Visions of the West Auction Catalog

AUCTION WEEKEND SEPT 23 & 24

EXHIBITION AND AUCTION

EXHIBITION SEPT 3-18

VISIONS OF THE WEST

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VISIONS OF THE WEST The Visions of the West auction items will be on view from September 3 through September 18 at The Bryan Museum in Galveston, Texas.

Many of the pieces are from the Bill Harris Collection of Native American Artifacts, purchased by a private collector and donated to the Museum for fundraising purposes. The proceeds from the auction benefit the Museum’s educational outreach programs and exhibition development. Auction items include rare Native American artifacts, art, silver, and textiles. The auction also includes contemporary western art, saddles, western memorabilia, rare books and items of historic importance such as a former president’s hat, a Texas land grant and other rare valuables.

Online bidding begins September 3 through Live Auctioneers.

The Visions of the West live auction will take place at The Bryan Museum on Saturday, September 24 at 2 p.m. in the Museum’s conservatory and can also be accessed online by using the QR code below. thebryanmuseum.org/visions

The Bryan Museum is a 501(c) 3 non-profit institution.

Lot 1* Custom Ricardo brand belt buckle sterling silver, elaborately engraved, circa 1940s JA Goodnight Ranch. 2 ½:” x 1 ¾”

Estimated Value: $600-$800 “Charles Goodnight” period engraved silver Brahma Bull motif watch fob.

Estimated Value: $200-$300 Lot 2* Navajo Pueblo – Woman’s wool dance shawl – 1940s.

4’9” x 4’6”

Estimated Value : $350-$450

Lot 3* Clay Bowl – Ute Indian Reservation in SW Colorado –1950s-60s

Estimated Value: $175 - $200

Lot 4 Hopi Basket – 1940s 12” diameter

Estimate Value: $300 – $350

Lot 5* Pima basket – 1970s – 4 ¼” diameter Navajo basket – 1930s – 14” diameter California basket – 1960s – 3”diameter x 2 ½” H

Estimated Value: $750 - $875

Lot 6 Ledger Drawing by Sitting Bull (Oglala Lakota) (unknown – 1876) NOT THE SITTING BULL OF CUSTER FAME. Pencil on paper, unsigned Estimated Value: $2,000 - $3,000 *Items on view at The Bryan Museum

Lot 7* 3 hand-painted feather ornaments – shadow box With nickel silver handle – 1970s With peyote beadings – 1950s With peyote binding – 1980s

Estimated value: $1,750

Lot 8* Plains tribe tomahawk – catlinite, leather, beads, & wood – 1930s, 15” long Estimated value: $375 - $450

Lot 9* Hopi Koshare “clown hat” – painted fabric – 1970s

Estimated Value: $300 - $350

Lot 10* Navajo basket – 1940s – 7 ½” diameter x 4 ½” H

Estimated Value: $250 - $350

Lot 11* Northwest Coast Totem pole – painted wood – 1930s, 12” H Basket - Northwest Quill box, 3” diameter

Estimated Value: $425 - $500

Lot 12 Pottery – Rain god – Tesuque Pueblo – 1940s, 6” H Book – Art of Clay: Timeless Pottery of the Southwest, by Lee Cohen, 1993 Estimate Value: $150.00

Lot 13* Pottery – Figure - Conchita Pueblo – Juana Ortiz –1970s, 5 ¾” H

Estimated Value: $350 - $450

Lot 14* Pottery – Santa Clara Pueblo – Belen Tapia – 1980s – red ware bowl, 9 ½” diameter x 5 ½” H

Estimated Value: $950 – $1,100 Lot 15* Pottery – Bowl– Santa Clara Pueblo – Susan Folwell – 1980s. 7” x 5” H.

Estimated Value: $2,200 – 2,500 Lot 16* Spurs – Mexican Chihuahua-style – 1930s-1940s – excellent condition

Estimated Value: $750 - $1,250

Lot 17* Saddle – A. W. Maier – Fredericksburg, TX maker, marked 1930s-40s – carved stock saddle – outstanding condition Estimated Value: $1,500 - $2,000 Lot 18* Cowboy Hat – Pres. Gerald R. Ford’s special order hat presented by John B. Stetson.

Estimated value: $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 19 Spurs – Oscar Crockett silver-mounted deluxe Texas style – 1930s Estimated Value: $700 - $900

Lot 20* Box – sterling silver, bone & turquoise by Buddy Lee – 1970s. 3” x 1 ¾” Estimated value: $450 - $550

Lot 21* Candlesticks – sterling silver “spur” by Buddy Lee Two Leaves. 6” x 5 ½”

Estimated Value: $750 - $900

Lot 22* 3 Sterling silver pieces – Salt & spoon – 1940s – 50s – Navajo Pueblo, 2 ¾” x 2” Turquoise & silver bolo – Navajo Pueblo – 1950s, 2 ½” x 1 ½” Sterling & turquoise lidded box pendant – O G Mace Pueblo – 1960s, 1 ¾” x 1”H

Estimated Value: $725 - $850

Lot 23* Sterling silver box – carved deer bone scrimshaw – Navajo – 1970s

Estimated Value: $350 - $475

Lot 24 Beaded male doll – Plains style – leather, wood, hair, rawhide shield, 12 ½” H Book – Spirits in the Art: From the Plains and Southwest Indian Cultures by James A. Hanson, 1994 – signed by author. Used. Good condition.

Estimated Value : $750 - $800

Lot 25* 3 items Hopi Kachina doll – 1950s – turkey feather, glass trade beads, 10 ½” H Pueblo dance stick – 1940s – turkey feathers, 19” Strike-a-light beaded bag – brain-tanned deerskin – glass beads - tin cones, 10” x 4”

Estimated Value: $850 - $950

Lot 26* Child’s Vest – Plains style fully beaded – brain-tanned deerskin & intricate beadwork

Estimated Value: $2,750 – 3,500

Lot 27* 3 items Carved turquoise bear – Zuni Pueblo - 2” H Zuni stone fetish Plains design beaded Buffalo – 1930s-1940s

Estimated Value: $500 - $600

Lot 28 Pottery – Owl – Zuni Pueblo – 1920s, 5’ x 4 ¾” Book – Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni by Allan Hayes, John Blom, 1996. Paperback. Very good condition.

Estimated Value: $350 - $450 Lot 29* Pottery – Bowl – Acoma Pueblo – “lightning design” 7” x 5 ¾” H.

Estimated Value: $1,100 - $2,000

Lot 30* Pottery jar – Santa Clara Pueblo – early 1900s, 9” x 11” H

Estimated Value: $1,500 - $2,000

Lot 31* Pottery Jar – Hopi Pueblo – Clinton Pollacca Nampeyo – 1970s, 11” x 6 ½” H

Estimated Value: $1,400 - $2,000

Lot 32* Painting – Wayne Baize – Close to the Land – oil on canvas

Estimated Value: $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 33* Book – A Wonderful Country by Tom Lea. First edition, signed by author, one of ten copies especially boxed with a print of the painting by Tom Lea, Recuerdo de Lagrimas. Explanatory note written and signed by Carl Hertzog.

Estimated Value: $1,000 - $2,000 Lot 34 Book – Randado, 14 pp. text and pictures by Tom Lea. Poetic tribute to an old ranch. 100 numbered and signed copies, of which 25 were for sale, printed by Carl Hertzog at El Paso, Texas – February 1941. This is number 32. Signed: Tom Lea for Bob Suhler, Saludos!

1985.

Letter – handwritten by Tom Lea. December 31, 1985.

Pamphlet – Exhibition of the Fifty Original Drawings

by Tom Lea, April 10 to 14, 1939, Centennial Museum Gallery, El Paso, Texas. Signed by Tom Lea and Carl Hertzog.

Plastic wrapper. Cover has some wear on the corners.

Book – Fort Bliss, El Paso 1848-1948, Carl Hertzog & Tom Lea, designers., 1948. Special Edition of 25 copies printed on Andorra paper. Signed by Tom Lea & Carl Hertzog on colophon page. Fair condition – some wear on corners. Leather folder. 28pp.

Estimated Value: $750 - $1,500 Lot 35 Book – Mustangs and Cow Horses by J. Frank Dobie, First Edition, 1940.

Typical gracious gift inscription by Dobie on the halftitle, Austin, Texas, December 1940. Publication XVI

by Texas Folklore Society. Book jacket is protected by mylar. Mild uniform toning. Buff endpapers illustrated in blue by Harold Bugbee.

Estimated Value: $600 - $750

Lot 36 3 Books – The Journey of Three Englishmen Across Texas in 1568 by E. DeGolyer, 1947. Limited edition, one of 700. Frontispiece and map by José Cisneros.

Includes pamphlet and handwritten note from Carl Hertzog. Dust jacket mylar protected. Excellent condition.

-The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza by Cleve Hallenbeck, 1949. 115 pp. Illustrations and decorations by José Cisneros. Dedicated and signed

by José Cisneros and Carl Hertzog. Double book jacket.

- The Spanish Heritage of the Southwest, Twelve Drawings by José Cisneros. El Paso: Carl Hertzog and the Texas Western Press, 1952. First edition. Also signed by artist José Cisneros. Unpaginated (33pp).

Adobe block print binding over boards.

Estimated Value: $675- $750

Lot 37* Boots – Movie studio, used, circa 1940 – 1950, prop black stovepipe-style high heel boots worn by movie stars George Montgomery and Ward Bond. Excellent condition. Ex Ken Bartlett collection.

Estimated Value: $600 - $800

Lot 38* Spurs – John Nord maker marked circa 2019 card suit inlaid “Marfa Shank” pattern, Texas style cowboy spurs. Bona Allen Saddlery maker marked straps.

Unworn condition.

Estimated value: $1,250 - $1,750

Lot 39* Bronze figures – 4 bronze figures by Tom Knapp Sr. – 1950s. Knapp is a well-known artist from Ruidoso, NM. (Knapp created a life-size bronze of Gene Autry at the Cowboy Hall of Fame). 6” – 7” H.

Estimated Value: $800 - $1,100

Lot 40* Rug – Ganado rug, 1930s – 8’ x 4’1”

Estimated Value: $1,200 - $1,500

Lot 41 Beaded flap bag – Plains style – turkey feathers, tin cones, leather. 8” x 25 ½” – in shadow box.

Estimated value: $450 - $600

Lot 42* 4 Sterling Silver items Sterling silver & turquoise box – Pueblo 1940s, 1” x 1 ¼” Sterling silver mountain lion w/opal – Great Northwest 1970s, 1 ½” oval Sterling silver “Thunderbird” 1940s, Navajo, 2” x 1” Sterling silver & turquoise rabbit – Pueblo, 1 ¼”

Estimated value: $950 - $1,050

Lot 43 Book - George Catlin. Westward Bound. A Hundred Years Ago. 1939. Sketches by Tom Lea.

Estimated Value: $500 - $650

Lot 44 Saddle – Herman H. Heiser, Denver, Colorado makermarked late trail drive era half-seat stock saddle.

Square skirt, Sam Stagg rigged. Circa 1880-1890s.

Excellent restored condition.

Estimated Value : $1,750 - $2,250

Lot 45* Pottery – San Felipe Pueblo, Kevin Trancosa, 1997, 10” H. T

Estimated Value: $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 46* Pottery – Vase, Zia Pueblo, Sofia Medina 1970s – rare – 12” diameter x 10” H

Estimated Value: $1,200 - $2,000

Lot 47* Sterling Silver Flask – Navajo Gun powder flask, hand-made sterling silver 1940 – 1950s. 4 ½” x 3”

Estimated Value: $300 - $350 Lot 48* 3 Sterling Silver boxes – Sterling Silver box with Turquoise, 2” diameter, 1960s Zuni Sterling Silver & turquoise fetish box 1 ½” diameter, 1970s Great Northwest Sterling Silver box with deer/ram 1 ¼” x 1” H

Estimated Value: $700 - $850 Lot 49* 3 items Pueblo carved wood “corn stick” 13” 4 wood & turkey dance sticks Wood ladle, Plains Indians, 1940s

Estimated Value: $450 - $550

Lot 50 2 items Necklace – Plains style wrap-rope beading necklace, brass beads, elk teeth, bone & leather, 10” x 27” Rattle – bull testicle rawhide rattle with horsehair, 1890s, 10”

Estimated Value: $800 - $910

Lot 51 Painting by Mary Baxter Low Clouds, 2022 oil on panel 10 x 8 in Framed 11.50 x 9.50 in

Estimated Value: $900 – $1,100

Lot 52 Painting by Mary Baxter Grey Clouds Study, BBNP, 2022 oil on panel 10 x 8 in Framed 11.50 x 9.50 in

Estimated Value: $900 - $1,100

Lot 53 Painting by Ricardo Robles The Round Up, Oil, 22” x 28”

Estimated Value: $ 1,300 - $2,000

Lot 54 Stories and Art - 9 “coffee table” books 1. The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art, Edited by W. S. Penn, 1996 2. Maria by Richard L Spivey, [Maria Poveka Martinez is the most famous of Pueblo potters from San Ildefonso.] 1979. Hardcover.

3. Dancing Colors: Paths of Native American Women, compiled by C.J. Brafford and Laine Thom, 1992.

4. Clay People: Pueblo Indian Figurative Traditions, compiled and edited by Jonathan Batkin, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 1999.

Paperback 5. Indian Silver Smithing by W. Ben Hunt, a complete how-to guide for everyone who appreciates the beauty of American Indian jewelry. 1960. Paperback.

6. The Enduring Navaho by Laura Gilpin, 1984.

Hardcover. University of Texas Press 7. All Roads are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture, published by The Smithsonian Institute in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, 1994, 224pp. Paperback.

8. Art of the American Indian Frontier: The ChandlerPohrt Collection, by David W. Penny, Detroit Institute of Art, Hardcover, 1992.

9. Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets, by Robert W. Kapoun, 1992. Hardcover

Estimated Value: $ 50 - $65

Lot 55* 1 Sterling Silver Ashtray – Navajo, 1962, Gallup, NM. Presentation piece, using a 1940s design, 3” x 3”.

2 1930s cigarette holders, one with horn (possibly Taxco, Mexico), 2 ½” x 3” L

Estimated Value : $450 - $600

Lot 56* Sterling silver and Turquoise box, signed by J D – Pueblo, 4” x 2 ½” H, 1960s

Estimated Value: $650 - $750

Lot 57* Zuni Bear – made by Leekya Family. 4 ¾ x 2 ½” H.

Estimated value: $225 - $350

Lot 58* Pottery Vase – Nambe Pueblo, Robert Vigil, 1980s, mica in the clay, 9” x 10 ¾”.

Estimated Value: $400 - $500

Lot 59* Pottery Pitcher – Picuris Pueblo – Anthony Durand, mica in clay/slip, 8” x 7” H. Estimated Value: $450.00

Lot 60* Pottery Vase – Picuris Pueblo, Anthony Durand, olla shape, mica in clay/slip, 9 ½” x 10 ½” H.

Estimated Value: $750 - $900

Lot 61* Pottery Bowl – Laguna Pueblo, Andrew Padilla, 1990.

7 ½” x 11” diameter.

Estimated Value: $1,700 - $2,200

Lot 62* Hopi Kachina – Sterling and Turquoise, design by Buddy Lee, 10”H, 1970s

Estimated Value : $1,200 - $1,500

Lot 63 Beadwork – Rope Bridle, Plains style wrap rope bridle, beaded leather, conch shell, iron bit, 1970s.

Estimated Value: $650 - $750

Lot 64* 3 items – Navajo squash blossom “dance stick” Red Navajo rattle Beaded strike-a-light

Estimated Value: $650 - $725

Lot 65* Pair Apache leggings, 1940s, Leather with brass buttons

Estimated Value: $350 - $500

Lot 66* Canteen – Acoma Pueblo, 1940s, 4” x 5”, Estimated Value: $225 - $300

Lot 67* Pottery- Bowl, Acoma Pueblo, Marie Zieu Chino.

1970s, 5” diameter

Estimate Value: $200 - $350

Lot 68* Wood eagle – Navajo, carved wood, 1950s, 11” x 22” (one foot has been reattached) Estimated Value: $400 - $500

Lot 69* Pottery – Vase, Navajo, Alice Cling, no glaze, stone polished, coil built, 7” x 8 ½” H.

Estimated Value: $1,800 - $2,500

Lot 70* Pottery – Clay Jar, Santa Clara Pueblo, Dusty Naranjo, 1980s, 5 ½” x 4 ¼”H.

Estimated Value: $650 - $775

Lot 71* Pottery – Bowl, Cochiti Pueblo, ceremonial bowl, 1920s, lizard inside the bowl, 9 ½” diameter, 4 ½” H Estimated Value: $1,400 - $2,000

Lot 72* Pottery – Clay Basket, Isleta Pueblo, 1920/30s, 4” x 5”H

Estimated Value: $225 - $300

Lot 73 Textiles – Saddle blanket, 28” x 32” Estimated Value: $275 - $350

Lot 74* Textiles – Navajo Rug, 1930s, 14” x 38”

Estimated Value: $275 - $350

Lot 75* Pottery – Box, San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1930s, 4” x 5 ¼”, Estimated Value: $375 - $500

Lot 76* Pottery – Basket, Laguna Pueblo, 1920s, 4 ½ x 5 ½” H

Estimated Value: $300 - $450

Lot 77 Dance sticks – Pair, deer dew claws, leather, beads, horsehair, 27”

Estimated Value: $400 - $475

Lot 78* Pottery – Pot, Maricopa Pueblo, ceremonial pot, 1920/30s, symbol for the 4 directions, 7 ½” x 7”H

Estimated Value: $350 - $450

Lot 79* Pottery -Tray, Red Ware, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1930s, 11” diameter.

Estimated Value: $650 - $800

Lot 80* Kachina, Navajo, 1950s, 16 ½”

Estimated Value: $450 - $525

Lot 81* Pottery – Pitcher, Santa Domingo Pueblo, 1940s, 6” x 8”H

Estimated Value: $250 - $350

Lot 82 Land Grant. An original land grant to Eliza DeWitt of the DeWitt colony

Estimated Value: $7,000 - $8,500

Lot 83* Pottery – Canteen, Acoma Pueblo, 1930/40s, 6 ½” x 6 ½”

Estimated Value: $475 - $550

Lot 84* Navajo Memory Aid Painting on Fabric – approx. 40 years old. 27” x 27” framed.

Estimated Value: $350 - $450

Lot 85* Hopi Kachina – design by Buddy Lee Two Leaves, Sterling and Turquoise, 1970’s, 12”H.

Estimated Value: $2,700 - $3,200

Lot 86* Painting – Texas Hill Country, Robert William Wood (1889-1979), oil on canvas, 25”x30”, framed, signed L/R.

Estimated Value: $6,000 - $8,000

Lot 87* Painting – Autumn in the Hill Country, 1965, Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973), oil on canvas, 24”x36”, framed Estimated Value: $20,000 - $25,000

Art Untamed is the first night of the contemporary western artists showcase. The goal of Art Untamed is to highlight the works of five masters of contemporary western art and to raise money not only for the artists themselves but also for The Bryan Museum’s educational programs and exhibitions. Your ticket includes an artist talk, a fixedprice intent to purchase drawing, hosted cocktail reception, live music and gourmet hors d’ouevres.

thebryanmuseum.org/visions/ 1315 21st St., Galveston, TX (409) 632-7685