Freeman's fall auction of Western and Contemporary Native American Art features a robust selection of works from prominent estates and private collections. The sale is led by exceptional examples from the Estates of Henry V. Nickel (Potomac, Maryland) and Richard and Deanna Freeland (Fort Wayne, Indiana), and includes masterworks of classic Western and Southwestern art by Charles Marion Russell, Henry F. Farny, and Eanger Irving Couse. Other highlights include Land of Sage and Cedar, an important landscape by Ernest Martin Hennings; an attractive group of oils and watercolors by Olaf C. Seltzer; and offerings from James Reynolds, Melvin Warren, Frank McCarthy, and the Cowboy Artists of America. Paintings by western stalwarts Joseph Henry Sharp, Birger Sandzén, and Gerard Curtis Delano are also of note. The sale is rounded out by a broadly appealing group of contemporary and Native works by Vance Kirkland, Earl Biss, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.

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Freeman's online auction of Western & Contemporary Native American Art offers an accessible selection of paintings, works on paper, prints and sculpture from the late-19th century through the present day. Among the sale's highlights are examples by Western masters Olaf Wieghorst and O. C. Seltzer; offerings by contemporary favorites Michael Coleman and Gary Ernest Smith; wildlife paintings by Dan D'Amico; lithographs by Fritz Scholder; and a powerful group of bronzes by Gib Singleton, to name but a few.

The sale opens with property from prominent and early American collectors in New York and Philadelphia, including the Astor, Morgan, Stotesbury, and Scott Families. Other offerings include fine Queen Anne, Chippendale, and Federal furniture and portraiture from New England to the Southern States. There is an especially strong group of American Aesthetic Movement silver, Marine paintings, and Chinese Export porcelain. Of special historical note is a pocket watch reputedly belonging to the Marquis de Lafayette. Concluding the auction is an array of folk carvings including a tobacconist figure of attributed to Thomas V. Brooks, weathervanes, and likenesses by William Matthew Prior and Ammi Phillips. 

Freeman's is pleased to present its November 12, 2025 Watches auction, featuring iconic references from Audemars Piguet to Cartier and Rolex to Patek Philippe.

This fall, we are pleased to offer, within this various-owner sale, several single-owner sessions, beginning with the collection of noted Seattle collector Thurston Roach (lots 1–71). Over the past 30 years, Thurston assembled one of the world’s finest Faulkner collections, which includes the complete bibliography of William Faulkner’s works—a first of its kind at auction—as well as significant works by other major modern authors such as Twain, Steinbeck, Remarque, Milne, and others. Thurston passed away in 2024, and his family is honoring his wishes by offering his beloved books to other discerning collectors.The next single-owner session in the sale features Part One of the W. Somerset Maugham Collection of Craig V. Showalter. Mr. Showalter is one of the world’s foremost Maugham collectors and has assembled one of the finest and most comprehensive libraries of Maugham’s works. Highlights include the dedication copy of Maugham’s first book and a presentation copy of his masterpiece, Of Human Bondage, in the exceedingly rare dust jacket—one of only four known copies.Lastly, selections from Richard Flaherty’s Shakespeare library will be offered, including a copy of the rare Third Folio, previously unknown to the Shakespeare Folio census. Other highlights include the first printed Shakespeare work of any kind in America, the first illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s Works, and a selection of leaves from various Folio editions, rounded out with several sets of the Bard’s plays—perfect for any library shelf.

The November 14th Post War & Contemporary Art auction at Freeman’s is thoughtfully comprised of a diverse yet cohesive presentation of 57 remarkable paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs and prints with engaging and meaningful entry points for seasoned connoisseurs and emerging collectors alike. The sale is thematically anchored by imaginative and varied explorations of the classic subject matter of portraiture ranging from Gertude Abercrombie’s angular and affectingly awkward WPA era depiction of fellow artist Eddie Millman to Mickalene Thomas’ of the moment, complexly layered in composition and content The Inversion of Racquel #2, 2021; with stellar examples by Kehinde Wiley, Katz, Phillip Pearstein, Fritz Scholder and Andy Warhol superbly bridging the artistic generational gap. Of further noteworthy importance in the auction are Mark Bradford’s sublimely tactile and topographically décollaged triptych, Untitled, 2007, a revealing standout from Sam Gilliam’s Black Paintings series Dorothy’s Mondays, 1977, a hypnotically contemplative genre synthesizing Jacob Lawrence gouache, a charming and charged British Modernist wild boar bronze by Elisabeth Frink, and an elegantly engineered Bernar Venet geometric theorem of a sculpture Two Arcs of 236.5° Each, 1988.  Also headlining the sale are two sophisticated, succinct, and significant single owner sessions: a tight seven lot run for a Distinguished Private Collection in Florida featuring slick and shapely showstoppers by Ken Price, Amy Sillman and Charline Von Heyl, and splashy selection of 11 works from the esteemed collection of Dr. Gary London, Washington D.C., including exceptional Pop Art prints by Ed Ruscha, Ellsworth Kelly, Christo, Tom Wesselmann, Mel Bochner and the aforementioned Warhol. We invite your eyes to enjoy all the good-looking lots and hope you experience as much joy exploring the offerings as we had assembling the sale.

Freeman’s proudly presents The Holiday Edit, November 18th. Experience an extraordinary selection of jewelry and luxury fashion from distinguished collections, including The Fred and Phyllis Pressman Collection of the famed Barneys New York, and The Collection of Chicago Civic Leader Maureen Dwyer Smith including other important private collections. Featuring exquisite creations by renowned makers such as JAR, Van Cleef & Arpels, Prada, Bulgari, Chanel, Hermès, Cartier, Bottega Veneta, Emilio Pucci, Tony Duquette, Mauboussin, and many more. Step into a world of style, sophistication, and timeless glamour, the perfect beginning to the holiday season.

This season’s sale features material from two distinguished estates. Andrew C. Ware (1945–2024), an Egyptologist and dedicated student of Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, built a collection that reflects both scholarly inquiry and personal passion. His holdings include Egyptian works preserved in private hands for decades, enriched by the depth of family history and intellectual curiosity. Iris Cornelia Love (1933–2020), the celebrated archaeologist whose excavations at Knidos and Samothrace brought her international recognition, also assembled a collection that blended academic rigor with flair. Dubbed “Indiana Jones in a miniskirt” by The New York Times, she lent much of her material on long-term loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, where it informed scholarship for more than thirty years.Highlights of the auction include an Egyptian Painted Limestone Noblewoman from the Old Kingdom (5th–6th Dynasty), over eighteen inches in height and a testament to the elegance of tomb sculpture, preserved in European collections since the 1970s. A Roman Marble Torso of an Imperial Figure from the 2nd century A.D. embodies the authority and idealism of Roman imperial portraiture, remaining in a Chicago collection since 1989. An Egyptian Bronze Cat, dating from the Late Period to the Ptolemaic Period, symbolizes devotion to the goddess Bastet and has been privately held since its last public appearance at auction in 1987.Together with these works, the auction brings forward many pieces unseen publicly for a generation, offering a rare opportunity to encounter collections shaped by scholarship, passion, and history.

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