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Price realized$3,075
Estimate: $500 – $700
Framed lithographic crayon drawing on paper, "Dove," signed lower left E. Spruce (Everett Franklin Spruce, Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002), titled and dated 1945 on inscribed label verso, sight: approx 8"h, 11"w, overall: approx 14.75"h, 18"w, 3.5lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$134,200
Estimate: $50,000 – $80,000
Mixed media vehicular sculpture, "Iguanamobile," Bob Wade (Texas, 1943-2019), 1995, reworked 1956 Bambi Airstream trailer with applied steel, fiberglass, canvas, sheet metal, and rubber, illuminated eyes, concealed smoke machine inside head, movable tongue, topped with oversized saddle, artist signed and dated [19]95 at front bumper, interior fitted with wrap-around upholstered bench seating, smoke machine and lights not currently operational, approx 9'6"h, 22'w, 7'2"d *Note: Bob “Daddy-O” Wade (Texas, 1943-2019) was a prominent figure in the Austin art scene for over four decades. He gained notoriety for his forty-foot-long Iguana sculpture, nicknamed “Iggy,” that formerly donned the Lone Star Cafe in New York City, his Guinness World Record-breaking thirty-five-foot-tall cowboy boots in San Antonio, and his New Orleans Saints helmet, fashioned from an old Volkswagen Beetle, that currently sits atop Shoal Creek Saloon in Central Austin. After studying under notable artists like Charles Umlauf (Michigan, Texas, 1911-1994) and Everett Spruce (Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002) at the University of Texas in the 1960s, Bob Wade quickly became a global ambassador to Texas culture, shaping the Texas Chic movement and the Cosmic Cowboy subculture of the 1970s. At the 1977 Paris Biennale, Wade’s “Texas Mobile Home Museum,” a 1947 Spartan trailer filled with Texas memorabilia, acquainted the French with the Lone Star State. Wade created the “Iguanamobile” in 1995 to publicize his book “Daddy-O: Iguana Heads and Texas Tails” on a state-wide book tour. This trip is documented in Karen Dinitz’s 1999 documentary “Too High, Too Wide, and Too Long.” The travel-trailer-turned-sculpture was then sold to the late Kevin Williamson (Texas, 1962-2021), a close friend who collaborated with Wade for his downtown Austin restaurant, Ranch 616. The “Iguanamobile” exemplifies Bob Wade’s unique ability to capture Texas’ larger-than-life cultural mythology by magnifying its most iconic symbols.*
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$508
Estimate: $400 – $800
Unframed charcoal drawing on paper, Agave Plant Study, attributed to Everett Franklin Spruce (Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002), numbered 778 872 653 to reverse, unsigned, sheet: approx 15.5"h, 19"w, <1lbs total Provenance: Purchased by the consignor directly from the artist's daughter
DAY 2- JULY 2024 Fine Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event · Jul 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$540
Estimate: $80 – $150
(lot of 2) Texas art print portfolios, including: (1) "Forty Acres: A Portfolio of University of Texas Scenes," University of Texas Press, Austin, 1958, comprised of (eight) offset prints on paper after Luis Eades, Kelly Fearing, Michael Frary, John Guerin, Stephen Magada, Donald Weismann, Ralph White, and Hiram Williams, each sheet: approx 18.5"h, 16.5"w, (1) "Everett Spruce: a Portfolio of Eight Paintings," I Blaffer Series of Southwestern Art, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1958, approx 19"h, 17"w; overall toning, spotting, tear to Everett Spruce cover
DAY 1-March 2024 Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event · Mar 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$349
Estimate: $80 – $150
(lot of 2) Texas art print portfolios, including: (1) "Forty Acres: A Portfolio of University of Texas Scenes," University of Texas Press, Austin, 1958, comprised of (eight) offset prints on paper after Luis Eades, Kelly Fearing, Michael Frary, John Guerin, Stephen Magada, Donald Weismann, Ralph White, and Hiram Williams, each sheet: approx 18.5"h, 16.5"w, (1) "Everett Spruce: a Portfolio of Eight Paintings," I Blaffer Series of Southwestern Art, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1958, approx 19"h, 17"w
DAY 1-March 2024 Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event · Mar 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$9,760
Estimate: $8,000 – $12,000
Framed acrylic on board painting, Abstract Trees, signed lower right Spruce (Everett Franklin Spruce, Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002), sight: approx 17.5"h, 23.5"w, overall: 24"h, 30"w, 6.75lbs Provenance: From a private Austin, Texas collection Start Price: $4,000.00
September "Once in a Lifetime" Auction Event - Day 1 · Sep 2023
View lot detailsPrice realized$7,320
Estimate: $6,000 – $9,000
Framed oil crayon on board, "Palms in the Wind," signed lower right Spruce (Everett Spruce, Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002), titled with additional signature verso, retaining Soho Gallery, Austin, Texas label, dated 1963 on later printed label verso, sight: approx 15.5"h, 19.5"w, overall: approx 21.25"h, 25.25"w, 4lbs Provenance: From a private Austin, Texas collection Start Price: $3,000.00
September "Once in a Lifetime" Auction Event - Day 1 · Sep 2023
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