“Expect great things of art. Hope to be moved by it—to happiness, to reflection; even, if need be, to sorrow. Ask very much of art. And art, great art, will answer us.” —Rockwell Kent When I learned, as we were preparing this issue, that a pencil drawing by Will James will set you back $25,000, I knew Western art had blasted through the stratosphere. And with Remington and Russell oils in the $1 mil to $5 mil zone, think about this: in Charlie’s day, you could have probably bough


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