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Cree beaded saddle rides to impressive result at New Frontier

Cree beaded saddle that sold for $18,250 ($21,900 with buyer’s premium) at New Frontier Western Show & Auction.

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LOVELAND, Colo. — A Cree beaded saddle rode far past its expectations at New Frontier Western Show & Auction on August 26. Full auction results can be viewed at LiveAuctioneers.

The stunning beaded saddle was estimated at $1,600-$2,500 but sold to an internet bidder for a whopping $18,250 ($21,900 with buyer’s premium). With a detailed floral pattern realized in classic Cree fashion, the lot ended up as the top item for the entire sale.

A Hamley trophy saddle won by George Weir as the 1915 Steer Roping Champion at the Pendleton Round-Up was the top saddle lot in the sale, bringing $5,500 ($6,600 with buyer’s premium).

A horsehair bridle made in Deer Lodge Penitentiary in Montana with a bold mixture of pink and green beat its low estimate of $3,700 to hammer at $4,500 ($5,400 with buyer’s premium).

Vintage Native American apparel is always in demand, as evidenced by the results for this Sioux war shirt. It made its low estimate of $4,500 ($5,400 with buyer’s premium).

Click here to view the complete sale results at LiveAuctioneers.

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Cree beaded saddle that sold for $18,250 ($21,900 with buyer’s premium) at New Frontier Western Show & Auction.
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Hamley trophy saddle won by George Weir in 1915, which sold for $5,500 ($6,600 with buyer’s premium) at New Frontier Western Show & Auction.
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Horsehair bridle made in a Montana prison, which sold for $4,500 ($5,400 with buyer’s premium) at New Frontier Western Show & Auction.
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Sioux war shirt, which sold for $4,500 ($5,400 with buyer’s premium) at New Frontier Western Show & Auction.
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New Frontier to auction prized Old West & Native artifacts from major collections, Aug. 26

Show-stopping late-1890s Sioux buckskin war shirt decorated with pony beads, trimmed with fringe and accented by uncommon trade-cloth trim. Great eye appeal. Estimate $4,500-$6,500

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Collectors of genuine Old West, cowboy and Native American art and relics are getting ready to “saddle up” and head out to historic Cheyenne, Wyoming for one of the year’s most spirited gatherings: New Frontier’s big August 25-27 Show & Auction at the Laramie County Event Center at Archer. Absentee and live-online auction bidding will be available during the auction through LiveAuctioneers.

angora chaps antique firearm antique gun Arapahoe beaded vest buckskin war shirt ceremonial dance shield chaps Cheyenne cowboy cowboy boots cowboy memorabilia Cree Deer Lodge bridle G.S. Garcia spurs Hamley horsehair bridle Indian beadwork Indian dance shield knife knives Mehl Lawson moccasins Montana State Prison bridle Monte Montana Native American Native American beadwork Native American textiles Old West Pendleton Round-up pipe tomahawk Plains Indians prison bridle saddle Sioux spurs tomahawk trade cloth trophy saddle vaquero Walla Walla bridle Washington State Penitentiary bridle Western art Western bronze Western sculpture

Native American artists enliven John Moran Art of the American West sale, June 6

Detail of Osuitok Ipeelee’s ‘Tauvinik, (a ‘qallupilluit’ ghost figure), estimated at $4,000-$6,000

Osuitok Ipeelee, ‘Tauvinik, (a ‘qallupilluit’ ghost figure), estimated at $4,000-$6,000 — Osuitok Ipeelee, ‘Tauvinik, (a ‘qallupilluit’ ghost figure),’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000

LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers will present its Art of the American West sale Tuesday, June 6, starting at noon Pacific time. The auction will consist of more than 250 lots and will feature an exciting and robust offering of fine art for a wide range of collecting aesthetics from historic to contemporary. There will be 60 lots of traditional and contemporary Navajo and Pueblo silver jewelry. Western interiors can be accented and refreshed by Navajo blankets, Pueblo pottery, and a variety of Inuit figures. Furnishings from the American Arts & Crafts movement are represented by leaded glass lamps, a pair of Samuel Yellin table scones, and Stickley Brothers copper. This sale will also present a capsule collection from Rex Chase, a healthcare executive from Berkley, California. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Grace Carpenter Hudson John Moran John Moran Auctioneers Late Classic Moki blanket Mark Tahbo Navajo textiles Oscar Howe Osuitok Ipeelee Sioux Sioux beaded doctor’s bag

Sketchbook draws attention to Hindman Native American Art sale, Apr. 21

Rosebud Agency sketchbook with images by a Native artist known as Jack, estimated at $50,000-$75,000

CINCINNATI – Hindman’s Friday, April 21 Native American Art auction will be anchored by a strong selection of 19th-century ledger art, highlighted by a one-of-a-kind Rosebud Agency sketchbook by a Native artist known as “Jack,” which descended directly through the family of Captain Charles A.H. McCauley and is estimated at $50,000-$75,000. The ledger art, alongside the 19th-century weaponry and beadwork, portrays warriors and life on the Plains. The sale also features material from the Eastern Woodlands and Great Lakes, historic and modern Puebloan pottery and paintings, and ethnographic objects from the Arctic. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

19th-century ledger art ball club Great Lakes hide shirt Hindman Maria and Julian Martinez Native American art Northwest Coast redware Rosebud Agency sketchbook Sioux Sioux quilled and beaded hide shirt

Lost portrait of Sitting Bull, painted from life, to be auctioned March 18 in Florida

Caroline Weldon (NY, 1844-1921) portrait from life of Lakota chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890). To be auctioned March 18 by Blackwell Auctions in Clearwater, Fla., with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – On March 18, 2023, Blackwell Auctions will offer a painting of one of the most historically important figures of the 19th century, Lakota chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890). American history will forever denote Sitting Bull as the dynamic military, spiritual and political leader who united the Sioux people to defeat US General George Armstrong Custer at Little Big Horn in 1876.

American Indian Caroline Weldon Custer Lakota Little Big Horn Native American oil painting portrait Sioux Sitting Bull

June 9 auction features Native American art dealer Forrest Fenn’s collection

Large Cochiti pottery storage jar, est. $20,000-$30,000

CINCINNATI – Hindman Auctions will present Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn on Thursday, June 9. A prominent Santa Fe, New Mexico dealer and collector, Fenn became internationally recognized for his hidden treasure. The collection exemplifies a lifetime of passion for Native American art while also demonstrating Fenn’s enthusiasm for discovery and history. Just as he enjoyed creating puzzles for others to ponder, he also found joy in uncovering and musing about his own treasures. This will be the first of two auctions offering selections from Fenn’s personal Native American art collection, with the second to be presented in the fall of 2022. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

bear claw necklace Cochiti pottery Cochiti pottery storage jars Forrest Fenn Hindman Hindman auctions Native American art Photographs Pueblo pottery Quanah Parker Sioux Sioux bear claw necklace Sioux twisted pipe stem Sitting Bull twisted pipe stem

Hindman’s $1.1M Native American art sale sets record for moccasins

Sioux fully beaded buffalo hide moccasins, $40,625

CINCINNATI – The collection of Claude “Henry” Withers and the John Baldwin Trust led the way in Hindman’s $1,185,656 April 15 Native American Art auction. Copper items from the Withers collection received significant interest from bidders, packing Hindman’s Cincinnati saleroom and achieving top prices. Revered collector and author John Baldwin’s collection also shone, with lots such as a grizzly bear claw necklace selling for $37,500 against a presale estimate of $20,000-30,000. Textiles from the collection of Bruce and Claire Montgomerie also were among top performers.

buffalo hide buffalo hide moccasins buffalo hide shot pouch copper dagger grizzly bear claw necklace Hindman late Archaic period moccasins Native American art Sioux Sioux moccasins Yankton Sioux beaded buffalo hide shot pouch

Hindman to auction peerless Native American art collection Nov. 3

Fritz Scholder, ‘Indian with Blue Aura,’ est. $10,000-$15,000

DENVER – Hindman Auctions will present the Marilyn Eber Collection of Native American Art, a dedicated single-owner auction, on November 3. Denver native Marilyn Eber was an art devotee and a passionate collector of historic and contemporary Native American Art. The offering includes several outstanding lots such as artwork by Fritz Scholder, Earl Biss, Kevin Redstar, Tony Da and Richard Zane Smith. Modern and historic beadwork, pre-historic to modern pueblo pottery and Native American jewelry will also be offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

beaded cradle Fritz Scholder Hindman Kiowa Native American art Native American cradle Sioux Tony Da

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