harvest is a way of democratizing history _ making it accessible, open and relevant to ordinary folks – simply by telling their stories and looking at the things they have handed down through generations.

“It is the history of the people and of their families and of their experiences,” Thomas said. “We bring a different approach.”

Using that information, UNL history students will study historical trends to see how, in this case, the railroad shifted and shaped Nebraska and its people, said David Feingold, assistant general manager of content at NET.

Wells laughs when people in Scotia complain “nothing ever happens here,” then he talks of how power struggles between competing railroads and communities built and destroyed towns. And how railroads shaped the makeup of communities, simply by advertising their available land to certain ethnic and religious communities in other states.

Fred Wachal came from Columbus to share one of three land grant certificates his grandfather purchased from the Union Pacific Railroad more than a century ago.

He also brought a framed memory box with a black and white photograph of his mother’s cousin, Joseph F. Severyn, and the pristine pocket watch he used during his years as a conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad. Severyn died two days shy of his 27th birthday on Oct. 1, 1918, in France while serving in World War I, Wachal said.

Earl Ford, longtime railroad buff and curator of the Lincoln Area Model Railroad Club Museum, brought only a few pieces of the railroad memorabilia his family collected during their 142 years of service with the railroad – his grandfather’s Hamilton Rowley Special pocket watch; a 1917 photograph of his father and grandfather on a pumper car, and an 1885 Nebraska State Fair program advertising special rates on the Burlington and Missouri River trains to the fair.

Information gathered from the History Harvest should be available online by the end of summer.

But that is just the beginning, Thomas said.

Thanks to a grant, another History Harvest will be held in Nebraska City this fall.

Ultimately, the goal is to take History Harvest across the state, collecting stories and images that make us Nebraska.

“People want to be involved in telling our history,” Feingold said. “Digital technology allows us to do that.”

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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com

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‘Moonrise over Mojave’ by Maynard Dixon (California, 1875-1946) achieved an impressive $110, 450. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

Important estates propel Clars’ two-day May auction total to $1.4M

‘Moonrise over Mojave’ by Maynard Dixon (California, 1875-1946) achieved an impressive $110, 450. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

‘Moonrise over Mojave’ by Maynard Dixon (California, 1875-1946) achieved an impressive $110, 450. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Redge Martin, president of Clars Auction Gallery, knew the May 15-16 sale would be one of the company’s strongest based on the important estates represented and the quality of consignments in both art and furnishings. When the final hammer dropped his expectations were realized. The auction resulted in $1.4 million in sales, fourth largest in the firm’s 60-year history.

Martin said that Clars Auction Gallery is already more than 50 percent ahead of last year at this time. A staff of top specialists in their fields, a long-standing reputation for the highest standards of operation, and aggressive national and international marketing campaigns all contribute to Clars’ success in a still delicate economy, said Martin.

Clars’ May sale featured art and antiques from several important estates and consignors including the Lane & Jenkins trust of San Francisco, the Frank Hinman estate of San Francisco, the Dr. Sydney Widrow estate of Hawaii and the Dr. Lawrence Loftus estate of Carmel, Calif.

The art category soared above all achieving strong prices for both contemporary and classic works. Several important works from California painters were offered, led by Moonrise over Mojave by Maynard Dixon (California, 1875-1946). The bidding opened at $75,000 and competition from the floor, phones and Internet quickly drove this work to a final sale price of $110,450.

Sunday Boating, an oil on canvas by James Weeks (California, 1922-1998), a scene of a group sailing on San Francisco Bay executed in rich tones of blue, was estimated to earn $20,000-$30,000 and sold for $28,440. Oaks in a Field of Poppies and Lupine by Percy Gray (California, 1922-1998) followed at $24,885. View of Mount Tamalpais from the Valley, also by Percy Gray, achieved $20,145, and a stunning coastal work titled Mt. Doud, Big Sur, by Arthur Hill Gilbert (California, 1894-1970) did well at $20,145. American artist Andrew Wyeth’s watercolor, painted on the title page of a book and showing an empty basket on a sloping hill, sold within the estimate at $28,400.

A framed gelatin silver photograph, Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite by Ansel Adams from the Widrow estate sold for $23,700. This same photograph is part of the current traveling exhibition of Adams’ work entitled Ansel Adams, Early Work.

Turning to the contemporary art category, Enrico Donati’s framed mixed media entitled Eclipse Anee 2000 earned $26,070. Persons of the Prism, a framed acrylic on canvas by Gordon Onslow Ford (California, 1912-2003) sold well at $13,035.

Clars reports that Asian art and antiques has been performing exceptionally well for them. This sale had a set of four Chinese hanging scrolls, executed in ink and color on paper and attributed to Liu Kuo-sung (b. 1932), which nearly doubled its high estimate by selling for $35,550.

Important antique furniture lots performed within or over their estimates, suggesting that the decline in prices has been reversed. Selling for well over estimate was a circa 1875 monumental American Renaissance Revival bedroom suite done in walnut and walnut burl. With a high estimate of $12,000, this suite sold for $18,960.

The Sunday session of the two-day sale featured several exceptional jewelry offerings from these important consignors. The headliner of this category was a 9-carat brilliant cut diamond ring set in platinum accented by 52 smaller diamonds. This dazzling piece of fine jewelry sold for $88,450 to a determined phone bidder.

Clars Auction Gallery’s next two-day Fine Estate Auction will be Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13.

The auction house is located at 5644 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland.

For additional information, call Clars Auction Gallery at (888) 339-7600, visit their website at www.clars.com, or email: info@clars.com.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.


ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE


Enrico Donati’s mixed media on canvas ‘Eclipse Annee 2000’ earned $26,070. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

Enrico Donati’s mixed media on canvas ‘Eclipse Annee 2000’ earned $26,070. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.


Estimated to achieve $12,000 on the high side, the monumental walnut and walnut burl American Renaissance Revival bedroom suite sold for $18,960. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

Estimated to achieve $12,000 on the high side, the monumental walnut and walnut burl American Renaissance Revival bedroom suite sold for $18,960. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.


The headliner of the jewelry category was this 9-carat brilliant cut diamond ring set in platinum accented by 52 smaller diamonds. A determined bidder prevailed, paying $88,450. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

The headliner of the jewelry category was this 9-carat brilliant cut diamond ring set in platinum accented by 52 smaller diamonds. A determined bidder prevailed, paying $88,450. Image courtesy of Clars Auction Gallery.

Czech Crystal Vase. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Chicago-area estates featured in Universal Live’s Memorial Day sale

 Czech Crystal Vase. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Czech Crystal Vase. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Universal Live’s May 31 Memorial Day auction features contents of several estates and includes a large quantity of sports memorabilia with opening bids of $5 or less. Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.

The 400-lot auction inventory includes memorabilia and art from every major sport, including baseball, basketball, boxing, horseracing, soccer, golf, football and hockey.

Within the hockey section are many lots with a connection to the Chicago Black Hawks. Auctioneer Martin Shape remarked: “The Chicago Black Hawk items will command a lot of attention. It is one of the hottest collectibles in that category.”

A tremendous variety is seen in the general realm of collectibles, which includes rare books, animation cels, watches, toys and dolls, pottery, coins and currency, military, antique furniture, and neon signs. The list of categories continues with jewelry, art, stamps, lamps, pens, art glass, figurines, cutlery, dishes and crystal.

The auction will contain a number of crystal pieces from Czechoslovakia. All have come from the estate of a person who was from the Czech Republic and who had been collecting prior to 1950. The collection, which also incorporates other types of decorative art and antiques, includes (lot 8729817) Bohemia Czech hand-painted decanter; (lot 8729783) Czech crystal vase; (lot 8729786) Czech Mendel Brothers Deco tea set; (lot 8729677) European folk art fox pitcher; (lot 8729708) a Minton 43-piece dinner set; and (lot 8720139) a rare, hand-made Charles Martel and Richard Synek chess set.

For additional information on any lot in the sale, call Martin Shape at 847-412-1802 or email sales@universallive.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.


ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE


Black Hawks Stein. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Black Hawks Stein. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.


 Minton Dish Set. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Minton Dish Set. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.


European Folk Art Fox Pitcher. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

European Folk Art Fox Pitcher. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.


Brass and Marble Bed. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Brass and Marble Bed. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.


Rare hand made Charles Martel and Richard Synek chess set. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Rare hand made Charles Martel and Richard Synek chess set. Image courtesy of Universal Live Auctions.

Dr. Paul Greenhalgh. Image courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Director Paul Greenhalgh departing DC’s Corcoran Gallery

Dr. Paul Greenhalgh. Image courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Dr. Paul Greenhalgh. Image courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Paul Greenhalgh, the director of the of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, has announce he is leaving Washington’s oldest private art museum to return to Britain.

Greenhalgh told the museum staff Wednesday that he had accepted a position at the University of East Angila. He leaves the Corcoran’s top post June 1 after four years but will serve as artistic director during a transition.

Chief Operating Officer Fred Bollerer will serve as director and CEO until a replacement is found. Kirk Pillow, provost of the Corcoran’s art school, will serve as interim president.

Greenhalgh worked to stabilize the museum’s finances and boost its college enrollment.

Struggles with fundraising for a planned addition led to the 2005 resignation of longtime Corcoran leader David Levy.

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NYC’s Whitney Museum to build downtown museum

Whitney Museum of American Art, 2010 image by Gryffindor, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, obtained through Wikipedia.

Whitney Museum of American Art, 2010 image by Gryffindor, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, obtained through Wikipedia.

NEW YORK (AP) – The Whitney Museum of American Art will break ground on a new museum in downtown Manhattan in 2011.

The museum’s board Tuesday night unanimously approved the construction of the Renzo Piano-designed building at the entrance to the High Line promenade. It said the six-story, asymmetrical, metal-clad museum will provide “essential new space” for the Whitney’s holdings.

The museum’s current Madison Avenue location can display only 150 works at a time from its 18,000-piece permanent collection.

The museum has raised $372 million of the $680 million project. It’s expected to be completed in 2015.

The board also agreed to continue discussions with the Metropolitan Museum of Art about the potential use of the uptown museum.

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Online: www.whitney.org

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$1.5m in gems stolen from Swedish auction house

STOCKHOLM — Police say three masked gunmen have stolen jewelry worth 12 million kronor ($1.5 million) from one of Sweden’s most prominent auction houses.

Police spokeswoman Christina Johansson says the thieves entered Stockholm’s Bukowskis auction house in broad daylight Thursday. They collected the valuables and fled in a car, which was found later in the center of the city.

Bukowskis spokeswoman Charlotte Bergstrand says about 300 pieces of jewelry were on display ahead of an auction and the thieves took “most of it.”

No one was injured in the robbery, but several people who witnessed it were treated for shock.

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Rookwood’s impressed logo, date, shape number and artist Kataro Shirayamadani’s signature are on the bottom of this 5 1/2-inch vase. It has a $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

Treadway looks for warming trend to continue for June 5 auction

Rookwood’s impressed logo, date, shape number and artist Kataro Shirayamadani’s signature are on the bottom of this 5 1/2-inch vase. It has a $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

Rookwood’s impressed logo, date, shape number and artist Kataro Shirayamadani’s signature are on the bottom of this 5 1/2-inch vase. It has a $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

CINCINNATI – Climate change isn’t always about the weather. The climate of the antique market is constantly changing, and Don Treadway of Treadway Gallery is attempting to adjust the thermostat to keep his customers comfortable. Results will be gauged Saturday, June 5, when Treadway conducts his annual Decorative Arts auction at the historic Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.

This major sale, which begins at 10 a.m. Central, includes more than 500 lots, slimmed down a bit from previous Treadway auctions. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

“It’s sort of a sale for the times,” said Treadway, describing the market for antiques as “dicey.”

“Great things are still in demand, the middle is difficult,” said Treadway. “Acknowledging this, we have been particularly stingy with reserves.”

Treadway said saw at his recent auction in Chicago a willingness among buyers to pay fair prices for good items. “So don’t give me something encumbered with a reserve,” he said.

Reflecting the summertime feel of the auction are two fine Rookwood vases that will sell in the first half hour. A graceful bulbous shape vase, 5 1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide, dated 1894 and decorated with sunflowers by Kataro Shirayamadani has a $2,000-$3,000 estimate. A 15-inch-tall Rookwood vase with a Vellum glaze and a finely painted landscape of birch trees by a lake shore, done by Lenore Asbury in 1918, is expected to sell for $3,500-$4,500. A Rookwood Vellum plaque picturing a Venetian boat scene by Ed Diers has a $15,000-$20,000 estimate.

Other Rookwood artists whose works will be available at the auction are E.T. Hurley, Sallie Coyne, J.D. Wareham, Carl Schmidt and Lorinda Epply.

In addition to the featured Rookwood pottery, Treadway will offer Rozane, Weller, Owens, Roseville, with the emphasis on Ohio pottery.

Also included are many examples of Moorcroft, Charley Vyse, Martin Brothers, Royal Doulton, Lachenal, Zsolnay, Ruskin and Bigot.

Buyers will find numerous examples of Arts and Crafts pottery such as Van Briggle, Teco, Wheatley, Fulper, Dedham, several pieces of Newcomb and metalwork by Dirk Van Erp. There is also a collection of WMF metalwork including several rare examples.

American and European art glass includes fine examples by L.C. Tiffany, Tiffany Studios, Gallé, Daum, Muller and Rene Lalique.

A selection of graphic works by Leon Dolice and Gustav Klimt are also listed along with a fine Pedro Lemos pastel. Other artists include John Weis, Victor Casenelli, William Meuttman and Werner Drewes There are several fine Asian vases.

As always, everything is guaranteed, noted Treadway.

For details call Treadway Gallery at 513-321-6742.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.


ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE


A finely painted landscape by Lenore Asbury is covered with a Vellum glaze. The 15-inch Rookwood vase, which is dated 1918, has a $3,500-$4,500 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

A finely painted landscape by Lenore Asbury is covered with a Vellum glaze. The 15-inch Rookwood vase, which is dated 1918, has a $3,500-$4,500 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.


‘On the Riva’ is the title of this Venetian scene painted on a Rookwood Vellum glaze plaque by Ed Diers. It is 20 1/2 inches by 15 inches, including frame. The estimate is $15,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

‘On the Riva’ is the title of this Venetian scene painted on a Rookwood Vellum glaze plaque by Ed Diers. It is 20 1/2 inches by 15 inches, including frame. The estimate is $15,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.


The bronze base of this Tiffany Studios lamp is an unusual form. Topped with a leaded glass shade in the Pomegranate pattern, the lamp is estimated at $15,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

The bronze base of this Tiffany Studios lamp is an unusual form. Topped with a leaded glass shade in the Pomegranate pattern, the lamp is estimated at $15,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.


Rookwood artist Grace Young titled this portrait ‘Ute Squaw + Papoose,’ which she painted on an 11-inch vase dated 1898. This classic example of Rookwood Standard glaze has a $6,000-$8,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.

Rookwood artist Grace Young titled this portrait ‘Ute Squaw + Papoose,’ which she painted on an 11-inch vase dated 1898. This classic example of Rookwood Standard glaze has a $6,000-$8,000 estimate. Image courtesy of Treadway Gallery.