Santa Fe Art Auction: The Signature Sale
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Signature Sale | Total Sales (USD) | 376,016.64 |
| Auction Date | November 07, 2025 - November 07, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 191,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #110725 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 324,100.00 |
| Total Lots | 44 | ||
| Sold Lots | 43.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 194,800.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.73% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 328,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 114.43% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | Ansel Adams | Ansel Adams, Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944 |
1944 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 39,360.00 |
| 150 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis, Prayer to the Stars, ca. 1909 |
ca.1909 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 31,488.00 |
| 24 | Gustave Baumann | Gustave Baumann, Big Timber Upper Pecos, 1924 |
1924 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 29,491.20 |
| 250 | Jasper Johns | Jasper Johns, Flag (Moratorium), 1969 |
1969 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 28,339.20 |
| 22 | Gustave Baumann | Gustave Baumann, Summer Rain (State IV), 1956 |
1956 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,467.20 |
| 249 | Tamarind Institute Various Artists | Tamarind Institute, Various Artists, Suite Fifteen, 1975-77 |
1975-77 | USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 20,467.20 |
| 7 | Gene Kloss | Gene Kloss, Night Mass at Our Lady of Dolores, 1937 |
1937 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 15,744.00 |
| 63 | Luis Jimenez | Luis Jimenez, Howl, 1977 |
1977 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,564.80 |
| 354 | Rufino Tamayo | Rufino Tamayo, Dog Barking at the Moon, ca. 1942 |
ca.1942 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 14,956.80 |
| 149 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis, The Vanishing Race - Navajo, 1904 |
1904 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 14,169.60 |
| 148 | Edward Sheriff Curtis | Edward S. Curtis, An Oasis in the Badlands - Sioux, 1905 |
1905 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,020.80 |
| 66 | Ed Mell | Ed Mell, Jack Knife |
USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,233.60 | |
| 23 | Gustave Baumann | Gustave Baumann, Morning in Mexico, 1934 |
1934 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,446.40 |
| 21 | Gustave Baumann | Gustave Baumann, Frijoles Canyon Pictographs + Original Publishers Prospectus, 1939 |
1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,659.20 |
| 62 | Various Artists | Various Artists, Indian Self-Rule Portfolio, 1983 |
1983 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 8,192.00 |
| 64 | Luis Jimenez | Luis Jimenez, Southwest Pieta, 1983 |
1983 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,690.56 |
| 60 | Jaune Quick-to-see Smith | Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Where Is John Lennon When We Need Him?, 2003 |
2003 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 6 | Gene Kloss | Gene Kloss, Adobe Dusk, 1925 |
1925 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,510.40 |
| 59 | Jaune Quick-to-see Smith | Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Horse Sense, 1994 |
1994 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,915.20 |
| 20 | Gustave Baumann | Gustave Baumann, An Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo, 1932 |
1932 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,723.20 |
| 25 | Norma Bassett Hall | Norma Bassett Hall, Sanctuario |
USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,505.60 | |
| 61 | Jaune Quick-to-see Smith | Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Wasatch Winter, 2002 |
2002 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,505.60 |
| 5 | Gene Kloss | Gene Kloss, Winter in Telluride, 1968 |
1968 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 4,328.96 |
| 10 | Howard Norton Cook | Howard Norton Cook, Taos Pueblo, Moonlight, 1928 |
1928 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,328.96 |
| 16 | Ernest Martin | Ernest Martin Hennings, Beneath the Cottonwoods, ca. 1924 |
ca.1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,328.96 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a74d9ff-42dd-46a1-8bb2-b636c4cec796.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.")
![<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.")
