After a successful auction this summer that racked up $17.5 million in sales, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction is returning with the Online Sale on November 13 featuring around 85 lots. 
Nick Eggenhofer (1897-1985), Stage to Tucson, 1962, gouache on paper, 13 x 24” Estimate: $3/5,000
“This is our second-annual online sale and already this one has more lots than the first year, which only had 62,” says auction partner Mike Overby. “Some of the lots were pieces that came in too late for our summer sale, and then some others that were part of multi-year collections from single owners. We also have some really great pieces that didn’t find buyers in the summer, and now we’re showing them again with dropped and highly attractive estimates.”
Bob Kuhn (1920-2007), Fallen Giant, acrylic on board, 12 x 15” Estimate: $20/30,000
Highlights from the sale include Albert Bierstadt’s Hanabach, Westphalia, Germany (est. $30/50,000), Maurice Braun’s Landscape (est. $6/9,000), a 40-inch-tall version of Cyrus Dallin’s Appeal to the Great Spirit (est. $8/12,000), Bob Kuhn’s forest scene Fallen Giant (est. $20/30,000) and Joseph Henry Sharp’s Spirit of Peace (est. $20/30,000).
John Hampton (1918-1999), Damn Birds, 1976, watercolor on paper, 14 x 21” Estimate: $3/5,000
Two strong Old West pieces include Nick Eggenhofer’s Stage to Tucson and John Hampton’s Damn Birds, showing a unique scene of two riders encountering a herd of cattle and a flock of geese. Both are estimated at $3,000 to $5,000 each. A pair of Ross Stefan paintings will also be offered, one of which is Canyon Heritage (est. $3/5,000), showing a trio of Native American figures in traditional clothing.
Returning pieces from the July sale include Eanger Irving Couse’s Repose (est. $50/75,000) and Grandma Moses’ The Church in the Hills (est. $70/100,000).
Ross Stefan (1934-1999), Canyon Heritage, oil on canvas, 18 x 24” Estimate: $3/5,000
Maurice Braun (1877-1941), Landscape, oil on board, 20 x 24” Estimate: $6/9,000
Overby says that online participation is increasing year after year in their summer sale, so an online-only auction just makes a lot of sense. “We did $4 million just in online sales this year, four times what our highest point was previously—excluding 2020, which was all online. We are seeing huge growth in our online platforms, especially as our collectors are getting up to speed on the technology,” he says. “It’s so easy and convenient, we’re even seeing bidders using the app when they are in the room during sales.”
Bidding for the online sale will take place through Bidsquare and the entire catalog will be available online after October 16. The sale will take place with a live auctioneer. —
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction’s 2021 Online Sale
November 13, 2021
(208) 772-9009,
www.cdaartauction.com
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