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Auction Name
Western Stories: Illustration Art Showcase Auction
Auction Date
07/29/2025 - 07/29/2025
Sale Number
#15258
Total Lots
72
Sold Lots
67
Lots Sold
93.06%
Unsold Lots
5
Total Sales (USD)
81,378.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
71,040.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
106,560.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
95,440.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
143,160.00
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
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
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
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
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
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    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.