American Auction Houses

list updated in 2011

Following is a Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) partial listing of auction houses that sell American representational art:

Adam A Weschler & Sons, 905-9 E. Street NW, Washington , DC 20004, 202-628-1281, limited auctions for American paintings, drawings and sculpture.

Alderfer Auction Company, 501 Fairgrounds Road, Hatfield , PA 19440, 215-393-3000, regional American fine art

Alterman Galleries, Santa Fe, NM and Dallas, TX, Southwest art. 505-983-1590

Bakker/Boccelli, 358 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. 02139 617 354-7919 regional art

Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, 836 Sheridan Avenue, Cody , WY, 82414, 307-587-5002, Western genre art

Bonhams & Butterfields (Los Angeles and San Francisco) 415-861-7500 major regional auctioneer of early California and other American art

Bloomsbury Auctions, 6 West 48th Street,, New York, NY 10036, (212) 719-1000

Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc, 912 Gervais Street, Columbia , SC 29201, 803-779-5678, 18th-19th century regional American art

Christie's (NYC and other locations) 1-212 636 2000 major auctioneer of American art from all regions

C.M.Russell Auction of Original Western Art, P.O. Box 634, Great Falls , MT 59403, 800-803-3351, Western genre art

Coeur D'Alene Auction, Coeur D' Alene, ID, 208-772-9009, regional art

Dargate Auction Galleries, 5607 Baum Boulevard, Pittsburgh , PA 15206, 412-362-3558, regional American art

David Dike Fine Art, 2613 Fairmount, Dallas , TX 75201, 214-720-4044, regional American art

eBay, internet auctions -- makes available I-Escrow for large ticket items

Frank H Boos Gallery, 420 Enterprise Court, Bloomfield Hills , MI, 48302, 248-332-1500, regional American art

Grogan & Company, 22 Harris Street, Dedham , MA 02026, 781-461-9500, regional American art

Hadrian's Auction Galleries, (239) 395-8882, Florida, regional American art

Harvey Clars Auction, 5644 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland , CA 94609, 888-339-7600, regional American art

Illustration House, Inc, 96 Spring Street, Seventh Floor, New York , NY 10012, 212-966-9444, illustration art

Ivey-Selkirk, 447 Forsyth Boulevard, St. Louis , MO 63105, 314-726-5515, regional American art

Jackson Wickliff Auctioneers, Inc, 12262 Hancock Street, Carmel , IN 46032, 317-844-7253, regional American art

Jackson's Auction, 2229 Lincoln Street, P O Box 585, Cedar Falls , IA 50613, 319-277-2256, regional American art

James D Julia, Inc., Box 830, Route 201, Skowhegan Road, Fairfield , ME 04937, 207-453-7125, regional American art

John Moran, Pasadena, CA 1-626-793-1833 early California art

Mapes Auction Gallery, 729 Vestal Parkway, West Vestal , NY 13850, 607-754-9193, regional American art

Morris & Whiteside Galleries, 807 William Hilton Parkway #1302, Hilton Head Island , SC 29928, 843-842-4433, regional American art

Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Old Hartford Rd., Colchester,CO.06415 203 246-2444 regional American art

Neal Auction Company, 4038 Magazine Street, New Orleans , LA 70115 , 800-467-5329, regional American art

New Orleans Auction Galleries Inc, 801 Magazine Street, New Orleans , LA 70130, 800-501-0277, regional American art

O'Gallerie, 228 Northeast Seventh Avenue, Portland , OR 97232, 888-238-0202, regional American art

Outer Cape Art Auctions, 8 Pearl Street, Provincetown , MA 02657, 508-487-9188, Cape Cod art

Pacific Galleries Auction, 241 South Lander, Seattle WA, 98134, 206-441-9990, regional American art

Pook & Pook Inc, 463 East Lancaster Avenue, P.O. Box 268, Downington , PA19335, 610-269-0695, regional American art

Pottery Auction.com An online auction firm for American art pottery

R. G. Munn Auction, LLC, P.O. Box 705, Cloudcroft , NM 88317, 505-687-3592, regional American art

Robert C Eldred Co Inc, PO Box 796, 1483 Route 6 A, East Dennis , MA 02641, 508-385-3116, regional American art

Rose Hill Auction Gallery, LTD, 35 South Van Brunt Street, Englewood , NJ 07631, 201-816-1940, regional American art

Ross Auction Gallery, 109 S Sierra Madre, Colorado Springs , CO 80903, 719-632-6693, regional American art

Samuel T. Freeman & Co, 1808 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia , PA19103, 215-563-9275, regional American art

Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, NM. 505-954-5858 Southwest art.

Shannon's, Greenwich, CT 1-203-877-1711 - regional American art

Skinner, Boston, MA 1-617-508-779-6241 regional American art

Sloan's, 4920 Wyaconda Road, North Bethesda , MD 20852, 301-468-4911 regional American art

Sotheby's (NYC and other locations) 1-212-606-7000 major auctioneer of American art from all regions

St. Charles Gallery Inc, 1330 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans , LA 70130, 504-586-8733, regional American art

Swann Galleries, 104 East 25th Street, New York , NY 10010, regional American art

William. Doyle Galleries, 175 E 87 St., NYC 10028 212 427-2730 regional art

Resource Library readers may enjoy

• Top Auction Houses and Carmel Green; essay by Roger Dunbier, PhD (12/23/08)

Below are URLs of Wall Street Journal articles that may be of interest to buyers and sellers of art via auction houses:

• "Secrets of the Auction Houses" By DANIEL GRANT, October 31, 2007; Page D9 at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119378936198176920.html
• "The Aftermath of an Auction" By DANIEL GRANT, April 23, 2008; Page D9 at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120892002181437351.html?mod=todays_us_personal_journal

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