For those collectors who can afford to spend a million and some change, this was a great year to score some fantastic pieces by Howard Terpning. The record-breaking Captured Ponies (above) hammered in for $1.7 million at Scottsdale Art Auction. (The auction house also sold Mystic Power of the War Shield for $1.3 million and Leader of Men for $850,000.)
Most of Terpning’s fans could not even come close to ponying up those dollars, but they could afford to shell out a few bucks for his retros

January 2013
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- Our Favorite Western Reads of 2012
- Was Wyatt Earp the model for the Peace Officer statue?
- What can you tell me about the badges of the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West lawmen also work as preachers?
- Burns’s Biographer
- Lee Anderson
- Tapped Out!
- True West’s Best Art & Collectibles of 2012
- The First 60 Years of True West Magazine
- Trailing Billy
- Heritage Travel of 2012
- Firearms of 2012
- Our Favorite Western Music of 2012
- True Westerner of 2013
- Western Wear of 2012
- True West’s Best Movies, TV Series & DVDs of 2012
- True West’s Best of the West 2013 Winners
- What was the 1862 Dakota War?