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lutely fascinating. e deeper I got into it, I watched the movie and contacted the historical researchers.”

Bailey says the painting was special because it is “vastly superior to the other two Weldon painted. e value of the painting was based on its subject matter and its dramatic history, not the popularity of the artist or broad demand for the artist’s work, which is usually what drives the value of a piece of art.”

Daniel Guggisberg, historian and researcher, told ICT that the portrait was not done from a sitting, one of several revisions to the story that was portrayed in the 2017 lm featuring Jessica Chastain as Weldon and Michael Greyeyes as Sitting Bull.

“It is based on a portrait made by photographers Palmquist & Jurgens of Minneapolis in March 1884,” Guggisberg said.. “ e other two known paintings of Sitting Bull she made are based on photographs, notably by William Notman & Son of Montreal, taken in August 1885 while Sitting Bull toured with Bu alo Bill’s Wild West. She did not paint from life - would not have the means to do so and Sitting Bull certainly would not have agreed to sit for a painted portrait for hours or days on end. Caroline Weldon certainly had artistic talent, but not beyond an amateur’s level.”

Weldon went to see Sitting Bull (18311890) in the late 1880s to help him politically, not to paint him. She ended up staying and moving into his camp at the Standing Rock Reservation with his family.

Guggisberg said that “the painting presumably was made while Caroline Weldon had brie y returned to Brooklyn in the latter part of 1889 and early 1890. e date on the painting is 1890.”

Weldon is believed to have sold the painting to the man whose heirs recently put it up for auction.

“As far as I know, no painting by Carolyn Weldon has ever sold at auction,” Guggisberg said. “While the story in the lm was greatly changed, even without the motion picture, I still think this would’ve been an amazing piece because of the story.”

Bailey said Weldon endured a lot of heat — even physical violence — for promoting Native rights in the late 1800s.

Bailey said he started the bids on March 18 at $20,000 and said the nal sales gure was reached in about two minutes.

“It didn’t have any bids on it to start with, advanced bids, pre-op option bids,” he said. “ ere were several people that just got on when the option started and it ran to where it ran. at’s one of those pieces that could have gone anywhere. “

Bailey said the seller is granddaughter of William Lafayette Darling, a railroad engineer from St. Paul that was involved in the construction of the Northern Paci c Line at the time that went through the Dakotas on to Montana and Idaho. He is believed to have purchased the painting from Weldon. When he died in 1938, the painting went to his daughter and then to her daughter in 1990. e painting will soon be shipped to the new owner.

“We’ve been in touch with the buyer and it’s been hanging up here on the wall for several weeks now,” he said.

“I’m looking at it right now.”

Bailey said the auction house does not release details about the buyer.

“I can say that they’re in the Northeast and I hope they loan or exhibit it,” he said. “It’s not something I can even fathom somebody just poking down a hallway and looking at once in a while. I just don’t see that happening. I think it’s going to show up again and I think it’s going to show up at a museum, perhaps by a private collector. e best I’ll say is, that is what I hope is the outcome.”

Sandra Hale Schulman, of Cherokee Nation descent, has been writing about Native issues since 1994.

Thu 4/27

Eeland Stribling: Fly Fishing Clinic

@ 7am 16th street mall--Denver, Co., 1555-1599

Arapahoe St, Denver

Argo Gold Mine Tour & Lunch in Idaho Springs (4/27)

@ 4pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Eric Golden @ 7pm Vfw Post 7945, 10217 Quivas St, Thornton

Sat 4/29

Family Fun Friday- Jewelry Making @ 12am

Apr 29th - Apr 28th

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Justin Garber Live at Odde's Music Grill @ 6pm Odde's Music Grill, 9975 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

7th annual Colorado Holistic Fair @ 10am / Free-$15

Apr 29th - Apr 30th

Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton. holis ticfairs@gmail.com, 970-472-0200

Anavrin's Day: Hoffbrau

Thursday!

@ 9pm Hoffbrau, 9110 Wadsworth Pkwy, Westminster

Fri 4/28

Potluck (4/28)

@ 5pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona

Diamondbacks

@ 6:40pm / $8-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Mojomama at Oskars

@ 7:30pm

Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St, Longmont

Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down @ Trailside Saloon @ 8pm Trailside Saloon, 10360 Colorado Blvd, Thornton

Girl Scout Journey in a Day:

Think Like A Citizen Scientist @ 10am / Free Bird Conservancy's Environmental Learning Center, 14500 Lark Bunting Lane, Brighton. 303-6594348 ext. 53

Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona

Diamondbacks @ 6:10pm / $9-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Sun 4/30

Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks @ 1:10pm / $8-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Blue Heron Half & 5K @ 8am / $30-$55

Campground Lane, Brighton

Mon 5/01

May Before Care @ 7am / $5

May 1st - May 31st

French American School of Denver, 2350 N. Gaylord St., Denver. 720-966-1380

Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers @ 6:40pm / $6-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Den‐ver

Wed 5/03

Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers @ 6:40pm / $6-$300

Coors Field, 2001 Blake St., Denver

Kids sew - Felt �owers @ 2pm

Anythink Brighton, 327 East Bridge Street, Brighton. rbowman @anythinklibraries.org, 303-4053230

May Flowers @ 7pm

May 1st - May 15th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Body Blitz Bootcamp @ 11:30pm

May 1st - Jun 7th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Tue 5/02

Ocean Animals @ 4pm May 2nd - May 16th

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Tee Ball Baseball @ 11pm

May 2nd - May 30th

Pearson Park, Hwy 52 & Hwy 85, Fort Lupton. 303-857-4200

Damn Yankees @ 7:30pm

Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada

Thu 5/04

Family Makerspace @ 12am

May 4th - May 3rd

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Storytime in the Park @ 3pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Snacks and spells: Saltmarsh @ 4:30pm

Anythink Huron Street, 9417 Huron Street, Thornton. swhitelonis@any thinklibraries.org, 303-452-7534

Amazing Athletes @ 7pm

May 4th - May 25th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760