These days, fans of Western American art should feel a bit like kids let loose in a candy store. The opportunities to enjoy fine Western art have never been greater. In recent years, new museums have been built and several established museums have expanded, renovated and reconfigured its galleries to showcase collections of Western art.
The rise in stature within the greater art world is further recognized at auctions, with record-breaking prices being realized for works by Western artist

October 2013
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- Dibs on Doc
- Son of a Gunfighter
- From Silver Screen to Gun Room
- The Lovable Liar
- Mountain Charlie
- History Mystery Solved? Hiding in Plain Sight
- Favorite Docs on Film
- Robert Taylor Westerns
- Uptop in the Spanish Peaks
- New Mexico: A History
- The Call of the Road
- Soaking Up the Truth
- October 2013 Events
- Vested Interest
- The Beef Craze
- Blood, Glory & Greed in Texas
- The Outlaws: Tales of Bad Guys Who Shaped the Wild West
- Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1854
- History and Art Along the High Road
- Willcox, Arizona
- Of Grave Concern: An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery
- King of the Covers
- Extraordinary Art of the West
- What is Stuart Lake’s middle name?
- What information do you have on that old cowboy staple, coffee?
- What happened to Etta Place?
- The June issue shows Doc Holliday’s tombstone in the Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Is that his real burial spot?
- Rough Drafts 10/13
- How common was postmortem photography in the Old West?