A leader in the field of American Indian Art, Cowan’s has sold over $20 million of Native objects. Live Salesroom Auctions are held twice a year focusing on North American cultural and ethnographic material. Photography of the American Indian and works of art portraying a romantic West by artists such as Henry Farny, Charles Russell, and Joseph Sharp, create a well-rounded auction that attracts aggressive bidding by American Indian and Western art collectors. Online-Only Auctions are also held throughout the year.
PRICES REALIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL OBJECTS
Otoe Ball Club
Sold for: $102,000
Patrocinio Barela (New Mexican, ca 1900-1964) Wood Sculpture
Sold for $36,000
Early Late Classic Navajo Serape
Sold for $123,375
Central Plains Dentalium Shell Wool Dress From the US Children’s Museum on the 19th Century
Sold for $18,000
Roxanne Swentzell The Sandwich Clay Sculpture
Sold for $12,338
Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Feast Bowl
Sold for $111,625