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Search actual prices realized across more than three years of Austin Auction Gallery sales.
Results show actual prices realized, including buyer's premium, at Austin Auction Gallery. Past results are for reference only and are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.
Price realized$1,169
Estimate: $400 – $800
Framed oil on board painting, "Sailboats/ Sailboat Moonlight," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled and dated 1965 verso, sight: approx 15.25"h, 19.25"w, overall: approx 21.25"h, 25.25"w, 6.25lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$923
Estimate: $800 – $1,200
Framed mixed media with acrylic painting on Masonite, "Amarillo", signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), with additional artist's signature and title verso, retaining The Amarillo Competition competitor's label verso, label dated 1977, sight: approx 35.5"h, 47.5"w, overall: approx 37.25"h, 49.25"w, 20lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$608
Estimate: $200 – $400
Framed lithograph on paper, Abstract Architectural Interior, pencil signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), numbered 8/ 20, sight: approx 9.5"h, 11.25"w, overall: approx 16.75"h, 19.75"w, 4lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$523
Estimate: $800 – $1,200
Framed oil on board painting, "Sea and Rocks/ Sea and Rocks South of France," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled and dated 1950 verso, retaining Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Art Rental label verso, label dated 1952, sight: approx 19.5"h, 23.5"w, overall: approx 26.5"h, 30.5"w, 7.5lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$431
Estimate: $300 – $500
Framed mixed media relief painting on panel, Red Flower, attributed to Michael Frary (Texas, California, 1918-2005), unsigned, panel: approx 9.75"h, 7 7/8"w, overall: approx 18.25"h, 16.25"w, 4lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$384
Estimate: $400 – $600
Framed mixed media paining on paper, Sailboat by the Cliffside, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), sheet: approx 14.5"h, 9"w, overall: approx 20 5/8"h, 15 1/8"w, 3.75lbs
DAY 1 - JANUARY 2026 NEW YEAR, NEW TREASURES AUCTION · Jan 2026
View lot detailsPrice realized$671
Estimate: $300 – $500
Framed watercolor painting on paper, Moonlit Seascape, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, American, active in Texas, 1918-2005), sheet: approx 22"h, 30"w, overall: 25.5"h, 33.75"w, 11.75lbs Note: Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Texas at Austin
SPECIAL 9AM START-DAY 2- JUNE 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION · Jun 2025
View lot detailsPrice realized$191
Estimate: $150 – $250
Framed watercolor painting on paper, Study of a Man in Profile, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, American, active in Texas, 1918-2005), sight: approx 18.75"h, 14.5"w, overall: 30"h, 25.25"w, 7.75lbs Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.
DAY 3- MAGNIFICENT MAY ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION · May 2025
View lot detailsPrice realized$5,398
Estimate: $600 – $1,000
Unframed mixed media painting on canvas, "Towers/ Hillside Village," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled and dated 1957 verso, approx 46"h, 28"w, 14lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$2,540
Estimate: $500 – $700
Framed mixed media painting on board, "Bird in Cave," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, 1918-2005), titled and dated 1953 verso, artist's card with Dalzell Hatfield Galleries and Amarillo Museum of Art labels on paper dust cover verso, sight: approx 11.5"h, 22.5"w, overall: 15.5"h, 26.5"w, 3.5lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$1,080
Estimate: $600 – $800
Framed oil on board painting, "Young Lovers," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled and dated 1946 verso, sight: approx 19.75"h, 15.75"w, overall: approx 30.5"h, 26.54"w, 9.5lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$953
Estimate: $500 – $700
Framed oil on board painting, Still life with pitcher and fruit, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, 1918-2005), sight: approx 15.5"h, 19.5"w, overall: 21.5"h, 25.5"w, 5lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$854
Estimate: $500 – $700
Framed painting on board, "The Race," signed verso M. Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled verso, sight: approx 11.25"h, 49.5"w, overall: approx 15"h, 53.25"w, 8.25lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$699
Estimate: $400 – $600
Framed oil on board painting, "The Skull", verso signed Mike Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), dated 1941, sight: approx 9 3/8"h, 13"w, overall: approx 14.75"h, 18 3/8"w, 3.5lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$671
Estimate: $200 – $400
Framed watercolor on paper painting, "Cypress Creek," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled on Austin Galleries label verso, sight: approx 20.5"h, 29"w, overall: approx 29.5"h, 37.5"w, 11.75lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$413
Estimate: $200 – $400
Framed mixed media painting on board, Reclining Female Nude, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), sight: approx 14"h, 19.5"w, overall: approx 21"h, 26"w, 6.75lbs
DAY 1- AMAZING OCTOBER ANTIQUES & IMPORTANT ESTATES AUCTION · Oct 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$244
Estimate: $200 – $400
(lot of 3) Unframed watercolor paintings on paper, Female Nude Figure Studies, each signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), largest sheet: approx 18"h, 24"w, <1lbs total
DAY 2- JULY 2024 Fine Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event · Jul 2024
View lot detailsPrice realized$915
Estimate: $300 – $500
Framed watercolor painting on paper, "Union Wells Creek," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled "Two Trees - Thicket" on label verso, sight: approx 23.25"h, 17.25"w, overall: 31.5"h, 25.5"w, 8.5lbs Note: University of Texas art professor. Published in "Impressions of the Big Thicket," paintings by Michael Frary, text by William A. Owens, University of Texas Press, 1973, p.74 (see last image)
DAY 1-March 2024 Antiques & Estates 3-Day Auction Event · Mar 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$413
Estimate: $300 – $500
Framed watercolor painting on paper, Mountain Landscape, signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), obscured inscription lower left, Gallery at Shoal Creek label verso, sight: approx 17.25"h, 23.25"w, overall: 24"h, 30"w, 9.25lbs Note: University of Texas art professor
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$2,286
Estimate: $200 – $400
Framed watercolor painting on paper, "Lake Meredith Power Plant," signed lower right Frary (Michael Frary, Texas, California, 1918-2005), sight: 21"h, 29"w, overall: 28.25"h, 36.25"w, 9.5lbs Note: University of Texas art professor. Published in "Impressions of the Texas Panhandle," Michael Frary, Texas A&M University Press, 1977, p.22 (see last image) Start Price: $150.00
November Spectacular 3-Day Auction Event - Day 1 · Nov 2023
View lot detailsPrice realized$122
Estimate: $100 – $200
(lot of 11) Books: Texana and Texas art subjects, including: (1) "Impressions of the Big Thicket," by William A. Owens, featuring paintings by Michael Frary, artist and author signed at front end paper, published by University of Texas Press, copyright 1973, 112 pages, (1) "Texas: Its Lore and Its Lure," by Caleb Pirtle III, featuring paintings by Donald F. Mitchell, S.W.S, author and artist signed at front end paper, published by Turtle Creek Gallery, copyright 1983, 151 pages, (1) "Hill Country Revisited," by J. Roy White, author signed with sentiment at front title page, published by Trinity University Press, copyright 1977, 51 pages, (1) "A Line on Texas," featuring drawings by Norman Baxter, artist signed at front title page, published by Baxter and Korge Incorporated, copyright 1972, (1) "Images of Texas II: Collector's Edition," by Charles Beckendorf, published by the author, Fredericksburg, Texas, 1980, (1) "Buck Schiwetz' Texas," featuring drawings and paintings by E.M. Schiwetz, introduction by Walter Prescott Webb, published by University of Texas Press, copyright 1960, 134 pages, (1) "A Seth Eastman Sketchbook: 1848-1849," introduction by Lois Burkhalter, published by University of Texas Press, copyright 1961, 68 pages, (1) "Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts," published by Trinity University Press for the San Antonio Museum Association, copyright 1973, 263 pages, (1) "Austin: The Past Still Present," by Sue Brandt McBee, featuring artwork by Virginia Erickson, published by Austin Heritage Society, copyright 1975, 129 pages, (1) "The Golden Era: The American Dream," by Gerald Harvey Jones, Randy Best and Susan Hallsten McGarry, second edition, featuring paintings by Gerald Harvey Jones, published by Somerset House Publishing, copyright 1992, some illustrations cut from back pages, 136 pages, together with: (1) "Audubon's Texas Quadrupeds: A Portfolio of Color Prints," featuring thirteen offset lithograph prints on paper, printed by Hart Graphics Incorporated, accompanied by explanatory booklet by Mary Bell Hart, largest: approx 11 3/8"h, 14 3/8"w, 0.75"d, 26lbs total Start Price: $80.00
October Fine Estates Auction Event - Day 2 · Oct 2023
View lot detailsPrice realized$2,745
Estimate: $800 – $1,200
Framed mixed media painting on board, "Night Shapes," Michael Frary (Texas, California, 1918-2005), titled and dated [19]60 verso, retaining artist's card and Amarillo Museum of Art label, sight: approx 26"h, 21.5"w, overall: 27.25"h, 23"w, 10.25lbs Note: Michael Frary, former University of Texas art professor Provenance: From a private Austin, Texas collection Start Price: $600.00
September "Once in a Lifetime" Auction Event - Day 1 · Sep 2023
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