California & American Fine Art
Updated October 30, 2026
| Date | November 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. |
| Location | Monrovia, California, 91016 · more auctions in Monrovia |
| Lots | 48 |
| Estimates | $800 – $150,000 |
What's in this auction
48 lots, mostly vehicles & automotive (1). 48 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $800–$150,000 across 48 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 17, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Armin Hansen (1886-1957), Cowboys and bucking horse at the California Rodeo, Salinas, California — est. $100,000–$150,000
- Franz Arthur Bischoff (1864-1929), Trees Along the Carmel Coast — est. $25,000–$35,000
- Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947), "Adriatic Fishing Boats" — est. $25,000–$35,000
- Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972), "Flintridge" — est. $20,000–$30,000
- Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929), "In the Shadow of the Cliffs - San Juan Coast," circa 1898 — est. $20,000–$30,000
From the auction house
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![Duncan Gleason (1881-1959), "Setting the Balloo [sic] Jib on board 'Vagabond Lady'"](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/johnmoran/03/811703/H0045-LQNstlgZhA8z3z.JPG)
In this auction (48 lots)
Categories: Vehicles & Automotive (1)
- Lot 1 — Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873-1949), "Early Moon"
- Lot 2 — Theodore Wores (1859-1939), "Seascape"
- Lot 3 — Paul Dougherty (1877-1947), Crashing waves along a rocky coast
- Lot 4 — Paul Dougherty (1877-1947), Seascape
- Lot 5 — Granville Redmond (1871-1935), "Study for 'Resounding Surf'," 1918
- Lot 6 — Duncan Gleason (1881-1959), "Setting the Balloo [sic] Jib on board 'Vagabond Lady'"
- Lot 7 — William Ritschel (1864-1949), "Return of the Fishing Fleet"
- Lot 8 — Franz Arthur Bischoff (1864-1929), "Drying the Nets - San Pedro"
- Lot 9 — Irving Manoir (1891-1982), "Newport Fish Cannery"
- Lot 10 — Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929), California coastal
- Lot 11 — Mischa Askenazy (1888-1961), Lake and mountain landscape
- Lot 12 — George Kennedy Brandriff (1890-1936), "Spring"
- Lot 13 — Peter Nielsen (1873-1965), Barn with rolling hills in the distance
- Lot 14 — Peter Nielsen (1873-1965), Eucalyptus grove in the foothills (Pasadena), circa prior to 1943
- Lot 15 — Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972), "Flintridge"
- Lot 16 — Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942), California hillside landscape
- Lot 17 — William Lees Judson (1842-1928), San Gabriel Foothills autumn landscape, circa 1920
- Lot 18 — Ovanes Berberian (b. 1951), "Afternoon Near Sun Valley Idaho," 2023
- Lot 19 — Ovanes Berberian (b. 1951), Moonrise, 2023
- Lot 20 — Ovanes Berberian (b. 1951), "Carpinteria Hills," 2022
- Lot 21 — Oscar Vincent Galgiani (1903-1994), "Topaz Lake, Late Afternoon." 1934
- Lot 22 — William Dorsey (1942-2019), Trees in a landscape
- Lot 23 — David Chapple (b. 1947), "Nature's Garden" (Central Coast)
- Lot 24 — John Marshall Gamble (1863-1957), "Wild Lilac & Prickly Phlox"
- Lot 25 — Franz Arthur Bischoff (1864-1929), Trees Along the Carmel Coast
- Lot 26 — Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929), "In the Shadow of the Cliffs - San Juan Coast," circa 1898
- Lot 27 — Henry Lavender Adolphus Culmer (1854-1914), "Cypress and the Sea," 1892
- Lot 28 — Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875-1962), "The Island Ledge, Maine Coast," 1916
- Lot 29 — Peter Schmauss (1868-1938), Houseboat
- Lot 30 — Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947), "Adriatic Fishing Boats"
- Lot 31 — Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), Red sails
- Lot 32 — Christopher Blossom (b. 1956), "Red Star Packet Birmingham"
- Lot 33 — George Thompson Pritchard (1878-1962), View of the River Thames with a ship and the Tower Bridge
- Lot 34 — Barse Miller (1904-1973), A sailing ship at sea
- Lot 35 — Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978), "Gloucester"
- Lot 36 — Otis Pierce Cook Jr. (1900-1980), New England dock
- Lot 37 — Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937), "Edgartown Harbor - Edgartown, MA," 1915
- Lot 38 — Daisy Marguerite Hughes (1882-1968), "New England Village"
- Lot 39 — Charles Edwin Lewis Green (1844-1915), "Newlyn, England (near Penzance)," circa 1890
- Lot 40 — George Macrum (1878-1970), "Hillside House"
- Lot 41 — George Ames Aldrich (1872-1941), "Cottage at Montreuil-Sur-Mer (Normandy)"
- Lot 42 — Charles Rollo Peters (1862-1928), Casa Alvarado Adobe, Monterey, CA
- Lot 43 — Armin Hansen (1886-1957), Cowboys and bucking horse at the California Rodeo, Salinas, California
- Lot 44 — Charles L.A. Smith (1871-1937), Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1927
- Lot 45 — Edwin Deakin (1838-1923), Study for “San Gabriel Valley from near the Mission,” 1897
- Lot 46 — Edwin Deakin (1838-1923), Lake Tahoe scene, 1875
- Lot 47 — Harry Cassie Best (1863-1936), California coastal with figures and distant lighthouse, 1892
- Lot 48 — Harvey Otis Young (1840-1901), "Misty Autumn Morning"
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