It’s fitting that an Olaf C. Seltzer painting of C.M. Russell on his horse Monte appeared in the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction this past year, as the two artists are connected in a modern-day lawsuit.
Three years ago, the auction house, based in Hayden, Idaho, accepted the painting Lassoing a Longhorn, bearing a Russell signature and the date 1913. Yet, firm co-owner Bob Drummond had some concerns about the painting, so he asked Steve Seltzer, the grandson of Russell’s contemporary, Olaf C.
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