Art collectors were not surprised that the world-famous cowboy artist Charles M. Russell got his highest sale of the year with an American Indian artwork.
After all, the auction record for Russell holds at $5 million for Piegans, his luminous 1918 painting featuring four Indians on horseback crossing a meadow.
But some had to feel like the art gods were smiling on them when both the study and the final watercolor hit the auction block.
During a celebration marking the 150th anniversary
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