Dead horses and dead men can be a hard sell in 2014, but not when it comes to a Charlie Russell painting.
So says eminent Russell scholar Brian Dippie, who received the C.M. Russell Heritage Award from the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, during its auction benefit this March.
The $1.25 million bid for Russell’s Offering a Truce (Bested) confirmed the cowboy artist’s enduring appeal. The painting broke a record for the live auction on March 22, which raised funds for the mu
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