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Heritage Auctions: Western Stories: Illustration Art Showcase Auction

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Auction Name	Western Stories: Illustration Art Showcase Auction	Total Sales (USD)	81,378.00
Auction Date	July 29, 2025 - July 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	71,040.00
Sale Number	#15258	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	106,560.00
Total Lots	72
Sold Lots	67	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	95,440.00
% of Lots Sold	93.06%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	143,160.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	56.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
17036	John Philip Falter (American, 1910-1982)	New School Marm, 1975 Oil on canvas 22 x 28 inches (55.9 x 71.1 cm)	1975	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 10,625.00
17017	Robert McGinnis (American, 1926-2025)	Sound of Gunfire paperback cover, 1956 Watercolor and gouache on board 18 x 12-1/4 inches (45.7 x 31.1 cm)	1956	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 9,375.00
17037	Morton Kunstler (American, 1931-2025)	Boundary Line, The Trespassers paperback cover, 1980 Oil on canvas 33 x 25 inches (83.8 x 63.5 cm)	1980	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,250.00
17014	Walter Martin Baumhofer (American, 1904-1987)	Home for Christmas, Argosy pulp magazine cover, December 1954 Oil on canvas 31-1/4 x 30 inches (79.4 x 76.2 cm)	1954	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 4,125.00
17043	Sam Cherry (American, 1903-1975)	The Man Who Tamed Texas, Ace-High pulp magazine cover, April 1947 Oil on canvasboard 24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)	1947	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 3,875.00
17009	Hy (Henry) Hintermeister (American, 1897-1970)	Springer Spaniel Family Oil on canvas 24 x 32 inches (61.0 x 81.3 cm)		USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 3,375.00
17045	Rafael Desoto (American, 1904-1992)	Hell Rims These Guns, 10 Stories Western pulp magazine cover, August 1951 Oil on board 16-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches (41.9 x 33.7 cm)	1951	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 3,250.00
17007	Adelaide Hiebel (American , 1879-1965)	Hiawatha's Honeymoon, 1932 Pastel on canvas 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)	1932	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,000.00
17044	Rafael DeSoto (American, 1904-1992)	Hell Rims These Guns, Fifteen Western Tales pulp magazine cover, October 1949 Oil on board 20 x 13-1/2 inches (50.8 x 34.3 cm)	1949	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 2,750.00
17047	Robert Stanley (American, 1918-1996)	The Call of the Canyon, Zane Grey's Western pulp magazine cover, May 1951 Oil on board 15 x 12 inches (38.1 x 30.5 cm)	1951	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,750.00
17040	American Artist (20th Century)	Bright Story, Top-Notch pulp magazine cover, June 20, 1914 Oil on canvas 28 x 22 inches (71.1 x 55.9 cm)	1914	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 2,375.00
17010	Lynn Bogue Hunt (American, 1878-1969)	Broken Fang paperback cover and interiors (three works), 1935 Gouache on Whatman watercolor board 13-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (33.7 x 26.0 cm)	1935	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,000.00
17038	Morton Kunstler (American, 1931-2025)	Amber's Mirage paperback cover, 1982 Oil on board 17-1/2 x 23-1/2 inches (44.5 x 59.7 cm)	1982	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,000.00
17049	Alex Schomburg (American, 1905-1998)	Air Patrol Gouache on board 18-1/4 x 15 inches (46.4 x 38.1 cm)		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,000.00
17053	William Henry Dethlef Koerner (American, 1878-1938)	The Walk to the County Fair, 1916 Oil on canvas 20 x 27 inches (50.8 x 68.6 cm)	1916	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,875.00
17006	Harold Anderson (American, 1894-1973)	Cowboy Lounge Oil on board 23 x 28-1/4 inches (58.4 x 71.8 cm)		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,562.50
17012	Verne Tossey (American, 1920-2002)	Wear a Fast Gun paperback cover, 1956 Oil on canvasboard 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)	1956	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,375.00
17050	Herbert Morton Stoops (American, 1888-1948)	Lady Bluebeard, Cosmopolitan magazine interior, August 1924 Oil on canvas 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)	1924	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,125.00
17016	Al Rossi (American, 1927-2004)	Sheriff's Don't Last Long Here, STAG pulp magazine interior, February 1959 Gouache on board 25 x 22 inches (63.5 x 55.9 cm)	1959	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,062.50
17018	Carl E. Hantman (American, b. 1935)	Hangrope Town paperback cover, 1964 Acrylic on board 16-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (41.3 x 26.0 cm)	1964	USD 560.00 - 840.00	USD 1,000.00
17015	Walter Martin Baumhofer (American, 1904-1987)	The Lynching, American Weekly interior, May 2, 1954 Oil on canvas 23 x 23 inches (58.4 x 58.4 cm)	1954	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 875.00
17046	Murray Muldofsky (1926-2023)	Guns of the Vengeful Giant Western pulp magazine cover, October 1953 Oil on board 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)	1953	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 875.00
17027	Stanley Walter Galli (American, 1912-2009)	Black Fox paperback cover, 1972 Watercolor and ink on board 22-1/4 x 16 inches (56.5 x 40.6 cm)	1972	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 812.50
17042	Fred R. Glass (American, 1879-1973)	Hard Riding Slim Magee, West pulp magazine cover, March 31, 1928 Mixed media on board 22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm)	1928	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 750.00
17029	Robert Maguire (American, 1921-2005)	December Wine paperback cover, 1982 Oil on board 30 x 38-1/2 inches (76.2 x 97.8 cm)	1982	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 625.00

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