Image of the Day - Vintage Photo, June 16, 2012

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Skater, 1930s. Vernacular photograph of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

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Image of the Day, June 14, 2012

The Coeur D’Alene Art Auction

The Illustrators at Auction

For every illustration that ever graced the cover of magazines like Harper’s, Field and Stream, Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post, there is an original work of art in a collection or museum attesting to the veracity and story telling capacity of the artist. Here are just a few that will be sold at the rollicking, painting a minute, Coeur D’Alene Art Auction in Reno on 21 July 2012.

Philip R. Goodwin (1881-1935), In Troubled Water, 1908, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in. $40,000-60,000. Credit: Coeur D’Alene Art Auction

Philip R. Goodwin (1881-1935), Unexpected Guests, n.d., oil on canvas, 24 x 33 in. $60,000-90,000. Credit: Coeur D’Alene Art Auction

W.H.D. Koerner (1878-1938), Waiting for His Return, 1918, oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in. $40,000-60,000. Credit: Coeur D’Alene Art Auction

Frank Stick (1884-1966), On Alert, 1919, oil on canvas, 30 x 35 in., $8,000-12,000. Credit: Coeur D’Alene Art Auction

Image of the Day - Vintage Photo, June 2, 2012

Passionate Kisses, 1930s. Vernacular photograph of the West from the My-West.com photography collection.

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