Buzzer Beater at Scottsdale Art Auction
In May, Scottsdale Art Auction received a call after the close of its annual sale in April. A buyer was interested in one of the unsold works from the sale. These calls are common following sales all around the country. This isn’t normally news, but the piece the caller was inquiring about was Charles M. Russell’s The Broken Rope, the April sale’s cover lot and the big showstopping piece many were watching very closely. “After the sale, we heard from a couple different prospective buyers who expressed interest,” says auction partner Brad Richardson. “We had a firm commitment from one of them, and we later sold it to them for $5.2 million. Ultimately, it got sold, which was our goal for all of the works we offer.”
The sale of The Broken Rope offers a unique opportunity to remind collectors that all unsold works at auction are available immediately after the sale, and sometimes longer. If you missed your chance to bid on a work, there is still time to make that call and see if it’s available. And don’t forget there will also be other callers, so that window to get a work that slipped through your fingers is often very small and closes quickly. —
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