Saturday, November 16, 2019
Social starts at 6:30 pm
Live auction starts at 8 pm
Member tickets: $40
Non-Member tickets: $50
Tickets can be purchased at the Museum
by calling 701.777.4195
or
Free event parking
Auction Preview
Thursday, October 20 until the Auction.
Museum Hours:
Monday – Friday, 9 to 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday, 1 to 5 pm
Auction Walk-about
Thursday, November 14, 7 pm. Laurel Reuter, Auction Curator, will lead an informal discussion about works in the Auction.
Welcome to the twenty-second annual Autumn Art Auction. The Museum originally started the auction in order to build a regional support system for the artists who live in our region. Galleries were few and far between; there wasn’t an established regional market. Thankfully, this has changed in North Dakota, especially in Grand Forks and its surrounding communities. Auctions and sales have become commonplace. Original art is the norm in locally owned restaurants. Young people are filling their homes with art from our own artists.
This Auction set the regional precedent for paying artists before paying ourselves. We never ask artists to donate art—although some do. For the first 19 years of this auction, we allowed artists to set a minimum price, which they were guaranteed to receive. Work that didn’t reach the artist’s minimum was brought in by the Museum and returned. Any amount over the reserve was split 50/50 between the artist and the Museum. Finally, we feel confident that the prices for art have stabilized. The artists and the Museum will split the sales 50/50 in the 2019 Art Auction.
Others in the region have adopted our policy of paying artists. Instead of always being asked to donate, artists can expect actual income from auctions sponsored by art entities. And, bless you buyers for not forgetting that this is also a benefit for the Museum. We value your generosity.
Remember, when you buy through the Auction, the price includes framing. Frames are often custom made by the artists or framed by the Museum staff with archival materials. This adds significant value to most artworks, often as much as $400 in the Grand Forks market but considerably more elsewhere. Please note that sales tax is charged on all art that stays in North Dakota.
Click here to download Rules of the Auction
Click here to download Absentee Bid Form
Click here to view archived Autumn Art Auction catalogs
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Lot #1 Gillian Bedford | Lot #2 Paul Gronhovd | Lot #3 Madelyn Camrud | Lot #4 Elmer O. Thompson |
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Lot #5 Sarah Christianson | Lot #6 Sarah Christianson | Lot #7 Pirjo Berg | Lot #8 Zoe Powell |
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Lot #9 Vernal Bogren Swift | Lot #10 Daniel Sharbono | Lot #11 Daniel Sharbono | Lot #12 Don Knudson |
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Lot #13 Marlon Davidson & Don Knudson | Lot #14 Takashi Iwasaki | Lot #15 Marley Kaul | Lot #16 Heidi Goldberg |
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Lot #17 Heidi Goldberg | Lot #18 Heidi Goldberg | Lot #19 Michael Conlan | Lot #20 Butch Holden |
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Lot #21 Butch Holden | Lot #22 Butch Holden | Lot #23 Cyrus Swann | Lot #24 Kimberly Benson |
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Lot #25 Cyrus Swann | Lot #26 Cyrus Swann | Lot #27 Melanie Rocan | Lot #28 Guillermo Guardia |
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Lot #29 Richard Tsong-Taatarii | Lot #30 Roxi Homelvig-Mathis | Lot #31 Elizabeth Woods | Lot #32 Matthew Anderson |
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Lot #33 Adam Kemp | Lot #34 Gretchen Kottke | Lot #35 Kelli Nelson | Lot #36-37 Ingrid Lincoln |
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Lot #38 Ingrid Lincoln | Lot #39 Arvin Davis | Lot #40 Robert Archambeau | Lot #41 Brian Paulsen |
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Lot #42 Emily Williams-Wheeler | Lot #43 Emily Williams-Wheeler | Lot #44 Aleksander Hettich | Lot #45 Aleksander Hettich |
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Lot #46 Carl Oltvedt | Lot #47 Mariah Masilko | Lot #48 William Charles Harbot, aka Billy Chuck | Lot #49 Shaun Morin |
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Lot #50 Duane Perkins | Lot #51 Duane Perkins | Lot #52 Jessie Thorson | Lot #53 Chris Pancoe |
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Lot #54 Ned Krouse | Lot #55 Walter Piehl | Lot #56 Frank Sampson | Lot #57 Frank Sampson |
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Lot #58 Iosefa Faiai | Lot #59 Iosefa Faiai | Lot #60 Iosefa Faiai | Lot #61 John Colle Rogers |
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Lot #62 Mollie Douthit | Lot #63 Jessica Matson-Fluto |
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