Art of the American West
Updated September 19, 2026
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| Date | September 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. |
| Location | Monrovia, California, 91016 · more auctions in Monrovia |
| Lots | 429 |
| Estimates | $75 – $70,000 |
What's in this auction
429 lots, mostly jewelry & watches (72), pottery, china & glass (60), antiques & furniture (20), fine art & prints (13). 429 lots have photos and 428 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $75–$70,000 across 429 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- Oscar Howe (1915-1983, Yanktonai Dakota), "Sioux Council" — est. $50,000–$70,000
- Fritz Scholder (1937-2005, Luiseno), "Indian Portrait" — est. $20,000–$30,000
- Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939), "Night Rider" — est. $20,000–$30,000
- Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), "Indian with Bow and Arrows" — est. $15,000–$25,000
- Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), "Indian with Staff" — est. $15,000–$25,000
From the auction house
John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present their September Art of the American West Auction, comprising historic, modern, and contemporary art and objects by Native American Artists presented alongside Western Art, bronzes, and turn-of-the-century furnishings and decorative art. Stellar Western offerings include examples by Frank Tenney Johnson, Joseph Henry Sharp, Edward Borein, Maurice Logan, and Charles Marion Russell. American Indian highlights include collections of Pueblo pottery by named makers, excellent examples of Navajo weaving in the form of blankets and rugs, basketry, and silver jewelry by historic and named contemporary makers. The 429-lot sale also notably includes artworks by influential Indigenous American artists Oscar Howe, Fritz Scholder, Kevin Red Star,? David Bradley, and Popovi Da. Additional highlights include lamps and tabletop items by Tiffany, Handel, Grueby, and Roycroft, as well as a fun collection of vintage slot machines. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (429 lots)
Categories: Jewelry & Watches (72) · Pottery, China & Glass (60) · Antiques & Furniture (20) · Fine Art & Prints (13) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (4) · Tools & Shop Equipment (4)
- Lot 1001 — Santana Royal Martinez (1909-2002, San Ildefonso), "Deer Dancer"
- Lot 1002 — Popovi Da (1923-1971, San Ildefonso Pueblo), Untitled (Deer, Tree, Skunk), circa 1965
- Lot 1003 — Tony Da (1940-2008, San Ildefonso Pueblo), "Fetish Bear," 1995
- Lot 1004 — Oscar Howe (1915-1983, Yanktonai Dakota), "Sioux Council"
- Lot 1005 — Fritz Scholder (1937-2005, Luiseno), "Indian Portrait"
- Lot 1006 — Fritz Scholder (1937-2005, Luiseno), "Indian Portrait No. 2," 1972-73
- Lot 1007 — Allan Houser (1914-1994, Chiricahua Apache), "One More Song," 1983
- Lot 1008 — Kevin Red Star (b. 1943, Crow), "Two Hot Dancers" (Crow), 1979
- Lot 1009 — Kevin Red Star (b. 1943, Crow), "Summer Home," 1972
- Lot 1010 — Benjamin "Bennie" Buffalo (1948-1994, Cheyenne), Profile portrait of a young woman, 1977
- Lot 1011 — David Paul Bradley (b. 1954, Chippewa), "New Mexico Sunrise," 1989
- Lot 1012 — Lloyd Caibaiosai (1947-1975, Ojibway), "Wolf Hunter," 1975
- Lot 1013 — Lloyd Caibaiosai (1947-1975, Ojibway), "Blue Wolf," 1975
- Lot 1014 — R. C. Gorman (1932-2005, Dine [Navajo]), "Noon," 1987
- Lot 1015 — Gene Kloss (1903-1996), "Corn Dancers Coming," 1975
- Lot 1016 — Gene Kloss (1903-1996), "Domingo Basket Dance," 1973
- Lot 1017 — Gene Kloss (1903-1996), "Tribute to the Earth," 1972
- Lot 1018 — Gene Kloss (1903-1996), "San Felipe Buffalo Dancers," 1962
- Lot 1019 — Gene Kloss (1903-1996), "Blessings on San Felipe Day," 1975
- Lot 1020 — Mark Rossi (b. 1951), Morning Singer Katsina
- Lot 1021 — A Hopi bow and four arrows in a hide bow case and quiver
- Lot 1022 — A group of Hopi polychrome dance implements
- Lot 1023 — Seven Southwest polychrome katsina carvings
- Lot 1024 — Three Southwest polychrome katsina carvings
- Lot 1025 — Nancy Kee (20th century, Dine [Navajo]), A carved Yei be chai procession
- Lot 1026 — An Anasazi black on white pottery cup
- Lot 1027 — A Hohokam red on white pottery jar
- Lot 1028 — A Four Mile polychrome pottery bowl
- Lot 1029 — A Hopi polychrome yellowware pottery low bowl
- Lot 1030 — A Hopi polychrome yellowware pottery low bowl
- Lot 1031 — A Hopi polychrome yellowware pottery jar
- Lot 1032 — Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (1900-1987, Hopi), A polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1033 — Fannie Nampeyo (1900-1987, Hopi First Mesa), Two polychrome pottery jars, circa 1960s
- Lot 1034 — Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (1924-2008, Hopi-Tewa), A polychrome pottery yellowware vase
- Lot 1035 — Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (1924-2008, Hopi-Tewa), A polychrome yellowware pottery jar
- Lot 1036 — Joy Navasie (Frog Woman) (1919-2012, Hopi-Tewa), A polychrome pottery vase
- Lot 1037 — Garnet Pavatea (Flower Girl) (1915-1981, Hopi-Tewa), A redware pottery bowl and ladle
- Lot 1038 — Five Hopi pottery items
- Lot 1039 — Seven Pueblo or Southwest pottery items
- Lot 1040 — Helen Naha (Feather Woman) (1922-1993, Hopi-Tewa), A black on white low pottery jar, circa 1970
- Lot 1041 — Helen Naha (Feather Woman) (1922-1993, Hopi-Tewa), A polychrome pottery low jar
- Lot 1042 — Jean Sahmie Nampeyo (b. 1949, Hopi-Tewa), A polychrome yellowware pottery vase
- Lot 1043 — A Zuni Pueblo polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1044 — Anita Candelaria (b. 20th century, Zuni Pueblo), A polychrome pottery owl storyteller, late
- Lot 1045 — Agnes Peynetsa (b. 1962, Zuni Pueblo), Three diminutive frog effigy vessels, 1994-1998
- Lot 1046 — Seven Pueblo pottery items
- Lot 1047 — An Acoma Pueblo polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1048 — An Acoma Pueblo polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1049 — Lucy M. Lewis (1890-1992, Acoma Pueblo), A polychrome pottery jar, circa 1940
- Lot 1050 — Lucy M. Lewis (1890-1992, Acoma Pueblo), A diminutive pottery tray
- Lot 1051 — Two Acoma Pueblo polychrome pottery jars
- Lot 1052 — An Acoma Pueblo polychrome pottery canteen
- Lot 1053 — Marie Z. Chino (1907-1982, Acoma Pueblo), A pottery effigy water pitcher
- Lot 1054 — Sarah Garcia (1928-2015, Acoma Pueblo), A large polychrome pottery olla jar
- Lot 1055 — Loretta Joe (b. 1958, Acoma Pueblo), Two polychrome pottery items
- Lot 1056 — Three Acoma Pueblo pottery items
- Lot 1057 — Nine Puebloan pottery owls
- Lot 1058 — Two Pueblo polychrome pottery jars
- Lot 1059 — Robert Tenorio (b. 1950, Kewa [Santo Domingo Pueblo]), A polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1060 — Robert Tenorio (b. 1950, Kewa [Santo Domingo Pueblo]), A large polychrome pottery bowl
- Lot 1061 — Arthur & Hilda Coriz (1948-1998 & 1949-2007, Santo Domingo), A polychrome pottery jar
- Lot 1062 — Two Pueblo polychrome pottery vessels
- Lot 1063 — Seferina Bell (1920-1986, Zia Pueblo), A large polychrome globular jar
- Lot 1064 — Ruby Panana (b. 1954, Zia Pueblo), A large polychrome pottery olla
- Lot 1065 — Desideria Montoya Sanchez (1889-1982, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A blackware pottery bowl
- Lot 1066 — Maria Martinez (1887-1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A blackware pottery bowl, circa 1920s
- Lot 1067 — Maria Martinez & Popovi Da (1887-1980 & 1923-1971, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A blackware pottery jar
- Lot 1068 — Santana & Adam Martinez (1909-2002 & 1904-2000), Two blackware pottery vessels
- Lot 1069 — Lucy Martinez (1905-1995, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A blackware pottery bowl
- Lot 1070 — Crucita Calabaza (Blue Corn) (1921-1999, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A small blackware pottery bowl
- Lot 1071 — Carmelita Dunlap (1925-1999, San Ildefonso Pueblo), A blackware pottery vessel
- Lot 1072 — Three Pueblo blackware pottery bowls
- Lot 1073 — Barbarita Tafoya-Naranjo (1917-1984, Santa Clara Pueblo), A blackware pottery Avanyu olla jar
- Lot 1074 — Margaret & Luther Gutierrez (1936-2017 & 1911-1987, Santa Clara Pueblo), Three polychrome pottery
- Lot 1075 — Six Pueblo pottery vessels
- Lot 1076 — Seven diminutive Pueblo pottery jars
- Lot 1077 — Stella & Roy Tanner [Kwa Povi & Tsigowanu] (1937-2006 & b. 1957, San Juan Pueblo), A sgraffito
- Lot 1078 — Lucy Leuppe McKelvey (b. 1946, Dine [Navajo]), "Whirling Rainbow Goddess of Windway Ceremony
- Lot 1079 — Kathleen Wall (b. 1973, Jemez Pueblo)
- Lot 1080 — Patrick Leach (b. 20th century, Snuneymuxw/Coast Salish), A sgraffito pottery low bowl, 2017
- Lot 1081 — Randall Blaze (b. 1949, Oglala Lakota [Sioux]), A stoneware lizard effigy vessel, 1987
- Lot 1082 — Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), "Indian with Bow and Arrows"
- Lot 1083 — Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), "Indian with Staff"
- Lot 1084 — Gordon Coutts (1868-1937), "Herding the Wild Horses"
- Lot 1085 — 20th Century Western School, Buffalo Hunt
- Lot 1086 — Robert Rickards (20th Century), "Horse Plunder," 2009
- Lot 1087 — Robert Rickards (20th Century), "Warning Sign," 2009
- Lot 1088 — Elenore Stuart Bulmer (b. 1914), Portrait of a Native American in a feathered head dress
- Lot 1089 — 19th Century Western School
- Lot 1090 — Wil Timpe (b. 1920), "His First Pony," 1981
- Lot 1091 — Raphael Lillywhite (1891-1958), Mother and child collecting flowers
- Lot 1092 — Maurice Logan (1886-1977), "Apache Mother With Child," circa early 1930s
- Lot 1093 — William Robinson Leigh (1866-1955), "Zuni Breadmaker"
- Lot 1094 — A Tiffany Studios turtleback tile 'Zodiac' table lamp
- Lot 1095 — A Tiffany & Co. patinated metal tray
- Lot 1096 — A Grueby Faience Company two color glazed earthenware vase
- Lot 1097 — A Grueby Faience Company glazed earthenware vase
- Lot 1098 — Two Marblehead glazed earthenware vases
- Lot 1099 — A Tiffany Studios boudoir lamp and glass shade
- Lot 1100 — A pair of Durand Moorish crackle glass shades
- Lot 1101 — A 'Moorish' chandelier in the style of Tiffany Studios
- Lot 1102 — Greg Campbell (b. 1951), A turned olive wood and turquoise jar, 2023
- Lot 1103 — Bruce Carlton Nowlin (b. 1949), Untitled
- Lot 1104 — Anthony Sinclair (b. 1943), "Out of the Snow," 1981
- Lot 1105 — Frank Howell (1937-1997), "Lakota Summer," 1985
- Lot 1106 — John Coleman (b. 1949), "Black Moccasin," 2004
- Lot 1107 — Retha Walden Gambaro (1917-2013), Figure at a water hole
- Lot 1108 — Retha Walden Gambaro (1917-2013), Bust of a Native American, 1977
- Lot 1109 — James Gruzalski (b. 1938), Native American bust
- Lot 1110 — A Bailey Co. patinated bronze bust of an Indian chief
- Lot 1111 — A Plateau beaded Benicia Arsenal leather shot pouch
- Lot 1112 — Two Nez Perce polychrome corn husk items
- Lot 1113 — An elk horn hide scraper
- Lot 1114 — Two Plains hide bags
- Lot 1115 — A small pair of Plains painted parfleche boxes
- Lot 1116 — A Plains painted hide parfleche envelope
- Lot 1117 — Six Plains catlinite pipe bowls and stems
- Lot 1118 — A group of Plains-style stone pipe bowls and stems
- Lot 1119 — A Plains beaded hide knife sheath
- Lot 1120 — A group of Plains beaded items
- Lot 1121 — Three Lakota (Sioux) beaded hide pouches
- Lot 1122 — Four contemporary Native American polychrome pictorial beaded items
- Lot 1123 — Five contemporary Native American polychrome beaded belt buckles
- Lot 1124 — Ida Beaulieu (d. 2021, Ojibwe), Nine polychrome pictorial beaded pendant necklaces
- Lot 1125 — Three Native American beaded items
- Lot 1126 — A pair of Cree beaded moosehide and fur gloves
- Lot 1127 — Four Cree porcupine quill pictorial lidded baskets
- Lot 1128 — A contemporary Cree beaded pictorial cradle sculpture
- Lot 1129 — A contemporary Cree beaded buffalo portrait bust wall sculpture
- Lot 1130 — A large contemporary Cree beaded pictorial doll sculpture with fur
- Lot 1131 — Two large Cree polychrome pictorial beaded portrait necklaces
- Lot 1132 — Hib Sabin (b. 1935), A bald eagle mask
- Lot 1133 — Roger Charles Cavalli (b. 1930), Owl with wings spread, 1969
- Lot 1134 — Roger Charles Cavalli (b. 1930), "Space," 1969
- Lot 1135 — Theodore J. Richardson (1855-1914), A canoe on an Alaskan lake with a mountain in the distance
- Lot 1136 — Theodore J. Richardson, (1855-1914)
- Lot 1137 — Two carved model totem poles
- Lot 1138 — Two carved model totem poles
- Lot 1139 — Earl Jones (b. 1949, Haida), A carved argillite pipe, late 20th/21st century
- Lot 1140 — A Northwest Coast mountain sheep horn spoon
- Lot 1141 — A Northwest Coast button blanket
- Lot 1142 — Three Salish polychrome painted paddles
- Lot 1143 — Two Northwest Coast polychrome-painted cedar rattles
- Lot 1144 — Mervyn Child Hunt (b. 1955, Kwagul/Tlingit/Nuu Chah Nulth/British), A polychrome-painted cedar mask
- Lot 1145 — A Northwest Coast polychrome carved cedar mask
- Lot 1146 — A Northwest Coast polychrome carved cedar 'Dzunuk'wa' mask
- Lot 1147 — A Northwest Coast polychrome carved cedar mask
- Lot 1148 — Two Northwest Coast polychrome carved wood masks
- Lot 1149 — Four Northwest Coast-style polychrome painted totem models
- Lot 1150 — Mike Epp (b. 1962, Gitlaan/Coast Tsimshian), A Northwest Coast headdress
- … and 279 more lots
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