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Editor’s Picks
Three choice lots from upcoming Heritage auctions
Western Art
G. Harvey’s The Blowout tells the romantic story of the Texas cowboy surviving and thriving within the ever-changing terrain. The masterful work captures a powerful moment where the old frontier collides with the rising age of industry. The contrast between the cowboys on horseback, riding down a muddy trail, and the oil rigs behind them encapsulates the tension of the era: the rugged independence of ranch life meeting the industrial forces that would forever reshape the American landscape.
G. (Gerald Harvey Jones) Harvey The Blowout, 1980
Auction: November 7
Fine Silver
Stephen O’Meara might have built a reputation as a dealer in 19th- and 20th-century American art, but in the early 2000s, he turned fully to silversmithing. From his workshop came pieces like this hand-wrought bowl raised on a distinctive reversible stand and designed to be displayed at two different heights. Uniting contemporary vision with time-honored craft, O’Meara’s sculptural works revive the grandeur of America’s golden age of silversmithing while bearing the unmistakable mark of a modern master.
A Stephen O’Meara Silver Horn Bowl
Scottsdale, Arizona, late 20th century
Auction: November 12
U.S. Coins
This 1879 Flowing Hair stella is one of just 20 examples of this extremely popular coin to earn a 66 Cameo grade. Stellas are the result of Philadelphia patent lawyer and inventor Dr. William Wheeler Hubbell’s efforts to create an international trade coinage based on the metric system and struck in his patented goloid alloy. Patterns were struck in various metals, using two different obverse designs bearing two different dates. Of these, gold pieces dated 1879 with the Flowing Hair design were the coins distributed to congressmen.
1879 Flowing Hair Stella, PR66 Cameo
Auction: November 13-14